Kelley Brothers Brewpub shuts down after 13 years
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Just collecting links that I missed from the past couple weeks. Six craft
breweries/brewpubs have shut down in the past two weeks, possibly more. Is
this s...
Oregon Beer News, 02/10/2012
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[image: Oregon Beer]Here’s the news in Oregon beer for Friday, the 10th,
and going into the weekend. I’m a little behind today with a bunch of other
thin...
Green Flash Events for SF Beer Week 2012
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Green Flash Beer Week Agenda! Friday., February. 10 –
Wednesday., February. 15, 2012 Melodee from the Green Flash team will be
celeb...
The Beer Tasting Toolkit
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Sometime in the summer of 2010, a nice lady from Chronicle Books approached
me with an idea for a book. It would be a follow-up to their Wine Tasting
Party...
Traquair House Switches To 500ml Bottles
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One of my favorite breweries, Traquair House in Scotland, announced today
through their importer — Merchant Du Vin — that they’re switching to 500 ml
bottl...
Drink of the Week: Emilio Moro Ribera del Duero 2007
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Planning a special dinner for your Valentine’s sweetie? Of course, you’ll
need a bottle of wine to mark the occasion, and today’s Drink of the
Week—the Emi...
Twisted X vs. XX
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Since we Texans are apparently never going to hold primaries, Homefield
Grill in Round Rock is giving beer drinkers something else to vote on (see
image be...
10 Different Types of Beer Reviews
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I've never reviewed a beer on this blog. Strange, huh? Sure I've talked
about different beers and what I thought about them, but I've never done
what you w...
#60 in the books; getting local for Session #61
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The Session #60, Let’s Talk Growlers, is in the record books. Now we begin
Year Six of The Session in Indiana. (Year Six, meaning we started five
years ago...
Good Beer + Keggers + University = Great Move
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Usually when you read about university students with a kegs and kegs of
beer you are not reading a story about the exercise of great responsibility:
The ...
SF Beer Week 2012: Where to Find The Wench
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San Francisco Beer Week, presented by the SF Brewers Guild, kicks off
tomorrow, February 10th. Don’t let the word week fool you, SF Beer Week is
a 10-day l...
A Note…
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I just wanted to send a quick note out to my loyal readers. I will be
taking a little time off from the blog to concentrate on a few things in my
life rig...
Training for SF Beer Week
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Camp Beer X - Sourpalooza
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*Sourpalooza*, the tenth edition of *Camp Beer* from *Live it Big*, has
been announced and will take place on Saturday, March 10th. The list of
beers being...
A Wine for Tonight: 2011 Frisk Prickly Riesling
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Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this
weekend) that won’t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our
read...
Uchi Houston: Detail and Execution
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*Disclaimer: Aside from gratuity, thus far, I have not paid for the meals
at Uchi Houston. I thank the staff of restaurant for their generosity. And
apolo...
Belicheck and Coughlin bid each other, Adieu
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Photo courtesy of NFL .com front page. SeriouslyMany take umbrage to the
gruff nature of New England Patriot's coach Bill Belicheck, but few can
understan...
How To Write a (Non-Fiction) Book Proposal
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I'm posting this as much as an exercise for myself as I am as a How-to for
those who may want to know. Non-Fiction Book Proposals are weird beasts, as
you'...
Crispin Cider Sells To Miller Coors – More Details
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The internet lit up this morning with the announcement that
Minneapolis-based Crispin Cider had been sold to MillerCoors. Early reports
in the Milwaukee Bu...
Sportsman of the Week Ending 2/5/2012
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While most people would go with the Super Bowl winning QB, I'm going to
lean toward the trenchman who made two key plays that, in my opinion,
decided the ...
Sportsman of the Week Ending 2/5/2012
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While most people would go with the Super Bowl winning QB, I'm going to
lean toward the trenchman who made two key plays that, in my opinion,
decided the ...
Lagunitas Kill Ugly Radio
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Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma, CA Kill Ugly Radio Double IPA This sucker
has been rattling around in my collection for years. I probably should have
crack...
A College President Who Has the Spirit of Beer
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This is my favorite posting on beer in a long time. Darron Collins is the
president of the College of the Atlantic, a school where studies are seen
through...
Pyburn's Food Market
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12675 Fondren (2 blocks north of S. Main)
My family's route into the big city when I was growing up in Brazoria Co.
was right up the old 288 which became A...
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron Review
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Brewery: Dogfish Head Brewery | Beer: Palo Santo Marron
Style: American Brown Ale | ABV: 12.0% | IBUs: 50
Serving Method: 12 oz. bottle poured into tulip gla...
Odds and Ends
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First, let’s talk pubs. My good friend Velky Al over at Fuggled has been
conducting a series of guest pieces around pub culture, asking writers
(including ...
Rochefort is Back!
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While Texas has been getting many new brewery's crossing state lines to
enter our fertile market, few have been more anticipated than one that is
re-enteri...
A beginner's guide to flawed wines
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Sometimes, the bottle of wine you open at home or order at a restaurant is
flawed. That doesn't mean you made a poor choice and bought a crummy wine.
As a ...
Caracole Troublette Review
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Troublette is a flavorful yet refreshing Belgian-style witbier, or white
ale, brewed by Brasserie Caracole in Falmignoul, near Dinant, Belgium. If
you’re l...
Best Drinkin’ Music of 2011
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Shels Fucked Up Adele It’s refreshing to listen to a pop music star who
actually has talent. And Adele is extremely talented … whenever I hear her
hit some...
Filling a barrel...
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A while back I received a few oak barrels as a gift, but, never managed to
do anything with them, except fill them with water and well that was about
it. ...
In other fermentables… Cured olives
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Standing in line at the register at our local homebrew shop the other day,
we saw someone paying for a large bag of little green somethings. When I
asked t...
Broccoli and Cashew Quiche
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Ever since coming home from The Netherlands and Belgium and being on a fabulous beer boat cruise organized by Bon Beer Voyage, I have been craving the quiche...
On to my next venture – ModernADVOCATE
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I want to thank everyone who has visited Scottie Knows Beer over the last
couple of years. As you can tell from the date of my last post I have done
no blo...
An appeal for hops
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Of course, I’m already behind and ridiculously busy, but I’m beginning to
see the light at the end of the tunnel. And the land beyond the tunnel
contains m...
Beer #136: Gouden Carolus Classic
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Beer: Gouden Carolus Classic Brewery: Het Anker Brewery, Mechelen, Belgium
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale Serving Type: 330 ml bottle Price: $4.99 /
bottle...
We’ve moved!
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We’ve been working on a switcheroo for quite some time, and so this will be
the last time I post to the dotwordpressdotcom version of this humble blog.
The...
Bitch Please
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Ok, yes that line was meant to grab your attention and draw you into this
post. Sue me. I can’t help the fact that BrewDog and 3 Floyd’s named a
beer Bit...
The Days of Wine and Cupcakes
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It’s rare for me to post here anymore. And it’s even rarer for me to post
an event. I don’t recall posting a single one in recent memory. But I’d do
just a...
Episode 1,000
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Gary Vaynerchuk has finally made it to episode 1,000 of Wine Library TV!
It’s been an amazing ride since that day in February 2006, with great
guests, amaz...
Haunting
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In an empty bar He gets a strange feeling he’s… Not drinking alone Written
by Captain Hops. References: Check out Haunted Bar Guide. It’s a quirky new
webs...
And we're back...almost
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Well, that sure was a long "trip". Let me tell you, those Jamaicans really
do know how to throw a party!
No, I haven't been in the Caribbean for the last ...
Getting ready for ProWein
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As I’m sitting here in front of the computer. The clock says 2.45 and my
train leaves for the airport in just about 2 hours. I’ve got this weird
expectatio...
The Time of Year for Thick, Rich Beer
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I was a hobbit in a past life, I know it. If you can picture it in a
tankard, I probably love it. Belgians, strong ales, and especially
barleywine. Ages qu...
I know I'm not supposed to, but what if I do totally understand that post?
Oddly enough, a google seach of "tymjngz9ka" only comes up with theferm.org...how strange...Mr. SP
The Ferm is revolutionary. No one ever in the history of the World Wide Interwebs has published tymjngz9ka.
If I had much more time on my hands, I would have introduced an xfile-ish or fringe science angle to the tymjngz9ka.