October 2009

Happy Halloween!

by Luke

Just wanted to wish all the BlogAboutBeer.com readers a very happy, safe and (good) beer-filled All Hallows’ Eve! There’s still plenty of great autumn and some good pumpkin-themed beers out there and since the Halloween is on a Saturday for once, what better excuse to do you need to get crackin’? Enjoy! More on the [...]

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REVIEW: Redhook Limited Addition Treblehook Barleywine

by Luke

The good folks at Redhook sent me a bottle — yes, FTC the bottle and the glass were both free — of their newest limited release bomber, the Treblehook Barleywine-style Ale. Redhook really did up the packaging right, including the accompanying snifter-style “limited release” glassware from drinking the beer from. The one thing I’m not [...]

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The 2009 Maine Brewers Festival

by Luke

Just a quick update/reminder/announcement that the annual Maine Brewers Festival is coming right up. Maine’s largest brewfest is next Saturday November 7th at the Portland Expo Building here in Portland, Maine. This year’s festival will be bigger and better than ever, with many old-time Maine favorites returning to the festival after various hiatuses (hiati?), including [...]

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@Kegerators Giving Away a Free Kegerator on Twitter

by Luke

Although alerting everyone to this contest will certainly hinder my chances of winning, I’m just a nice guy like that. It appears that the folks at Kegerators.com are hoping to build their Twitter following and are giving away some free kegerators to do so. Here’s the low down: They are going to give away an [...]

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Addicted to Beer Trading

by Luke

This is a guest post by a good friend of mine, Josh Christie. Josh is the author of brewsandbooks.com and a fellow member of the Maine Beer Writers Guild. You can also follow Josh on Twitter @jchristie. My name is Josh, and I have a problem. I’ve become addicted to beer trading. To be fair, [...]

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VICTORY FOR ROCK ART! VICTORY FOR THE VERMONSTER!

by Luke

It’s official! Initial reports out of the Rock Art camp (both at rockartbrewery.com and the company’s Facebook page) are that Hansens Beverage and Monster Energy drinks have dropped their lawsuit against Rock Art for copyright infringment from their use of the name “Vermonster” on the company’s 10th anniversary barleywine (if you have no idea what [...]

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