WA House OKs beer and wine tasting at groceries

Vashon Thriftway, where I grocery shop on the island, was part of the pilot program. Check out their craft beer selection:

Read the article on The Seattle Times.

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Beer History & Fun Facts

I’m a huge sucker for beer & brewing history, facts, and the like. I own way too many books on my favorite beverage and industry, but sometimes it’s fun to poke around online at the wealth of information. Here are a few links for ‘beer for thought.’

• Pliny the Elder created the botanical name for hops, “Lupus salictarius”
• Ninkasi was the Sumerian goddess of beer
• Beer and brewing quotes
• Beer 101 – Beer Education
• Beer History
• American brewery history

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@mention in True Cask!

Chris Bjerrisgaard, author of the True Cask blog, wrote a nice bit on the craft beer industry and communication today (and gave me a plug <– shameless self-plug).

I thought this was interesting topic. I try to be an ambassador to craft beer and homebrewing, not a beer snob. I do tend to act like a beer geek when I get to hang with other craft beer folks (AKA beer geeks), but I think that’s typical of any hobby.

I’ve gotten to know Chris through Twitter since we “met” earlier this year, and had the pleasure of meeting him in person in early October at the first annual Tacoma Craft Beer Fest (which was awesome, BTW – can’t wait until next years event).

Here is a picture of me with all the Canucks that came down from BC to go beer shopping & festing for the day (Chris on the far right):

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