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BreweryMap on Fox News

farrelley — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:13:02 +0000

I forgot to post this last week since I was busy traveling but, Fox News’ Tapped-In Reviewed BreweryMap and created a cool video!

Click here to view the embedded video.

On Homebuying

farrelley — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:14:03 +0000

Cute little houses aren’t good for raising families, they’re good for tea parties

2011 Great American Beer Festival

farrelley — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:11:21 +0000

I didn’t get a chance to go but next year you can bet that I will be there! This week BreweryDB is featuring two award winners.

Brewery
Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen – who won Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year!

Beer
Elevated IPA from La Cumbre Brewing Co. from Albuquerque New Mexico. This is an American Style IPA won the Gold out of 176 entries!

Now for some really cool facts about the festival

466 breweries in the festival hall
2,375 beers served at the festival
49,000 attendees
Approximately 3,300 volunteers
526 breweries in the competition from 48 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
3,930 beers judged (includes 86 Pro-Am competition entries)
83 style categories judged, plus the Pro-Am competition
167 judges from nine countries
Average number of competition beers entered in each category: 48
Category with highest number of entries: 176, American Style India Pale Ale

Among the highlights of the 2011 GABF competition results:

Medals were won by 18 first-time entering breweries (seven gold medals, five silver medals, six bronze medals).
Indiana had the most winning rate of medals compared to entries by state, with a 19.2 percent winning rate. Specifically, Indiana won 10 medals out of 52 total entries.
- Minnesota won three medals out of 21 entries for a winning rate of 14.3 percent.
- New Mexico won four medals out of 31 entries for a winning rates of 12.9 percent.
- Wyoming won five medals out of 39 entries for a winning rate of 12.8 percent.
- Alaska won two medals out of 16 entries for a winning rate of 12.5 percent.
The top five entrants that won the most medals are:
- Sun King Brewing Co., 8 medals
- Firestone Walker Brewing Co., 6 medals
- Pizza Port Carlsbad, 6 medals
- Rock Bottom Brewery, 6 medals
- Boston Beer Co., 4 medals
The most gold medals were won by :

Sun King Brewing Co., 4 gold medals won
Firestone Walker Brewing Co., 3 gold medals won
Pizza Port Carlsbad, 3 gold medals won
21st Amendment Brewery, 2 gold medals won
Boulevard Brewing Co., 2 gold medals won

The top five entered categories were:

American-Style India Pale Ale – 176 entries
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 118 entries
American-Style Pale Ale – 105 entries
American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 103 entries
Imperial India Pale Ale – 102 entries

All the statistical information taken the Brewers Association website – “2011 Great American Beer Festival Winners Announced” You can see all the winners on the Great American Beer Festival website.

PintLabs @ Great American Beer Festival

farrelley — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:39:31 +0000

Most of the PintLabs team will be at Great American Beer Festival (GABF) today through Sunday. They have stickers in hand so if you are out there and see someone in a PintLabs, BreweryMap, or BreweryDB T-Shirt feel free to ask them for a sticker and more about what we are doing. Some exciting things have been happening lately. We are excited to be able to release the new API soon!

Tired

farrelley — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:34:22 +0000

I’m tired

Washington, DC Area Breweries

farrelley — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:11:17 +0000

Brewery DB Plugin

farrelley — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:53:40 +0000

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Great Lakes Brewing Company

2516 Market Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44113

In the 1870s, Cleveland had 30 breweries. By the early 1980s, the last one had shuttered its doors. So when brothers Patrick and Daniel Conway opened Great Lakes Brewing Company on September 6, 1988, it not only signaled a new era in Cleveland brewing, it was also the first microbrewery in the state of Ohio. And the idea of a craft brewery in Cleveland caught on fast, as curious patrons hurried in for a pint crafted in the styles of old and drawn from the taps of the beautiful Victorian era bar. The company's commitment to sustainable business practices greatly contributed to its early popularity and success. Before long, Great Lakes Brewing Company had become one of Cleveland's most popular destinations for both dining and a fun night out.

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Ommegang BPA

Belgian Pale Ale

Brewery Ommegang

Ommegang BPA is pale. It’s ale. And it’s Belgian-style. Ommegang has combined the delicious aromas and flavors of Belgian-style ale with more hops than we’ve ever put in a beer. A well-balanced, yet ample, hop character defines this fine pale ale. This uncommon Belgian pale ale offers citrus and tropical fruit aromatics and flavors, a full body and a lush white pillowy head, BPA uses Ommegang’s own Belgian yeast, five malts, two hops, and lots of patience to brew. BPA finishing touches include dry-hopping with Cascade hops. Pairs with lighter fare, salads and seafood. Yet has the character and body to hold up to stronger fare, spicy foods, pizzas, burgers. Also a superb session-style draft beer. Delightfully easy to drink, yet always interesting and engaging. Legendary Ommegang character, quality and balance; in a totally new Belgian-style Pale Ale. (BPA was a Limited Edition beer for 2010, will become year round for 2011)

ABV: 6.2%

IBUs: 21

Kiss Me Kate

Standard/Ordinary Bitter

Castle Rock Brewery

Castle Rock brewery has announced plans to celebrate the marriage of HRH Prince William to Kate Middleton in the best way it knows how – by brewing a special real ale. Called Kiss Me Kate, it will be available on draught at Castle Rock and many other local pubs for the full month in the run up to the wedding on Friday 29 April. A limited amount available in bottles for memento collectors and for laying aside to toast future royal events. Castle Rock’s head brewer, Adrian Redgrove, says it will be a great British beer full of British hops and barley. “Kiss Me Kate will be elegant, tasteful and British to the core. It’ll be brewed to 5%, pale in colour and, we’re sure it’ll be the ideal way to toast the couple’s future happiness. We’ll certainly be enjoying it in our celebrations here at the brewery.”

ABV: 5%

New Year, Clean Start

farrelley — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:45:33 +0000

I haven’t blogged that much lately but I thought I would share some of the stuff that I had In my drafts section that I never published.

Technology is a tool, not the final answer for the GOP
One Year, Obama Widget Success.
Runkeeper – Managing My Runs
DC PHP – Running a User Group.

As for the last two, I don’t manage my runs anymore with Runkeeper. I have moved over to Garmin since my watch is much more accurate than GPS on a phone. As for DC PHP, I along with some others, organize the DC PHP user group. You can find out more information on that at www.dcphp.net or www.meetup.com/dc-php

Walgreens Suing Wegmans over trademark

farrelley — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:44:40 +0000

I read this morning in my local newspaper that Walgreens was suing Wegmans (a popular grocery store in upstate New York) over it’s use of the “W” logo (trademark).

Can you tell what logo is the Walgreens logo, and what one is the Wegmans logo?

Leave your answer in the comments.

Developers: You Need to Attend. No Excuses!

farrelley — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:21:44 +0000

The one and only Cal Evans (twitter account) has put together an amazing group of five speakers to do an 100% online conference for developers to help improve their “soft skills”. We all know you have the chops to code but do you have the skills to keep your career on the right path? Five speakers will talk about everything from your résumé to your open source career. It’s really something you can not miss. Why? Because there are five fabulous speakers, it’s all online and the recordings will be downloadable later, and its CHEAP! Only $35! Even if you can’t make it you should buy the ticket to watch the talks later. If you don’t and miss out, the video downloads will cost more than the real ticket. So no Excuses!

So don’t wait… go and register!