Monday, October 31, 2005

Importer and blue noses square off in Connecticut's Elf beer ban.

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Thanks to Hank for forwarding this newsworthy link: Connecticut Wants to Ban Beer With Elf Label , by Pat Eaton-Robb. An Associated Press sy...
Saturday, October 29, 2005

Updating the bottled beer selection at Rich O's.

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Yesterday I completed a major upgrade of the bottled beer menu at Rich O's, with the aim being to stock more and better American microbr...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

BBC, Browning's and BBC -- in LEO.

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In today's Louisville Eccentric Observer (LEO), Kevin Gibson offers short notes on the BBC brewpub's 12th anniversary, a menu (and n...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Bouncing baby fermenters and serving tanks finally arrive.

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A day later than expected, the truck from Canada (via Chicago) arrived this morning and disgorged two fermenters and four serving tanks from...
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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Bell's Batch 7000 (A Commemorative Brew).

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I'm not a compulsive collector and rater of beers, but to each his own, and naturally as one in the business of selling good beer, I app...
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Friday, October 21, 2005

Swillmongers on television, but craft beer nearby as I watch.

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About the best thing I can say about television is that in terms of evil, it’s a necessary medium. Without it, I couldn’t watch major league...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Irish Rover Too beer dinner recap ... a fine, fine evening.

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On Monday evening, Diana and I attended the Irish Rover Too's inaugural beer dinner at the pub's downtown LaGrange, Kentucky locat...
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Monday, October 17, 2005

It's official: Time to panic; the truck's on the way.

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We just received word that the money's in the bank, the paperwork's almost finished, and our new fermenters and serving tanks will b...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

NABC will simplify its core portfolio during brewery expansion (Fall, 2005).

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During almost three years of craft brewing, approximately twenty different beers have appeared under the NABC banner. In its own way, each o...
Friday, October 14, 2005

Books about beer -- accompany with beer.

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For those who are not yet aware, New Albany has its first full service bookstore in over 50 years -- this on top of the city's first bre...

Saturnalia MMV winter solstice draft festival is taking shape, and here's the current list of invitees.

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(This entry is being updated as orders are processed and beers arrive). In December, we'll be staging a second winter solstice draft fes...
Thursday, October 13, 2005

Publicanista! for October 13 has been posted.

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The October 13 edition of Publicanista! has been posted. Apologies to those who have relied on e-mail to receive the newsletter, but the ma...
Monday, October 10, 2005

But what I forgot to do ...

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... was buy a CO2 regulator, meaning that all our well intentioned efforts to enable a cask breather and have uninterrupted firkin flow are ...
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Sunday, October 09, 2005

The opening weekend of Lupulin Land was a success.

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The opening weekend of Lupulin Land was well attended and hectic, although not as much so as Gravity Head – and rest assured, I’m good for o...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005

NABC beer will be on tap at the House of Bread Thursday through Saturday during booth days.

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(Cross-posted at NA Confidential ) Frank Zappa once wrote: You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps ...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

UPDATED: Opening night lineup for Lupulin Land 2005 on Friday, October 7.

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Here's the list of probable starters for Lupulin Land, 2005, which begins Friday, Oct. 7 at Rich O's Public House/Sportstime Pizza/N...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

More good news: Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale kegs due on Oct.12.

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Our wholesaler in North Vernon has informed me that our shipment of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale should be in the warehouse by Oct. 12, an...
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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Rich O's Public House in the LEO annual dining guide.

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It was another hectic week, and only today was there time to survey the annual dining issue published by the Louisville Eccentric Obsever ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

On cask ale and how to enjoy more of it, more often.

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Three years ago, our friend Steve Crull constructed a gleaming wooden cabinet, to which was affixed a reconditioned beer engine made availab...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

UPDATED: 4th Lupulin Land Harvest Hop Fest begins Friday, October 7.

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We’ll be exceeding OSHA’s legal limits on IBU’s per square foot of floor space when Lupulin Land 2005 begins on Friday, October 7. It is our...