Little black dress

The makers of Guinness, in effort to appeal to the North American lager drinker, are rolling out with Guinness Black Lager (read, I think, Schwartzbier) in early September.

I think that anything from Guinness may incur the same kind of "dark beer stigma" that always seems to follow it. Regardless, I will be trying it, as I like all styles of beer, the black pilsner, and stout, in particular.

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It's no bumper crop, part deux

First 2011 collection of Cascade hops.
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Prost!

Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
Der Gemütlichkeit
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
Der Gemütlichkeit

Prost! Prost!
Prost!
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Location:Meine Küche

A couple of nice articles

My aunt shared this article with me, regarding a quasi-local surge in the beer scene. It's practically a micro thesis on how to start a nano/micro brewery; though there's no guarantee of success, I still wish the best to everyone, because quality brewers can only help the cause. This is courtesy of WTOP.

Now, this I got from The Brewing Network's Facebook page. The secret, unknown organism, making up the missing half of the lager genome was found in the Patagonia region of Argentina. How did this funky thing mingle with ale yeasts? Who knows; however the case, I'll drink to that.

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