It was needed. The new one is spiffy. More beer info, more info on the going’s on in the brewery, new blog site. Good stuff. http://www.halfacrebeer.com/
Edition 3 of Left Hand Brewing’s “Fade To Black” series is on shelves. Recap: 3 years ago, the brewery dropped Snowbound Ale in lieu of FTB. Volume 1: Foreign Export Stout. Volume 2: Smoked Baltic Porter: Year 3: Chili Porter. Continue Reading →
Heavy Seas Brewing is renaming their Summer Ale. They want your input. The current creative suggestions include the above. Got a better one? Hit up their Facebook page and put in your 2 cents.
Ok, not beer but damn.
A bottle of Dalmore whisky produced 60 years ago just sold for $200,000.
That’s $12,000 a pour. The bottle is one of 12 produced. A businessman saw the above bottle on display in Singapore’s Changi Airport and Continue Reading →
Going to GABF? How about a malt scrub. Beer exfoliation? These are real things.
Ritz-Carlton in Denver will be using beer, not some new age kelp/ox blood/alien hair/moon rock treatment to smooth your hair and skin. The spa at Continue Reading →
Rogue Brewing just published a few videos about their hop & barley harvest. Want to know how the hops & barleys get into your beer? These videos are for you.
Rogue has a whole agriculture department making organic hops and malts Continue Reading →
Ken Burns has made some excellent documentaries like The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, even one on Star Wars. (A favorite.) Next he is tackling the dark times, AKA Prohibition.
Coming this fall is a look into the 18th Amendment, and the Continue Reading →
It was needed. The new one is spiffy. More beer info, more info on the going’s on in the brewery, new blog site. Good stuff. http://www.halfacrebeer.com/
Edition 3 of Left Hand Brewing’s “Fade To Black” series is on shelves. Recap: 3 years ago, the brewery dropped Snowbound Ale in lieu of FTB. Volume 1: Foreign Export Stout. Volume 2: Smoked Baltic Porter: Year 3: Chili Porter. Specifically – chipotle, Serrano, and ancho chilies from Savory Spice Shop in Denver, Colorado. [CraftBeer.com]
Heavy Seas Brewing is renaming their Summer Ale. They want your input. The current creative suggestions include the above. Got a better one? Hit up their Facebook page and put in your 2 cents.
Ok, not beer but damn.
A bottle of Dalmore whisky produced 60 years ago just sold for $200,000.
That’s $12,000 a pour. The bottle is one of 12 produced. A businessman saw the above bottle on display in Singapore’s Changi Airport and bought it. HA! I long for the day I am waltzing through an airport and see an $200 grand bottle of whisky and say “Sure, and that Snickers bar.”
This rare bottle of whiskey is apparently a first fill, single barrel whisky – quite, quite rare. The bigger question is, when is a good occasion to have a $12,000 drink? [CNNBlogs]
(PHOTO / Changi Airport Group)
Going to GABF? How about a malt scrub. Beer exfoliation? These are real things.
Ritz-Carlton in Denver will be using beer, not some new age kelp/ox blood/alien hair/moon rock treatment to smooth your hair and skin. The spa at the hotel will use to Great Divide Brewing beers – Yeti Imperial Stout and Samurai Ale for the Mile High Malt Scrub and Micro Brew Scalp Massage.
You apparently mix the beer into malt, and drink the rest. The spa workers then exfoliate the skin with the malt-beer mix. How can you top that? Easy. Step #2 in the beer pampering process is the Yeti being brushed on your newly malt-exfoliated skin.
Oh we aren’t done. Next up? The Yeti hair treatment. Yep, an imperial stout scalp massage. Then a Yeti/moisturizer body rubdown. Then more beers in the lounge. 75 mins. $200.
If that’s not your thing, there is also the “Hops N’ Honey Ultimate Manicure.”
The Hops N’ Honey Ultimate Pedicure, the spa’s signature treatment. Embracing notes of amber, caramel, oats and honey, this pedicure was created specifically for the hotel. This decadent service starts with a scoop of “Hops ‘n Honey Me! Bath Ice Cream” to soften and nourish the feet. Then, legs and feet are exfoliated and a caramel foot mask is applied for hydration. A paraffin foot dip is also included before whipped milk and honey lotion is massaged into the feet and legs. Nails are polished as a finishing touch. As an extra indulgence, samplings of three microbrews from a neighboring brewery or herbal teas are served to complete the experience. 75mins, $200.
I’m totally down for a beer bath. I’ll ignore the talk. I’ve already reached out to the Ritz. Post to follow. [DenverPost]
Rogue Brewing just published a few videos about their hop & barley harvest. Want to know how the hops & barleys get into your beer? These videos are for you.
Rogue has a whole agriculture department making organic hops and malts for Chatoe Rogue beers.
Hop Harvesting
Barley Harvesting
Ken Burns has made some excellent documentaries like The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, even one on Star Wars. (A favorite.) Next he is tackling the dark times, AKA Prohibition.
Coming this fall is a look into the 18th Amendment, and the years during Prohibition. Some great quotes from the trailer –
“Some call it bootleging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.”
“You cannot legislate morality. When you do legislate it, you create opportunities for who do not follow the law…”
Check out the trailer below. Grab beer, & watch in October. Blu Ray/DVD also for sale.
