February 2012
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Hops Bitterness & Flavor Poster →
Look what can happen when beer, science, and good design come together. According to the designer and home brewer Zeke Shore, his Hops Chart started from “toying around with a data visualization that would illustrate the acid and oil content of beer brewing hops, which influence the bitterness flavours and aromas of finished beer.” Thanks to Daughter of Beer Lisa for bringing this to...
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America’s 100 best beer bars: 2012, Draft Magazine →
Ooooh this list makes us want to be on a new beer adventure now. We’ve been to a few on this list (and to a few more than once) … Bailey’s Taproom (Portland), Belmont Station (Portland), Horse Brass (Portland), Ginger Man (NYC), Map Room (Chicago), Blind Tiger (NYC), and Spuyten Duyvil (Brooklyn) … but the goal will be to get to them all! Better get to work and start by...
January 2012
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Beer in Review: Highlights of 2011
2011 was a year full of beer-trotting, cask events, tasting new beers and meeting new friends. These are just a few highlights pulled from the hundreds of photographs we took last year of our friend, beer.
First cask night at Central City Brewing, January.
Drinking the last cask of Dix IPA at BrewHouse at Whistler on the final stop of the...
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Ontario Craft Beer →
CBC Ontario Today’s show asked listeners to call in and talk about their favourite Ontario Craft Beer. Several called in and I learned a lot including that there is a Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management course available at Niagara College. The Brewmaster and teacher, Jon Dowling, was on the show as well. Maybe I need to take a leave from work and spend two years in Niagara on the...
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August 2011
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