Thank goodness for Google books. Otherwise if you wanted to read The theory and practice of brewing, from malted and unmalted corn, and from potatos it would cost you $602.75 plus shipping. But you can read this argument for brewing with potatoes, apparently spelled “potatos” in 1829, for the price of your Internet connection. Author [...]

Perhaps it’s because stories about how beer is made and the people who make it are so interesting but if mosey on over to Rate Beer or Beer Advocate you’ll find plenty of enthusiasts discussing the business of beer. Quite often pricing, to the understandable chagrin of brewers since some participants don’t bother with facts. [...]

We’re almost done unpacking stuff we stuck away during our grand journey. Yesterday I hauled out small beer items that decorate the tops of book shelves in the guest bedroom and office, including boxes of hops from the Prohibition era and before. In the 18 months the Glee Club box spent in hiding it became [...]

This is my contribution to Session #33, and the theme is “framing beer.” Check out I’ll Have A Beer for an explanation and to see what other bloggers are writing. It’s been a long, busy day and I’ve finally made it to a beer, Great Divide Hibernation, a beer I wrote about for Session #10. [...]

I’m a sucker for a story that begins . . . Roger was drinking barley wine that night. Roger is a lawyer. His partner, Jim, is a former Nike executive whose great-great grandparents farmed hops in Norway. They are starting a company called Indie Hops to supply Oregon-grown aroma hops to craft brewers. The Willamette [...]

Session #33 tomorrow, the theme being “Framing Beer.” Andy Couch has the explanation, because I’ll Have A Beer is the host. I’m not sure about this part: “Ideally drink something that you don’t think you will like.” And I’m also not sure if “framing beer” relates to the ongoing discussion about beer as art or [...]

Ashton Lewis, a sometimes book author and “wizard” for homebrewers, but more important brewmaster for Springfield Brewing Co. in Missouri, takes the notion that “manual brewing equipment produces beer with more ‘character’ than beer brewed using automation” to task this week. His post, titled “Progress Is a Funny Thing”, concludes: So the next time you [...]

If you are . . . – 105% more likely than the average person to drive hybrid cars – 77% more likely to own Apple Mac laptops – 65% more likely to purchase five pairs or more of sneakers every year – and 32% more likely to not be registered voters. Then you are probably [...]

A few links for your weekend beer reading pleasure: – Shouldn’t stronger beers be sold in smaller bottles? I understand all the reasons why they aren’t, but Don Russell’s discourse on big beer bottles had me asking myself that question. – You’ll want to put your thinking cap on before considering the questions Alan has, [...]