Commentator (and Chicagoan) Dennis O’Toole had a spot-on piece on All Things Considered tonight. He managed to bring together the global hops shortage, Obama, PBR, and a knock on hipsters all in one brief piece. Give it a listen.
In related beer news, Larry Bell (of Bell’s Brewery) is growing some of his own ingredients now, [...]
From the You Learn Something New Every Day dept: The ultimate sources—the headwaters, if you will—of two of Chicago’s biggest players in the good-things-to-drink market are located on the same block. Intelligentsia’s roasting plant and Goose Island’s main brewery are both on the 1800 block of Fulton Street.
to jump on an internet meme. The 2008 FGG Symposium is coming up, and in its honor I make the following offering:
(Thanks to Jeremy Vore for the raw material.)
I was in Google Earth today, working on the track for my 2002 road trip, and I came across an accidental sketch:
See in Google Earth
A generator built from a 100 year old steam engine, including a from-scratch alternator.
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