10/7 Homebrewing News

// Nine Questions
// October 6, 2010 at 11:48 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/nine-questions?fromrss=1
John Read is a bass player turned animator. He cites his current involvement with the crew at Powhaus Productions as his favorite unhindered creative outlet.


// Wine Smith Oktoberfest is Saturday
// October 6, 2010 at 5:43 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/wine-smith-oktoberfest-is-saturday?fromrss=1
Oktoberfest celebrations are set for this weekend at the Wine Smith in west Mobile.


// HUB "Name the NANO" contest winner to be chosen Tuesday
// October 6, 2010 at 1:33 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/hub-name-the-nano-contest-winner-to-be-chosen-tuesday?fromrss=1
That IS nano...actually, it's a beautifully made scale model of Ninkasi's new brewery that was on display at this year's GABF Name That Nano The Hopworks folks received their new nano brewing system last month, and are ready to start brewing with homebrewers, community groups and would-be brewers... But first, a name! They're opening up the naming ...


// My, This Beer Has Some Delicious Proteins
// October 6, 2010 at 11:28 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/my-this-beer-has-some-delicious-proteins?fromrss=1
"Not all chemicals are bad," wrote humor columnist Dave Barry . "Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." Barry may have been right about the virtues of a cold one, but his description is missing a few chemicals: the proteins from beer's other main ingredients , ...


// Brewologist: For home brewers, planning next batch half the fun
// October 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/brewologist-for-home-brewers-planning-next-batch-half-the-fun?fromrss=1
They call this hobby 'home brewing,' but that's a bit of a misnomer -- because you can do it anywhere.


// IPAs reign supreme in craft brewing
// October 6, 2010 at 6:19 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/10/ipas-reign-supreme-in-craft-brewing?fromrss=1
The quest for top honors in American craft brewing has come here, to a hotel ballroom marked "restricted access." More than 140 bottles of American-style India Pale Ale sit stacked in donated Bud Light and King Cobra boxes, labors of hop love brewed by a cast of characters that includes an organic chemist, a man with a grim reaper tattoo and a guy ...