Archive for the 'beer' Category
All Grain IPA
Last night, I finally kegged the ESB I made few weeks back, only to discover my CO2 tank was nearly spent. No matter: there’s enough to keep the beer flowing, and the low carbonation level makes it that much more British (the ESB was originated by the Brits).
This morning we brewed an all-grain IPA. [...]
Looks Like No Beer for Booman
Brendan Skwire, 10/19/09:
ike I always say, we’ll see.
you get a case of beer if we get health care reform, with a robust public option available on day one.
it’s a one-sided wager I will be happy to lose.
New York Times, 10/29/09:
Under pressure from moderate-to-conservative members of the House Democratic caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided [...]
‘Gansett Girls
I love how more than half of the ‘Gansett Girls are thick and curvy.
I like skinny ladies too, but a big girl is that much more to love.
Hops: Compare and Contrast
Last summer, I planted hops for the first time. Here’s a picture i originally posted on June 1, 2008:
Please note that the floor of my deck is about 5 feet or so off the ground, maybe a little less. The hops you are looking at are about waist high.
The picture below was taken this Sunday, [...]
Home Brew
We’re kegging tonight. It’s the first brew we’ve made in I don’t know how many months. It’s a brown ale with orange peel.
We used a bunch of the nuggets we grew this summer, but i have to admit, they smelled funky. We’ll see how the beer tastes in a few minutes when we get ready [...]
And Now for Some Beer: Anheuser Does Something Right for Once.
One of the maddening things about Pennsylvania is its stupid laws surrounding the sale of beer: the sale unit is the case, not the six-pack. This means that while a case is usually pretty cheap, a six-pack can cost as much as $15.00, since you pay by the bottle. This makes it difficult to [...]
Read More..>>Budweiser Sold to InBev
“We were betrayed,” said Mr. Liszewski, who was still not sure he could believe the news that the company had agreed to be sold. “The good Lord was sold out for 30 pieces of silver. We were sold out for $70 a share.”
August A. Busch IV, the scion who runs the family brewery that makes [...]
Frog Pond
Tom T. Hall, I Like Beer
For the past few weeks I’ve been posting a Weekend Home Brew Blog series at Booman Tribune.
Come for the beer, stay for the progressive politics!
Palestinian Beer Barred from the US
You can get it in Germany, you can get it in Israel, but you can’t get it in the US. Why?
Because the label says “Brewed in Palestine, and the US doesn’t recognize Palestine as a country.
The maker of Taybeh beer, which is brewed in a mini-brewery owned by a Palestinian family, the Khoury family [...]
Sunday AM Homebrew Blog
As usual, I missed the Saturday homebrew blogs at daily Kos and Balloon Juice, but it’s because I was busy brewing so I guess I have an excuse.
Yesterday afternoon’s brew is titled “Thanksgiving Ale #2″, a pale ale to balance “Thanksgiving Ale #1″, a dark strong ale. I used 6.6 pounds of Northwestern Gold [...]
