Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:30:01 -0700
Farewell Anchor Brewing...
I happened to be in SF for an unrelated matter (buying a used guitar), and was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd take a pilgrimage to Anchor Brewing, to say farewell.
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kelly jacklin
Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:12:25 -0700
Sad News from Anchor Brewing...
It was with an incredible sense of sadness that I read the press release today regarding Sapporo's decision to cease operations of Anchor Brewing, and liquidate the assets (see
here and
here). I find it very difficult to believe that they were unable to find a buyer. Sapporo has made some unbelievably stupid changes to the operation since their 2017 purchase of the brand: the awful re-branding in early 2021, the decision to discontinue to iconic Christmas ale earlier this year (despite apparently already having purchased all the ingredients and consumables!), and decision (also earlier this year) to limit distribution to just California. Suspiciously myopic decisions.
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kelly jacklin
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 09:26:32 -0800
SN Resilience IPA in solidarity with Butte County and Camp fire
victims...
When the Camp Fire raged in northern california, Sierra Nevada Brewing took an interesting approach to raising awareness about the fire, and donations for the victims. They decided to create, and publish, a recipe for a unique IPA called Resilience IPA, dedicated to supporting victims of the Camp Fire. They sent out the call to fellow breweries, and in all, over 14,000 commercial brewers and countless homebrewers across the nation agreed to all brew this recipe, and donate the funds raised through sale of the beer to Camp Fire victims and relief organizations.
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kelly jacklin
Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:03:05 -0800
PicoBrew Z...
Those wacky PicoBrew folks are at it again, innovating away.
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kelly jacklin
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 03:00:16 -0800
On lager yeast origin and symbiosis...
During a particularly meandering web-crawl, I came across a fascinating article describing the discovery of what some scientists believe to be the original wild yeast that enabled lager fermentation.
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kelly jacklin
Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:19:50 -0700
Article: How to grow your own hops at home...
Great article on home hop-growing:
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kelly jacklin
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:08:53 -0800
Beer Yeast Domestication...
A fascinating article on the history of yeast domestication:
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kelly jacklin
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 05:20:00 -0800
InBev Acquires Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies
The recently-announced fact that
InBev acquired Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies is generally bad for us homebrewers, and an evil move by InBev mega-corp... NB and Midwest are the two big online homebrew supply stores, kinda the Amazons of homebrew. Knowledgable staff, and occasional good deals.
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kelly jacklin
Sat, 12 Nov 2016 09:12:00 -0800
220-year-old Yeast Harvested from Shipwreck Beer
Fascinating article! Harvested yeast from a 220-year-old shipwreck, cultivated and reanimated to brew a beer nowadays. Wow!
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kelly jacklin
Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:58:00 -0800
Rant: Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita
What fresh zymurgy crime (
here) has InBev committed? Straw-ber-Rita. There's a special place in hell reserved for the idiot that came up with this...
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kelly jacklin
Sat, 11 Jun 2016 16:44:00 -0800
Craft Beer Economics
The science of craft beer economics... 'Cept cool and fun to watch 'n stuff...
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kelly jacklin
