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Beer Halls Around the World: Historical

If you’re passing through Saugerties, NY: south of Albany and north of NYC, this now private apartment building was built in 1873 as a brewery and a beer hall. Known as the Loerzel Beer Hall. One wonders if thirsty ghosts haunt the residents.

Brew Biz: Werts and All

By Ken Carman Ken Carman is a BJCP judge; homebrewer since 1979, club member at Escambia Bay and Music City Homebrewers, who has been interviewing professional brewers all over the east coast for over 10 years. The Topic: Genetically Modified Yeast “Maybe they shouldn’t have modified it that much?” I admit: I may need some help regarding this from wiser [...]

Home Brewing May Become Legal in Alabama

Written by Patrick Dever for the Auburn Plainsman Alabama’s alcohol laws are changing again. Legislation was approved in the Alabama Senate legalizing home brewing of beer, wine and mead. Republican Sen. Larry Dixon of Montgomery sponsored the bill, even though he said he was not a home brewer. “There are home-brewing clubs around the state,” Dixon said. “It’s their [...]

Jesus Christ: Beer, Cigarette and Indian Laws on Blasphemy

Brian H. Gill for Catholic Citizen America The image of Jesus Christ, holding a beer can and a cigarette, reminds me of the weird but (I trust) well-intentioned efforts in the sixties to make Christianity like, you know, relevant. It’s not. The image is in a handwriting workbook published in India. The company that made and distributed that [...]

Club Update: Saratoga Thoroughbrews

Saratoga/Glens Falls/Albany area Greg, I have a few items that may be of interest to the club. One is that next month we will have a pre-order sign up for a 50 lb bag of Briess two row during march. pick up is from April 1-15 and the cost is only $39 a bag. If you don’t [...]

Mr. and Mrs. Moron “Clone” Barleywine

How Beer Laws and Legislation Effect Real People

Every state has weird alcohol and beer laws, a lot of them pushed and supported by big brewers and other large alcohol concerns as a way to get the government on their side: squashing the little guy. In some states 22oz bottles aren’t allowed. Other states a brewpub must be in a historic [...]

Club Update: Music City Brewers

Nashville, TN area Next Meeting March 13th: Saturday; 2pm Where? 3120 Winberry Dr. Franklin 37064 Directions There are several ways to get here from Nashville, but most do the following: * 65 South to Hwy 96 exit (Franklin/Murfressboro) * At the top of the exit turn RIGHT(WEST) toward Franklin * Follow Hwy 96 WEST all the way through Franklin(about 6 miles total). You [...]

Club Update: Escambia Bay

Pensacola/Emerald Coast area * We’re doing the cleanup at the Belmont Art Center tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:00am (should last between 1 & 2 hours). Wear old clothes and be prepared to get your hands dirty. * There is a Board of directors meeting next Wednesday. * [...]

How to Order a Beer in Fifty Languages

From etiquettesystems.com “Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.” –Dave Barry If there’s one universal constant in human society, it has to be alcohol. Rare indeed is the culture [...]