MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 07.27.15 So this happened during the Beer Bloggers Conference in North Carolina: Keep Calm & Drink A Beer? http://t.co/1tL1WSLbSW pic.twitter.com/OzIR07qupY — heybrewtiful (@heybrewtiful) July 24, 2015 I may have missed other posts that resulted (feel free to send links) from representatives of AB InBev pouring Budweiser at the conference, but here’s … Read more
Note: Boak & Bailey periodically invite bloggers to post something longer than usual. This is my contribution. ***** Conducting a study during the 2010 hop harvest in the Willamette Valley, researchers at Oregon State University’s Shellhammer Lab discovered something outside of the focus of the trials. As well as learning about the impact harvest date … Read more
Ray Daniels announced this morning that Patrick Rue and James Watt passed two rigorous days of testing to become Master Cicerones. They are both brewers by trade — Rue is founder of The Bruery in California and Watt co-founder of Brew Dog in Scotland. This led to to wonder if winemakers seek similar certification — … Read more
MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 11.17.14 Which side are you on? More from the “Let There Be Beer” campaign, in which Ed Wray writes “There seems to be clear division between whether we should be promoting beer as a premium product or beer for mass consumption.” And, “So beer geeks, the line has been drawn: Which … Read more
The Barth-Haas Group has released the 2013-2014 Barth Report, which provides both perspective and new data relative to the recent chatter about hop shortages (you might also read this). However, so far we don’t really know much more than in February. What’s important is not if the price for some varieties, even one like Cascade, … Read more