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A newsletter of special interest to brewers, the brewing community, chefs, restaurateurs, and members of the beverage alcohol business media. If you wish to be dropped from this list, please respond to peter.lafrance@beerbasics.com . Include the word "remove" in the Subject: line. (The subscriber list is the sole property of the publisher and will not be sold, given or otherwise distributed.) ============================== Publisher: Peter LaFrance ============================== BEER BASICS.COM Vol.09 No.002 --- 31 March 2008 A newsletter of special interest to brewers, the brewing community, chefs, restaurateurs, and members of the beverage alcohol business media. If you wish to be dropped from this list, please respond to peter.lafrance@beerbasics.com Include the word "remove" in the Subject: line. (The subscriber list is the sole property of the publisher and will not be sold, given or otherwise distributed.) ============================== Publisher: Peter LaFrance ============================== |
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======= THE RANT======= The Science of Science Greetings and salutations, The following appeared in the New York Times on 18 March 2008 (The day after St. Patrick’s Day – Just a coincidence?) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18beer.html?ref=science In this piece “For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test” , it is posited by a “Dr. Tomas Grim, the author of the study and an ornithologist at Palacky University in the Czech Republic” that scientists who drink beer have less success in getting their research published. The piece ends with a quote from the good professor – “In spite of his study, Dr. Grim, who said he would on occasion enjoy more than 12 beers in a night, is not on a campaign to decrease beer drinking among scientists. Why not? His answer: “I like it.”” I have not found the actual article as published in Oikos “a journal issued by the Nordic Ecological Society and is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in ecology” but I take immediate exception to the method of his thesis. Did he compare his results to those who drink wine? Did he compare his results to those to drink spirits? I think not. The sort of “research” that posits and then “proves” the thesis is not only counterproductive but bad science. As I understand the concept of true scientific research it involves throwing as wide a “net” as possible and then sorting the information into a coherent result. The sort of research done by Dr. Grim is as valid as the offering of the results of a “successful experiment”. The essence of “experiment” is to discover the unknown. To exercise a search or to test a predetermined posit is bogus science of the worst sort. Cheers! Peter LaFrance
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=============== FROM THE WIRES ================ (A few things to think about...) Budweiser Ale... Good for what ales A-B!
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======= BeerBasics.com visits... ======= A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to chat with cookbook author, and Anne Willan. I was particularly interested in her new book "Country Cooking of France," particularly, what experience she has had in dealing with beer used in French recipes.
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=========== TASTING NOTES =========== ( Click on the bold name to get to the notes...) ( Click on the bold name to get to the notes...) A taste of...
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============================== Dinners Events and New Product Information ============================== (Click on headline to get there... use "Back Arrow" to return. )
NEW PRODUCTS: Peak Maple Oat & Sustainable Farmers
DINNERS & EVENTS: Five Guys & A Beer Barrel (Chef Bruce D. Patton) SAVOR... An American Craft Beer & Food Experience First "Cicerone" Certification Exam Announced Ale Street News Ultimate Belgian Tasting
PRESS RELEASES - NEWS & NOISE Oskar Blues Brewery Grow 51% in 2007 Vail Beer Festival Raises the Bar Siebel You go to the World Brewing Academy
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========= CHECK THESE OUT ========= Cask Ale Resource Link- Alex Hall has put together a very helpful link to on-premise establishments that serve real cask ale. http://www.cask-ale.co.uk/us/statemenu.html
Culinary Cultures LLC For chefs, cooks and foodservice professionals. Chef Ron L. Askew, Executive Director
The Food Reference Newsletter Food History, Trivia, Quotes, Humor, Poetry, Recipes James T. Ehler, Editor
Lew Bryson's Home Page Beer maven Lew Bryson has a site that deserves a hit or two. Of special interest is the Pennsylvania Breweries Update Page, for those who have his book Pennsylvania Breweries. Lew Bryson's website also offers frequent updates to his new book, NY Breweries.
Nat Decants Free Newsletter Wine tips, sips and articles from award-winning wine writer Natalie MacLean. There are no ads and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential. Contact: natdecants@nataliemaclean.com or http://www.nataliemaclean.com/
SALUT! (The Webb site.) This site includes a recipe of the month (all beer-based recipes), a substitution chart so that those not lucky enough to have access to Quebec’s great beers can use an alternative beer, a brief history of beer in Quebec, and a Question & Answer section with Raymond Beauchemin.
Restaurants.wikia - http://restaurants.wikia.com Foodiewikia - http://foodie.wikia.com
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I have not had a chance to check these email addresses. I suggest you use the site addresses if you have any doubts.
1) BridgePort Brewing Co. www.bridgeportbrewing.com Paula Troyer, Mkting Mgr. 503-241-7179, paula.troyer@bridgeportbrewing.com 2) Pete's Brewing Co. www.peteswicked.com Jennifer Shannon, Mkting Mgr. 210-490-9128, jennifer.shannon@gambrinus.com 3) Spoetzl Brewery Inc.,Shiner, TX: www.shiner.com Jay Finnigan, Marketing Manager, 210-490-9128, jay.finnigan@gambrinus.com 4) Gambrinus: www.gambrinus.com Ron Christesson, Director of Marketing, 210-490-9128, ron.christesson@gambrinus.com 5) Rogue Ales www.rogue.com Michele Becker, Marketing 503-241-3800 x4 michele@rogue.com 6) Boston Beer Company www.bostonbeer.com Michelle Sullivan 617-368-5165 michelle.sullivan@bostonbeer.com -33- © Peter LaFrance 2006 |
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