Friday, July 19, 2013

Beer News

This is what I'd like to do when I retire:


Breweries Not Too Big for Their Barrels

Every other Friday at 2 a.m., Rich Castagna walks out to the one-car garage behind his home in Maspeth, Queens, and fills a 55-gallon stainless-steel barrel with water. While his wife and three daughters are asleep inside the house, he fires up a burner and slowly brings the water to a boil, turning the 150-square-foot room into a sauna.
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A celebration of recent legislation:

Hops and change

Finally, government loves you and wants you to be happy
MOST Americans may not realise it, but their country is a little freer, and perhaps slightly tipsier than it was last month. On July 1st it became legal to make beer at home in Mississippi. Alabama lifted the threat of prosecution for homebrewers in May. It is now legal to craft your own suds in all 50 states.
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Oh the ills of summer:

Bad buzz: Mosquitoes love to bite beer drinkers, study

Roughly 20 percent of people are more frequent meal tickets for mosquitoes than the rest of the population, and Smithsonian Magazine set out to investigate: Why?
Beer drinkers beware. Mosquitoes love the brew.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/16/bad-buzz-mosquitoes-love-beer-drinkers-study/#ixzz2ZXWjR6Cd
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Want to help out a new brewery?

How to Become a Stouperstar – Join the Stoup Brewing Founders Club

“Memberships are available for a limited time only…and at $250, these honeys got velocity. Don’t forget that they make great gifts too.”
I highly encourage you to go learn more about this opportunity. Note the way I used the word opportunity and not offer.
http://www.stoupbrewing.com/founders-club/
Along witha fancy name (Stouperstar), members get a whole list of perks. Not just a growler and a T-shirt, but much more, including beer. Once you’re a member, you are a Stouperstar for life.

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