September 2009

Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection

by Luke

America’s largest independent brewery, The Boston Beer Co. — the folks behind Samuel Adams — has announced the upcoming release (release dates to be decided) of a new series being called “The Sam Adams Barrel Room Series”. Each beer in the series shares the common characteristic of having first been aged in oak barrels. But [...]

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Allagash Brewing Co. to Release Vagabond Ale

by Luke

Maine’s most well-known beer geek brewery, Allagash Brewing (the only Maine brewery to win a medal at the 2009 GABF), has announced the release of the second beer in their new 375 ml series: Vagabond Ale. Vagabond is the follow-up release to the brewery’s now famous Gargamel Ale, which was released this past May. Vagabond [...]

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Winners From the 2009 Great American Beer Festival

by Luke

This past weekend marked the 2009 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, Co. In case you’re unfamiliar, the GABF is the largest — and arguably most prestigious — commercial beer competition in the world. The number of entries in this year’s competition crushed the previous record (held by the 2008 GABF) with 3,308 entries [...]

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Beer & Cheese Pairings in The Wall Street Journal

by Luke

It’s always great to see beer & cheese pairing discussed in the mainstream news, as it’s certainly still an up-and-coming notion in much of the mainstream world. So I was psyched to find an article on the topic a few days ago in the Wall Street Journal, of all places. The article, entitled “Trouble Brews [...]

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I Keepz ur Beerz Till I Getz Toona

by Luke

For better or worse, I’m a sucker for a good beer-related LOLcat and, despite being Miller Lite, this was too cute to not re-post. I’m a softy like that…

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Brooklyn Brew Shop Introduces Apartment-Size Homebrew Kits

by Luke

Saw this little tidbit yesterday in the New York Times and thought it was too good of an idea not to pass along. Two Gen Y-ers like myself, Stephen Valand, 23, and Erica Shea, 25 of Brooklyn have quit their respective day jobs to start theirown homebrew supply shop, of sorts. Their new venture, the [...]

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