While in Portland over this last weekend, we of course stopped by Trader Joe’s for our traditional round of three-buck Chuck and impulse buying, and I noticed for the first time that they were carrying beer under their own label: Trader Joe’s Brewing Company. That’s a new one to me … Continue reading

Wired News is running a story about Vores Ol, the "open source" Danish beer. This, a good six months after both Alan and I (and Boing Boing) first blogged about it. Was it a slow news day for Wired? (Updated from "Dutch" to the correct "Danish.")

Nothing huge, we’re just heading up to Portland for the weekend, so the lack of content around here will continue for a few more days. Or not—we are taking the laptop so I’ll be checking in, and even posting if something good comes up.

I’ve seen pointers to this floating around the internets today, so I thought I’d pick them up: Samuel Adams Utopias beer (no direct link, it’s a non-linky Flash site). It’s a limited edition, and this sucker’s a monster: 25% alcohol by volume! And, what’s making the news is that it … Continue reading

Perhaps I spoke too soon? The bill to raise the limit of alcohol in beer in North Carolina has been stalled in the Senate. There’s a couple of good articles on it here and here. Apparently the Senator stalling the bill is worried about "underage drinking." Riiiight. But on the … Continue reading

Over in North Carolina, a Senate committee has approved a bill raising the alcohol-content limit of beer (see Repealing North Carolina’s beer laws). The Senate Commerce Committee recommended the bill to the full chamber after little debate – a contrast to the hand-wringing within the House before its approval in … Continue reading

This is a cool idea: Brewing establishment offers laboratory for amateurs: Coffill’s place of employment is a do-it-yourself brewing establishment known as IncrediBREW at 112 Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua, N.H. With his assistance, green amateurs are routinely taught the finer points of transforming malts, hops and barley into genuine … Continue reading

Goose Island beers have (finally?) turned up in New York City, according to this article in New York Daily News. Kind of a puff piece, but good news for New Yorkers. Two weeks ago, four of the Gooses – Geese? – showed up at local stores in bottled form: Honker’s … Continue reading

Just a quick note about Bend Brewing Company‘s seasonal Apricot Ale. Very quick because we had dinner there Wednesday night (after visting the farmer’s market) and I only had a taster of it… and yes, I guess I do have the kind of hubris that would compel me to write … Continue reading

We visited our local new Best Buy this weekend and saw this: the Haier BrewMaster Beer Dispenser. Had to drool over it for a minute. Not only can you put your cornelius keg in there, but it comes with wire racks so you can also stack up your bottled (or … Continue reading