August 2009

Badass Baltimore Beer Week Kickoffs with Boog Powell

by Luke

As I’m sure many of you know, these days I reside in the beautiful Pine Tree State. But what you might not know is that I actually grew up in Washington D.C. (and still have a good deal of family in the D.C. Metro). And, having grown up in the Nation’s Capital in a big [...]

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BlogAboutBeer.com is Two Years Old Today!

by Luke

It was exactly two years ago that I started BlogAboutBeer.com. At the time I knew almost nothing about beer and even less about blogging – since then my love for both has grown by leaps & bounds. I am still amazed on a nearly daily basis at all of the truly awesome opportunities writing this [...]

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Sweet Beer Blog Contest at TwinBeer.com

by Luke

A close friend of mine Russ Phillips — who locals might remember from ilovemainebeer.com and Maine Beer Writers Guild fame a little while back — and his identical twin brother Kelly have launched a new beer blog and beer review engine at TwinBeer.com (get it?) and they’ve been blogging at a mind-boggling pace to get [...]

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Homebrew in Random Places: The Twitter Offices

by Luke

I saw this photo on Mashable.com late last night and couldn’t help but pass it along. Looks like Mashable author Ben Parr was invited on an unofficial tour of the Twitter offices in San Fransisco, CA. The post of the tour features lots of neat photos and insights into what goes into the day-to-day operations [...]

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“You Always Feel Smarter After a Few Beers”

by Luke

A great beer quote to lighten the mood on this hellishly hot August afternoon (and because, quite frankly, it’s just too damn hot to write anything else): One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.  Here’s how it  went: “Well ya see, Norm, it’s like this… A herd [...]

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An Incredible Collaboration from Sierra Nevada & Dogfish Head to be Released This Fall

by Luke

Every so often a collaberation beer between two of the world’s greatest and most prominent breweries comes along that sounds just too good to be true. This is one of those times. I spotted the following press release on Beernews.org Wednesday and thought it was one of the best press releases I have read in [...]

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