Entries from July 2007 ↓

Hail the Ale! beer links for July 11th:

• Brewhouse - Make Your Own Beer Shirt -
• Lyke 2 Drink: To Your Health: Study Looks at Why Alcohol is Good for You -
• Hops and Beer Have Real Chemistry | Liquor Snob - LiquorSnob.com -
• Tales of Colt 45 | Liquor Snob - LiquorSnob.com -
• Appellation Beer: America’s #1 rated brewery? -
• Appellation Beer: Not all barleys are born equal -

I wrote an article for Orlando Brewing’s July newsletter on America and beer. Here’s a teaser to get you to read the PDF in the previous link which not only contains a picture of me drinking a beer (go figure) but features some hot girl-on-wort kettle action:

Consider these historical facts:

• Almost 170 years before America became America, the first brewery was established in the New World on the southern tip of New Amsterdam.
• Low on beer, which was a dietary mainstay and probably the most potable liquid on the ship, The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock instead of their intended destination rather than risk running out of beer.
• In a move that foreshadowed his greatness, George “I cannot tell a lie, these wooden teeth are killing me” Washington set the tone for his “Buy American” policy by writing to the Marquis de Lafayette that he would drink only American porter.

So, what do these little history lessons teach us?  That beer is an integral part of America’s history and culture.  Obviously beer isn’t uniquely American, but not much is and, like all good things, we took hold of it and made it our own.  Our modern beer history was shaped by German immigrants in the last half of the 19th century who brought over their lager and pilsner recipes along with their passion for brewing.  Early pioneers in this era are now synonymous with beer:  Adolfus Busch, Frederick Pabst, Joseph Schlitz.  These “Beer Barons” amassed great wealth and brewing empires in the late 19th and early 20th century by opening beer gardens and resorts, distributing to saloons, and acquiring smaller breweries.

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Hey, those are Stephen's word, not mine. His blog is The Beer Idiot which according to the tagline is about "Beer Reviews and Thoughts Written by the Common Beer Drinker". He emailed us to point out the blog and one of his latest posts on reviews of malt liquor beers. Go take a gander and be glad he took the bullet so you don't have to.

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So, you got your red, white and brew on a bit too hard last night? Well, since I can't offer you a real beer, how about heading over to Appellation Beer and checking out the "10 beers that changed America"?

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Is this a joke? A malted tea beverage?

Playa, prepsta, flava… How about tea bagga?

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