November 2008

Homebrewing on Boing Boing

by Luke

As I was finally sitting back down to my computer this afternoon, after a few much needed days off, to get re-acquainted with the Internet’s beer happenings, the last place I expected to come across anything Beer was Boing Boing but in fact, there it was – a great post on homebrewing and what makes [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

by Luke

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! May you have all that you’re thankful for around your dinner table today. Good friends, good family, good times & good beer. Peace and happiness, Luke

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Events in Portland Tonight

by Luke

Hey Portlanders, I know it’s last minute but here are a few head’s up which were too good not to pass along: First, off Rob Todd and the guys from Allagash will be tapping one of only a handful of casks of Allagash Black out right now at Vignola in the Old Port. The keg [...]

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We’z Outa Beer…

by Luke

What can I say, I’m a sucker for a good lolcat… [image via icanhascheezburger]

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Britain to Ban The Happy Hour?

by Luke

Apparently, in an effort to curb binge drinking among the younger folk in England, health officials there are considering a nationwide ban on what are commonly known as “happy hour” discounts at pubs and restaurants. The ban proposal comes amid worries that a rise in liver-related deaths among young people in the United Kingdom may [...]

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Extreme Beer & Dogfish Head in The New Yorker

by Luke

You know craft beer has gone big time when there is a feature-length exposé about it in The New Yorker. Well, that just happened. And what better way to ring Better Beer into the world of what’s what than a talk with Dogfish Founder Sam Calagione. The Article — entitled A Better Brew: The rise [...]

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