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Beer Recipe of the Week: Caribbean Stout by (author unknown) on Homebrewers Association:
Caribbean Stout? You betchya! This lighter-bodied Stout, a sub-category of Foreign Stout, is a sweeter and often more fruity version of the style. These beers make a perfect addition to adventures in the snow or on the beach, your call.
Bitches Brew: Women Make Gains in the Beer World by Margret Aldrich on Utne Reader Latest 10 Articles:
The world of lagers and ales isn’t just for men anymore-women are drinking, buying, and brewing with the best of them. A new documentary, The Love of Beer, sits down with some of the country’s best female brewmasters.
Danstar’s “Beer School 2012” Contest
From now until April 12th 2012, every time you use Danstar Premium yeast, you can use the empty package to enter for a chance to win a professional brewing course! In the “Beer School 2012” contest, Danstar will sponsor one lucky winner in a random draw for fully-paid tuition in the 2012 World Brewing Academy web-based Concise Course in Brewing Technology. A $3,200 value, the Concise Course offers intermediate-level training that will build on your brewing knowledge to give you a complete understanding of the commercial brewing process. Whether you want to build your homebrewing skills or build a career as a professional brewer, this course will change the way you think of beer & brewing.
Lights. Camera. Action. Beer Hunter Kickstarter project has reached its goal. http://t.co/JnrOuHcn Too early to celebrate with a beer?
— Stan Hieronymus (@StanHieronymus) January 13, 2012
Anheuser-Busch InBev purchases Czech ‘Budweiser’ rival
A-B InBev has purchased Budjovicky Mestansky Pivovar (BMP), the smaller of two breweries from the Czech town of Ceska Budejovice. Both have long claimed that they — and not A-B InBev — own the right to sell a beer called Budweiser on world markets. No purchase price was disclosed, and the only assets A-B InBev bought was BMP’s Budweiser trademarks – its parent company transferred the actual brewery and employees to a different firm prior to the sale. Still, the deal could have big ramifications.
Trend and variation by TeddyTVNorge:
Animated short on statistics from Norwegian infotainment program Siffer. Produced by TeddyTV for NRK. Animation by Ole Christoffer Haga
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Twinkie’s Troubles Inspire Some Sweet Memories
Hostess Brands, the baking company founded in 1930 that gave us Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Gasoline and alcohol: do they mix, or not?
Anti-alcohol people are often working from personal pain, and they are doing a good thing, trying to prevent that pain from affecting more people. But so many of them are completely clueless when it comes to risk assessment and picking your battles. Phil should have said something like “It’s the person that makes a dangerous drinker, not the container.” Is that asking too much?
Little planets are created by applying a stereographic projection to a spherical panorama. It is possible to seamlessly move from a birds-eye view in the sky to that of a bug on the ground!