great beers

[HowardRoark]

Good....



still thinking....



not so good....

[Freak Out]

Howard....I"m going to wait till this is released on Friday to ship.

http://midnightsunbrewing.com/sales/SS_rondyBrew2010.pdf

[HowardRoark]

Howard....I"m going to wait till this is released on Friday to ship.

http://midnightsunbrewing.com/sales/...dyBrew2010.pdf

Looks like a good one...Oskar Blues does too. I look forward to it.....I need some new beer for the ice house. I need to check out the better beer stores around here to see if I can get some of this stuff....Deschutes too.

A beer to celebrate a dog sled race? Is that a big event up there?

[Freak Out]

Howard....I"m going to wait till this is released on Friday to ship.

http://midnightsunbrewing.com/sales/...dyBrew2010.pdf

Looks like a good one...Oskar Blues does too. I look forward to it.....I need some new beer for the ice house. I need to check out the better beer stores around here to see if I can get some of this stuff....Deschutes too.

A beer to celebrate a dog sled race? Is that a big event up there?

Fur Rendezvous was first and foremost a time when the trappers/traders came together to sell pelts and trade for other goods (booze, nookie) and gamble away their hard earned money. The mushing started as a way for the trappers and such to show off their dog teams and gamble and has evolved over the years into the World sprint dog championships.

Lots of other things going on.

http://www.furrondy.net/

[Guiness]

Any of you beer lovers from Northern Washington state?

I'm going to Bellingham on business, and wondering what available there wrt brew pubs and local brews!

[Freak Out]

Any of you beer lovers from Northern Washington state?

I'm going to Bellingham on business, and wondering what available there wrt brew pubs and local brews!

Here is the Beerfly report on Bellingham. I love the place......enjoy the rain.

http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/list?city=Bellingham&c_id=US&s_id=WA

I've had some good stuff from Boundary Bay in the past......there should be no shortage of good beer to be had.

[Iron Mike]

Any of you beer lovers from Northern Washington state?

I'm going to Bellingham on business, and wondering what available there wrt brew pubs and local brews!

I'll be in Seattle next weekend.

http://www.washingtonbeer.com/

[Guiness]

I ordered some hops from Hops Direct in Wa. Also picked up some pickled pepper hop shoots - should be good!

[red]

I ordered some hops from Hops Direct in Wa. Also picked up some pickled pepper hop shoots - should be good!

do you do leafs or pellet?

those are great prices, i'll have to remember them

[Guiness]

Great pricing is the word for it.

A friend and I went in, and we got some cascade, chinook, hallertauer, centenial, golding, willamette and columbus. Also picked up some hop tea and pickled hop shoot!

I got some of each - leaf for finishing, pellets for bittering.

Can't say enough about dealing with them. They sell in quantities a homebrewer can use, a lot of hop growers won't sell in quantities under 11lb without a premium. Shipping costs were reasonable, and the product was well packed. There was NO air in those packages.

[HowardRoark]

Beer could help prevent weak bones

(UKPA) – 1 day ago

Beer is a rich source of a nutrient that can help prevent weak bones - but it depends what type you drink, researchers said.

As one of the nation's favourite drinks, beer is a rich source of dietary silicon, which can help cut the chance of developing diseases like osteoporosis, they said.

However, not all beers are the same, with those containing malted barley and hops having higher silicon content than beers made from wheat.

Some light lagers made from grains like corn have the lowest levels of silicon while beers made from hops seem to come out on top, according to the study from researchers at University of California, Davis.

Their research, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, involved examining 100 commercial beers and their production methods.

The experts said beer was a major source of dietary silicon - roughly half of the silicon in beer can be readily absorbed by the body.

Charles Bamforth, lead author of the study, said: "Beers containing high levels of malted barley and hops are richest in silicon.

"Wheat contains less silicon than barley because it is the husk of the barley that is rich in this element.

"While most of the silicon remains in the husk during brewing, significant quantities of silicon nonetheless are extracted into wort and much of this survives into beer."

Dr Claire Bowring, from the National Osteoporosis Society, said: "These findings mirror results from previous studies which concluded that moderate alcohol consumption could be beneficial to bones. However, while the National Osteoporosis Society welcomes measures to improve bone health we do not recommend anyone increases their alcohol consumption on the basis of these studies."

[Freak Out]

Another excellent reason to drink more beer.

TY Howard.

[Joemailman]

Not only that, but it appears that many of the worst beers have the lowest levels of silicon.

[Iron Mike]

I pounded down some of these on Friday:

[Joemailman]

Anybody familiar with Tyranena beers? Chocolate Imperial Porter sounds good.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/784/51827