A Carnival of Beer
Compiled with the assistance of the Breckenridge Double-Hopped 471 Small Batch IPA. Damn beer names just get longer and longer.
471 is a small batch, limited edition ale that was created by our Brewmaster to separate the weak from the strong. 471 is a double IPA, that combines Pale, Munich, Caramel-30, Carapils and Torrified Wheat malts, with Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe and Fuggles hops.
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Fermentation makes the world warmer.
Have you ever wondered about the carbon emissions generated from making your favorite brewsky, bottle of vino, or 15 year-old Talisker Scotch?
Nope, but now that you mention it, I see that I don’t care. I am a bad person, and should be shunned by all right-thinking consumers.
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Party in Bulgaria! Road Trip!
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Party in Canada! Meh.
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Sure you may know the specific gravity of your favorite brew, but do you know its backscatter?
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Fosters. Australian for brewed in Fort Worth.
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The secret is to avoid the flying, flaming, kegs of death.
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G’day
Three mates from Queensland have successfully completed a three-day sailing trip down the Brisbane River in a boat made entirely of beer cans.
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Brew Reviews: Saranac Imperial IPA, 10 Commandments, Baltika No. 8
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Brew ReDebuts: Kato Beer, Wunder Brewing
Wunder Brewing last brewed in San Francisco in 1909. So it’s been almost a century since it closed. There was another Wunder brewery in Oakland just after Prohibition ended, around 1934, but it lasted less than a year. So it is with great promise that this historic brand tries to make a go of it once more in San Francisco’s inner sunset district.
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The 10 most bizarre beers.
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How to speak Beer Geek. First of all, overstretch your metaphors.
Lager is like smooth jazz and Top 40 and, now and then, great classical music; ale is funk, salsa, even heavy metal.
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Podcasts
Lenndevours – Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Craft Beer Radio – Quad-rophonic
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The top 100 drinking songs
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What the Beer Popsicle dustup is really about.
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God help me, I kinda want to try a Miller Chill. Fortunately for me, the Beer Philosopher already has.
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FLASH! This just in, government is given power, government misuses power.
To recap: hops are a mandatory ingredient in beer, they are commercially available, and the world’s second largest beer company markets two organic beers brewed with organic hops – yet the USDA says organic hops are a minor ingredient in beer and are not available commercially so they are exempted from being used in beers labeled USDA Organic.
What we need here is obviously more government.
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via Hop Talk
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Technology marches onward.
You put the 20-ounce cup under the tap but instead of pulling a lever, you press a digital key pad.
“Pfffffht,” goes the machine, jetting beer into the cup and topping it with a quarter-inch of foam. The cup fills in about three seconds — about one-quarter the time it takes a conventional tap to do the job.
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The previous Carnival of Beer may be seen here.
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The Carnival of Beer appears every Tuesday and Friday. If you’ve an item you like to see appear, let us know via bigwig AT nc.rr.com
Like I said, I’ll try it so you don’t have to …
You’re not missing much.
You sir, are a better man than me.