Archive for June, 2011

Where in the beer world? 06.30.11

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Please leave your answer as a comment. Mine would be that as long as Mikkeller was going to make 19 single hop beers why not go for 24 and assemble an entire case?

Do mosquitoes keep beer tasting notes?

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Here’ the scientific study. Here’s the key finding: Water consumption had no effect on human attractiveness to An. gambiae mosquitoes, but beer consumption increased volunteer attractiveness. Body odours of volunteers who consumed beer increased mosquito activation (proportion of mosquitoes engaging in take-off and up-wind flight) and orientation (proportion of mosquitoes flying towards volunteers’ odours). The [...]

How many hops have their own Facebook page?

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Eldorado makes at least one.

Honk if you hate Fat Tire

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Some people will actually tell you they hate New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale. It’s complicated, and I really just want to pass along a few numbers, so I’ll simply says it seems silly to me, but it’s their energy. Fact is that as New Belgium drives deeper into the East Coast this year it [...]

Book review: Am I in the right place?

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Last Saturday after I parked the car and before Sierra and I went foraging at the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market we came across the car pictured above. The bumper stickers represent Boulevard Brewing, Farm Aid and KDHX, an independent radio station that play Chris Knight as often as he pops up on my Chris Knight [...]

But this beer didn’t have to travel to India on a boat

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Oops. Forgot to send a change of address to the guys at 21st Amendment Brewery. (The fact is the people who bought our house in New Mexico likely will be receiving stray beers for years. Should have advertised that when the house was on the market.) So this can of Hop Crisis Imperial IPA traveled [...]

Mid-week beer links and observations

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

“Everything’s going up.” Bill Night updates his Portland Beer Price Index. “Two pubs raised their draft prices this quarter, and the six-pack and bomber prices are not surprisingly continuing an upward trend.” I’m pretty sure it’s not just happening in Portland,Oregon. * Speaking of beer prices, SaveOnBrew.com is an interesting notion but right now appears [...]

Making a connection, beer included

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Chippewa Falls, Wis., is a town with about 13,000 residents. Drive in from the north, taking County Highway S to county Highway Q, turning south and driving past a couple of big parks and it doesn’t look that much different than Cameron on Bloomer or one of the other towns along U.S. 3. Maybe a [...]

Where in the beer world? 06.20.11

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Please leave your answer as a comment. This is a really easy one. And I think there’s every chance I’ve posted this photo before. Maybe even in this category. But there’s a reason I wanted to post it (perhaps again). I’ll explain tomorrow.

The smell of the ocean . . . stinks in beer

Monday, June 20th, 2011

This isn’t exactly new. Live Science explained that the key had been found to the “smell of the sea” more than four years ago, but it appears I was absent that day. Instead, the basics just popped up in an audio book Daria is listening to. And it turns out dimethyl sulfide, otherwise known as [...]