http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com Fri, 09 May 2008 16:31:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en vs. Charlie Bamforth, who's the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science at U.C. Davis (and was my teacher when I took the brewing short course there) has a new book out, Grape vs. Grain. This at least Bamforth's eighth book, though many have been quite technical in nature. This ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/grape-vs-grain-at-anchor/ Today at 3:00 p.m. (left coast time), the online auction for FredFest begins, and will close on Sunday, also at 3:00 p.m. Here's some of what's up for auction, the proceeds of which will be donated to charity. You can find more information about the lots at the Liquid Solutions Blog ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/fredfest-auction-begins-today/ Last month Russian River Brewing collaborated with Italian brewer Agostino Arioli, who owns Birrificio Italiano, to brew one of his beers, La Fleurette, there in Santa Rosa, California. I was there on the brew day (and documented the process in photos), and was eagerly looking forward to tasting the results. ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/fleurette-flowing/ Today is Dave Alexander's 45th birthday. Dave is the co-owner, along with his wife Dianne, of the world famous Brickskeller beer bar in Washington, DC. He's also a crack bass player who often plays with the Rolling Boil Blues Band. Join me in wishing Dave a happy birthday. Celebrator publisher Tom ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-dave-alexander/ We're so used to seeing top ten lists of the ten best of whatever that a list of the worst always seems like a fresh look. Joey Redner, who writes for the Tampa Bay Times, in a recent column listed his choices for the world's worst beers. Like any such ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/worlds-worst/ Last week, Stevens Point Brewing of the eponymous town in Wisconsin, released their summer beer, Nude Beach Summer Wheat, with a label featuring nudists frolicking in the sand and surf, with beach accessories showing up in conveniently immodest places making the whole scene decidedly PG. And that might have been ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/naked-beer-for-naked-people/ Originally founded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1890, the Virginia Brewing Company went through some ups and downs, before finally closing in 1958. Except for its final years, when it was known as Mountain Brewing, it was always Virginia Brewing. It then lay dormant and the brand name unused until 1987, ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-return-of-virginia-brewing/ A while ago when I was actively trying to increase my collection of beer quotations, the ones that randomly appear in the upper right-hand corner every time you reload the page, I kept finding ones that were part of larger poems. Having something of an obsession with words — and ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/hello-poetry-lovers/ This video was sent to me by the folks at Holy Taco, which appears to be a humor site for the college crowd. It's a little goofy and some of the humor, sorry Alan — humour, misses the mark, though I certainly did laugh at parts of it. But what ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/inside-a-tank-full-of-beechwood/ Several months ago, there was an obscure posting in the Brewers Forum from Charlie Papazian. He was passing on a request he'd received for a brewer to speak about sustainable brewing issue at a conference taking place in San Francisco. Since I've written about organic beer and green breweries several ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/ecocity-world-summit/ For our 15th Session, the topic remains personal, but instead of profiling another person, the goal is to hold up a mirror to see ourselves. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, how did you get started in this all? Our hosts, Boak and Bailey, want to know "the moment when you ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/session-15-how-did-it-all-start-for-you/ Today is the beer chef, Bruce Paton's 53rd birthday. Bruce has been doing fantastic dinners pairing great beer and gourmet food for over ten years in the Bay Area, since 2001 at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, where he is the Executive Chef. I've been to many, many of Bruce's food ... http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-birthday-bruce-paton/