April 2009

Major Life Changes

by Luke

I know this blog is more about beer than it is personal commentary but let me go off-topic for a minute if you would, please, to make an announcement. After a lot of deliberation and careful consideration, I have decided to take a pretty enormous (although at least a little bit calculated) leap of faith [...]

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Go See Beer Wars Live Thursday!

by Luke

This Thursday, April 16th is the world premiere of the movie Beer Wars with a nationwide screening and live panel event. If you haven’t yet heard about Beer Wars, it’s been blowing up the world of New Media, with great coverage on many other beer blogs, national media and Twitter (@beerwarsmovie). The film is described [...]

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Sea Dog Brewing to Open a New South Portland Location

by Luke

Shipyard Brewing-owned Sea Dog Brewing Company is opening its third brewpub in the state of Maine in the month of May. The brewpub, which will join the Topsham & Bangor locations, is set to open at 125 Western Ave. in South Portland; the location previously occupied by Eggspectation. The new South Portland location will be [...]

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Barnyard Beers on Chow.com

by Luke

Chow.com today posted a very informative piece on the rise to fame of beers commonly described as “farmhouse funk”. These beers, which have been contaminated by Brettanomyces, or Brett for short — a wild yeast often found in the air that’s nearly impossible to get rid of once it invades your equipment — are gaining [...]

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The Code Writer’s Pint Glass

by Luke

In the realm of “Why didn’t I think of that?!” for today: I’ve seen some awesome pint glasses in my day, but this one comes pretty close to taking the entire cake. Anyone who has ever dabbled in writing their own HTML (and especially those of us who try to do it after having drank [...]

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Forbes Names Portland, ME “America’s Most Livable City”

by Luke

Forbes has released its 2009 “America’s Most Livable Cities” list, and Portland, ME — my hometown(!) — has earned the top slot! The list was compiled by assigning points to cities around the country with populations in excess of 500,000, based on such factors as leisure index and crime data from Sperling’s Best Places, cost [...]

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