10/16 Homebrewing News

// Local 'gypsy' brewer Stillwater finds home in suds business
// October 15, 2010 at 11:37 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/local-gypsy-brewer-stillwater-finds-home-in-suds-business?fromrss=1
'I'm learning how to be a businessman,' says brewmaster Brian Strumke. Beer lovers compare Brian Strumke to a chef.


// A 13x13 Grid Poker Hand Chart Windows Forms UserControl
// October 15, 2010 at 6:27 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/a-13x13-grid-poker-hand-chart-windows-forms-usercontrol?fromrss=1
I have been playing poker and writing home brew tools for a while, and recently started writing some for friends, mostly educational and analytical.


// Pumpkin + Beer = Clever ... For a Minute
// October 15, 2010 at 5:27 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/pumpkin-beer-clever-for-a-minute?fromrss=1
Salon featured a video yesterday on brewing beer in a pumpkin , and both the topic and the franchise struck me as clever.


// Fockinghausen: Focking Marvelous
// October 15, 2010 at 4:23 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/fockinghausen-focking-marvelous?fromrss=1
Last week, I joined a group for a hiking weekend in the Sauerland. We stayed at the Waldhaus hotel in Fockinghausen, which is perched on the top of a hill and surrounded by verdant pastures filled with satisfied-looking cows.


// Dad & Dudes Breweria plans to get a pizza the action in Aurora
// October 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/dad-dudes-breweria-plans-to-get-a-pizza-the-action-in-aurora?fromrss=1
It's a pizza joint. No, it's a brewpub. Pizza joint! Brewpub! It's both. It's a Breweria! The father-an- son team of Tom and Mason Hembree are getting ready to open Dad & Dudes Breweria in Aurora later this month.


// Good under pressure: Hard cider 'hobby operation' satiates thirst for stock, good show
// October 15, 2010 at 8:59 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/good-under-pressure-hard-cider-hobby-operation-satiates-thirst-for-stock-good-show?fromrss=1
There's a five-gallon jug of cider fermenting in our house. It's in a mini root-cellar below the mud room, where it will remain until Town Meeting Day, when I've been given the go-ahead to pull the plug, pour and drink.


// D.G. Yuengling, nation's oldest brewer, plans to buy Memphis plant
// October 15, 2010 at 4:54 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/d-g-yuengling-nations-oldest-brewer-plans-to-buy-memphis-plant?fromrss=1
The former Coors brewery in Memphis may be getting its fifth owner since opening in the early 1970s.