Vores Ol is a beer brewed by a Danish company that is releasing the "recipe and the whole brand" of the beer under a Creative Commons license. Sounds interesting, but I didn’t think that recipes themselves could be copyrighted in the first place; Alan on A Good Beer Blog has … Continue reading

Apparently, beer has an image crisis. Miller Brewing. President Norman Adami said, "The single biggest threat facing the American beer business today is the possibility that we will allow the American consumer to get bored with beer." So what are brewers doing about it? For one thing, they are spending … Continue reading

I missed this when it first came out: The year in beer from the Oregonian. It’s very Oregon-centric, of course. Events highlighted include the death of Robert MacTarnahan, Governator Ale, and the beer-swilling bear. Best Beer Books: "Travels With Barley, A Journey Through Beer Culture in America," by Ken Wells, … Continue reading

I thought this might be interesting to people. I found this online somewhere almost two years ago, and it seems like something that should be incredibly useful: the beer color chart.

On eBay, that is. No kidding, it’s a smoke stack from the "Original Hudepohl brewery" in Cincinnati. Currently this auction has 3 days left and is up to 1.5 million dollars. I wouldn’t hold my breath that the link I provided will be persistent, so here’s some of the text … Continue reading

Found on i-Newswire.com: a Swedish beer that is not only low in carbs, but it lowers cholesterol too! The unique brewing process employs oats instead of barley and uses a special enzyme technology to create a beer containing beta-glucans. Research has found that these natural grain fibers can lower cholesterol. … Continue reading

Via Utterly Boring comes this article about Sam Adams’ new Chocolate Bock (I’m not linking to the original article on cleveland.com because the site has that dumb "register before accessing" form on it): Limited-edition specialty product from the 20-year-old Boston Beer Co., arguably the most significant player in the craft-brew … Continue reading

A new homebrewing blog to check out: SleezySherm Breweries. Looks pretty good, except that the stylesheet isn’t working for me in Firefox, but does in Internet Explorer. I rather like the New York Noble post.

Good Christmas wishes to everyone! I know I haven’t posted much here as the year’s been winding down, but that should change once we’re through the holidays. In the meantime, I’ll be offline tomorrow, and hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

This is a fun article: Beer Highlights of 2K4. A lot of it is pretty Boston-centric, but I liked the New Beer Trends section: * American Double Style – A new genre of beer emerged this year, using the typical "bigger is better" American way of thinking, which actually worked … Continue reading