Posted: by jrocket (19 hours ago)

This BBC documentary on the English pub, really about much more, is worth the 40 or so minutes it runs. Grab a beer and get in the mood for Friday’s Session.

Just for yucks, you might open a second browser when Pete Brown is being interviewed and head to his blog for a more current photo.

A Good Beer Blog --

The entries to the Good Beer Blog Poetry Slam 2008 are in and the judges are hard at work. Here is the last entry from Erich Renken that got in under Monday's deadline:

I remember well my first beers
Despite that time's been 17 years
Bud Light was the brew that night
"Wait a minute, man, there's something not right"
It's what I thought when I tasted
That shitty brew which got me wasted

I couldn't believe that everyone loved beer

Dog Fish head always does a good job of making different and unique beer. Chicory has a history of being used as a coffee substitute in Europe and New Orleans. The root also has a sweetness similar to a sugar beet, but I do not know if it is fermentable.

This beer has a strong roast malt and roast coffee aroma. The color is black and opaque with just the slightest light passing through. There is no head on this beer which might be to match the style or caused by the coffee and chicory addition.

The taste is malty and roasty almost to the point of smoky. The coffee flavor is pronounced and well mixed with the malt. This stout also has some hop bitterness with a hint of floral flavor. There is an extra flavor that is not recognizable, an earthy sweet taste that must beer from the chicory. The mouthfeel is medium full and smooth. The finish is filled with the unrecognized taste, earthy and mildly bitter.  read more »

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