April 11, 2010
2010 Brewers Association World Beer Cup Winners Announced
3,330 Entries Compete for Awards in the “Olympics” of Beer 2010 World Beer Cup® is Largest Commercial Competition Ever BOULDER, Colo. — April 10, 2010, Brewers from six continents earned awards from an elite international panel of judges this week in the 2010 Brewers Association World Beer Cup—the world’s largest-ever commercial beer competition. The eighth [...]
April 5, 2010
Beer Photo: Crate Tower
Apparently, this is the result of a friendly cave explorers’ competition that some way or another demonstrates the necessary skills for, well, cave exploring. I’m pretty sure that if I had that many crates, I could construct something a bit more creative — a fort or a castle, or something. Reuters Pictures
March 22, 2010
Beer Photo: Delivering the Goods
This picture was actually taken on the 19th, but I’m just seeing it for the first time this morning. AP Photo On the left, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper receives his winnings (delivered via US ambassador) from his successful wager with President Barack Obama over the outcome of the Olympic men’s gold medal hockey game [...]
March 12, 2010
Beer Photo: Philadelphia Raids
There’s been a good deal of talk relating to the recent raids on a few bars and drinking establishments around the Philadelphia area. It only seemed like a timely story for the latest beer photo (it’s been a while since I posted one). AP Photo The above photo shows the Resurrection Ale House where an [...]
March 9, 2010
High ABV Poll Results
First off, I just wanted to thank all of you who participated in last week’s poll, “What’s the Highest ABV Beer You’ve Had?“ The results were pretty much where I expected them to be, but the number of you that had higher and 25% ABV in your beer was a surprise — not a huge [...]
March 2, 2010
What’s the Highest ABV Beer You’ve Had?
With all the talk and news lately regarding the high ABV battle between Brewdog and Schorschbräu, I started thinking… and that can get dangerous. I asked myself a pretty simple question, “What’s the strongest beer I’ve had? Turns out the highest, most potent beers I’ve had are both from Dogfish Head: 120 Minute IPA and [...]
February 17, 2010
Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Collaboration
There’s been a lot of news about Sierra Nevada’s 30th Anniversary celebration the past month or so, but the following video from the brewery sums it up beautifully. I can’t wait to start looking for these limited brews.
December 30, 2009
The Barley Blog 2009 Year in Review
Keeping with tradition, it’s time for a little review of this past year on The Barley Blog. This was a busier than normal year for me at the office, so I’m expecting numbers to be down overall as compared to last year. Of the 117 posts published this year, 81 of them for reviews. That’s [...]
October 27, 2009
SF Brewing Cellar Sale
Word of the closing of SF Brewing was just recently announced in the past couple of days. I don’t live on the West coast so I didn’t pay it much mind — that is until receiving the following comment (on an old post) from the brewery’s founder/brewmaster Allan Paul: Hi. I have a unique cellar [...]
October 14, 2009
Rock Art Brewery vs Monster Energy Drinks
Apparently the over active folks at Monster Energy drinks have taken issue with Rock Art Brewery’s use of “Vermonster” in one of their products. Check out the video below to get the brewery’s point of view.
