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March 29, 2006
Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet
OSLO, Norway (AP) - It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer. Two flights down, employees and customers at the Big Tower Bar were horrified when water poured out of the beer taps. By an improbable feat of clumsy plumbing, someone at the bar in Kristiandsund, western Norway, had accidentally hooked the beer hoses to the water pipes for Gundersen's apartment.
I want to move to Oslo, Norway!!!
Read more at ABC News: Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet
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March 05, 2006
BBC Cabin Fever Ale : My Favorite New Brew
Cabin Fever Ale has got to be my favorite new beer. I started my brew day today mashing in 10 lbs of pale ale malt and a small amount of German Carafa to round off my first Schwarzbier. While waiting for this to extract the sugars I decided to crack open a Berkshire Brewing Company Cabin Fever Ale 22oz bomber. I didn't know what to expect because the label doesn't explain what style the beer is. Was I pleasantly suprised!
This ale is medium bodied and orange amber in color. The focus is completely on the hops. The hop flavor and aroma immediately reminded my of an American IPA or Sierra Nevada Pale Ale with that characteristic citrus flavor. There is no overwhelming hop bitterness so this is a very smooth drinking brew. I can only detect a very small astringency in the back of the throat, but nothing to detract from the balanced hop profile. This is definitely worth adding to the beer list for the next ski trip.
Posted by BrewChef at 12:40 PM | Comments (0)
March 01, 2006
A Good Light Beer? Heineken Premium Light
Could there finally be a light beer brewed with significant flavor? Heineken is about to release Heineken Premium Light (H.P.L) to compete with the tasteless bunch of light beers currently available on the market. They have decided to flood websites popular with their target audience of 25-29 year old males. This beer caught my attention because my waistband is growing as a member of the 30+ crowd and the rest of the light beer bunch just don't cut it for me.
Read about Heineken Betting on the Web to Sell a New Light Beer
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