by XaqFixx
July 11, 2012 in Beer, Drinking
The Cicerone Program is a certification program training people on beer styles, pairings, and specific beers. In the last few years it has grown massively and its participants are spreading their beer knowledge all throughout the US.
Would you be interested in getting certified? Do you think completing this program would be a good invest of time and money for a home or commercial brewer?
by XaqFixx
July 6, 2012 in Beer, Drinking, Just For Fun, review
by XaqFixx
July 5, 2012 in Beer, Drinking, review
Green’s Mission Gluten Free Belgian Ale is only rated 2.7 out of 5 on Rate Beer but but the interesting numbers are 0, 3, and 6. 0 as in Gluten Free, 3 carbs, and 6% ABV.
by XaqFixx
April 1, 2012 in Beer, Brewing, Drinking, FAIL, Just For Fun
SENECA, OR—Owner and founder of Fossil Bed Brewery Dave Walker, 39, reportedly struggled Saturday to find a way to work his 5-year-old Labrador retriever mix into the name of a new spiced winter ale. “I was going to just call it Puppy Weizen, but that’s kind of impersonal, and technically it’s not a wheat beer,” said Walker, who has so far failed to find a name that captures both his pet’s personality and the distinct raisin and pepper flavoring of the microbrew. “I have to do something to make it stand out on the shelf alongside Flying Dog, Sea Dog, Turbodog, Smuttynose Old Brown Dog, and Dogfish Head.” At press time, Walker had yet to figure out how make his dog, Barley, a part of the beer’s name.
by XaqFixx
March 21, 2012 in Beer, Drinking, review
I do not make it a habit of pimping commercial beers on here, certainly not ones I haven’t tried, but this limited edition Abbey Dubbel by Flying Dog, due out this April, did the trick with a name that wrings close to the hearts of the Malcontents at Fixx Brewing.
by XaqFixx
January 29, 2012 in Beer, FAIL, politics
Canada may be known for terrible mass produced beer (LaBlatt’s Molson, Etc.) but it is also home to some of the best (Including Unibroue over in Quebec) – this isn’t about them. This is about other people paying for beer you don’t want to drink in Ontario. Due to budget constraints the government cut off $1.2 million in annual ($8 million total) funding to Ontario Craft Brewers, the brewery trade group. It is already shocking that tax payers are spending any money at all on marketing beer (that if good enough should sell itself) but it gets far worse…
According to A Good Beer Blog about an eighth of that went to just one out of 50 breweries and counted for a significant portion of their profit – that brewery is more a government contractor than a beer company.
For a slightly more sunny (read: brewer apologist) take check out the original article in the Toronto Star.
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