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  1. Please behold the most beautiful invention, and the best subsequent merging of two of my favorite things, that I have ever seen. It is a Pantone-inspired color guide to beers, or Beertone. Assembled and catalogued by Alexander Michelbach and Daniel Eugster, who work for an advertising agency located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, the guide is intended to be something both “useful and fun for everyone that likes color and beer.” Which surely just means that it has been made for everybody in the world. The Beertone guide is available for sale on its website. In telling the world that, I’m just making sure that no one ever has to spend longer than three seconds thinking of a gift for me. Click through for more pictures of what is possibly the world’s best useless invention.  Please behold the most beautiful invention, and the best subsequent merging of two of my favorite things, that I have ever seen. It is a Pantone-inspired color guide to beers, or Beertone. Assembled and catalogued by Alexander Michelbach and Daniel Eugster, who work for an advertising agency located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, the guide is intended to be something both “useful and fun for everyone that likes color and beer.” Which surely just means that it has been made for everybody in the world. The Beertone guide is available for sale on its website. In telling the world that, I’m just making sure that no one ever has to spend longer than three seconds thinking of a gift for me. Click through for more pictures of what is possibly the world’s best useless invention. 
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    Please behold the most beautiful invention, and the best subsequent merging of two of my favorite things, that I have ever seen. It is a Pantone-inspired color guide to beers, or Beertone. Assembled and catalogued by Alexander Michelbach and Daniel Eugster, who work for an advertising agency located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, the guide is intended to be something both “useful and fun for everyone that likes color and beer.” Which surely just means that it has been made for everybody in the world.

    The Beertone guide is available for sale on its website. In telling the world that, I’m just making sure that no one ever has to spend longer than three seconds thinking of a gift for me. Click through for more pictures of what is possibly the world’s best useless invention. 

    #beer  #pantone  #design 
    4 weeks ago  /  3 notes
  2. Today in awesome things: Lakefront Brewery Inc. has introduced Wisconsinite, a new unfiltered Weiss-style beer made entirely of local, Wisconsin-grown ingredients. The beer was created around a new native Wisconsin yeast strain envisioned by Lakefront president Russ Klisch and developed by Jeremy Kingof home brewing supplies distributor Northern Brewer. The new strain is believed be to the only North American-grown yeast in commercial use today as well as the first native brewing yeast from Wisconsin, according to Lakefront Brewery.  All products used in Wisconsinite come from local sources, including its water (Lake Michigan), malted barley (from the Milwaukee location of Malteroup), wheat (Chilton) and hops (Mazomanie). Klisch hopes the distinct flavor of the new yeast will eventually create a new category of beer called Wisconsin Weiss. Because he believes the flavor is so distinct, he plans to forgo compensation to make it available to other brewers in order to perpetuate the new style. The new yeast is available for purchase by home brewers through Northern Brewer in Milwaukee and Minnesota. Related: How delicious does it look to garnish your beer with a cheese wedge? I think we can agree that it looks SO DELICIOUS, and might actually embody the idea of “treating yourself.”

    Today in awesome things:

    Lakefront BreweryInc. has introduced Wisconsinite, a new unfiltered Weiss-style beer made entirely of local, Wisconsin-grown ingredients.

    The beer was created around a new native Wisconsin yeast strain envisioned by Lakefront president Russ Klisch and developed by Jeremy Kingof home brewing supplies distributor Northern Brewer. The new strain is believed be to the only North American-grown yeast in commercial use today as well as the first native brewing yeast from Wisconsin, according to Lakefront Brewery. 

    All products used in Wisconsinite come from local sources, including its water (Lake Michigan), malted barley (from the Milwaukee location of Malteroup), wheat (Chilton) and hops (Mazomanie).

    Klisch hopes the distinct flavor of the new yeast will eventually create a new category of beer called Wisconsin Weiss. Because he believes the flavor is so distinct, he plans to forgo compensation to make it available to other brewers in order to perpetuate the new style.

    The new yeast is available for purchase by home brewers through Northern Brewer in Milwaukee and Minnesota.

    Related: How delicious does it look to garnish your beer with a cheese wedge? I think we can agree that it looks SO DELICIOUS, and might actually embody the idea of “treating yourself.”

    #Lakefront Brewery  #Wisconsin  #Milwaukee  #beer 
    1 year ago  /  16 notes
  3. In honor of Lakefront Brewery’s anniversary, and as a way of celebrating my arrival home from work before 5:30 (!), I’m wearing my beer-drinking sweater and drinking one of my favorites, Eastside Dark, in bed. Pretty exciting Friday night over here, folks. If I ever get married, the only detail of which I’m certain (other than the elephant rides, natch) is that there will be never-ending kegs of Lakefront on hand. In honor of Lakefront Brewery’s anniversary, and as a way of celebrating my arrival home from work before 5:30 (!), I’m wearing my beer-drinking sweater and drinking one of my favorites, Eastside Dark, in bed. Pretty exciting Friday night over here, folks. If I ever get married, the only detail of which I’m certain (other than the elephant rides, natch) is that there will be never-ending kegs of Lakefront on hand.
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    In honor of Lakefront Brewery’s anniversary, and as a way of celebrating my arrival home from work before 5:30 (!), I’m wearing my beer-drinking sweater and drinking one of my favorites, Eastside Dark, in bed. Pretty exciting Friday night over here, folks.

    If I ever get married, the only detail of which I’m certain (other than the elephant rides, natch) is that there will be never-ending kegs of Lakefront on hand.

    #weekends  #beer  #Lakefront Brewery 
    1 year ago  /  11 notes

  4. "It’s vital our fans have trust in everything Hanson do. We are soon going to be selling our own beer. I’m not joking - MMMhop IPA anyone?"

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    Zac Hanson reveals, in a grammatically questionable sentence (is Hanson a plural or singular proper noun? I MUST KNOW), that he and his brothers/bandmates are seriously considering releasing a home brew, of sorts.

    The article points out that they already brand and sell plenty of their own products and still release music under their own label, which are both successful business ventures for them. I know they still have rabid, inexplicably devoted fangirls. One of them went to my high school (that made me feel uncomfortable - like a Law & Order SVU episode waiting to happen). Their website, if you are interested, is currently holding a holiday promotion. So I suppose I must bid them a generous “have at it!” but I must admit, picturing a long-haired version of fourteen-year old Zac brewing beer makes me feel a little uneasy. Also just…do they drink beer? Are they Mormon? They seem Mormon.

    #MMMBOP  #MMMHOP  #pop  #they all have children  #beer 
    1 year ago  /  9 notes

  5. The Minnesota government shutdown has a problem with your good time

     MillerCoors now famously did not renew their Minnesota distributing license in time, and tragically, consumers will soon not be able to enjoy the champagne of beers in Minnesota. Even more unfortunately, many restaurants and bars have liquor licences that will expire on August 1st, leaving the ENTIRE PROSPECT OF DRINKING very uncertain in Minnesota. As the Atlantic notes, the entire bureaucratic mess only serves to demonstrate how ridiculous the liquor licensing laws are in Minnesota. Here is a list of beers that will be pulled from Minnesota shelves if the government shutdown lasts.

    Blue Moon Pale Moon Belgian Style Pale Ale, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Coors Light 3.2, Foster’s Lager Beer, Foster’s Premium Ale, Grolsch Amber Ale, Grolsch Blonde Lager, Grolsch Light Lager, Grolsch Premium Lager, Hamm’s, Hamm’s Genuine Draft Style, Hamm’s Special Light, Henry Weinhard’s Dark, Henry Weinhard’s Hefeweizen, Henry Weinhard’s Pale Ale, Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve, Icehouse Beer, Keystone Light Beer 3.2, Killians Irish Red 3.2, MGD Light 64, Mickey’s Ice Ale, Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller High Life 12/16 oz can, Miller High Life Ice, Miller High Life Light 12 oz can, Miller Lite 3.2%, Miller Lite Beer, Milwaukee’s Best #1 , Milwaukee’s Best Ice, Milwaukee’s Best Light #1 3.2, Molson Canadian, Molson Canadian Light, Molson Golden, Molson Ice, Molson XXX, Olde English 800 Malt Liquor, Sparks Light

    Dare I suggest that the people of Minnesota probably have better options? Or you know, maybe not. Maybe you better rush out to get a case of ‘Stones and some Sparks Light while you still can.

    (Source: startribune.com)

    #beer  #minnesota 
    1 year ago  /  5 notes
  6. When some people prepare to go out of town, they wash the dirty dishes in their sinks, do their laundry, and empty their fridge of perishable items. I’ve chosen to focus on the last one by drinking the beer from my fridge, watching new episodes of everything on NBC, and obsessing over fitting my liquids into a quart-sized bag. Here’s a little bit about the beer I’m drinking: “This delicious farmhouse ale is named for our Jack Russell, who, struck by a car, bounced back in fine tenacious Jack Russell fashion. It is brewed for those of us who, knocked down, have picked up, dusted off, and carried on undaunted.” It’s bottle-conditioned Farmhouse Ale (Saison) called Bam Bière. It’s dry hopped, which gives it a balance of spicy malt, hoppy, and yeasty tastes. IN MY OPINION. When some people prepare to go out of town, they wash the dirty dishes in their sinks, do their laundry, and empty their fridge of perishable items. I’ve chosen to focus on the last one by drinking the beer from my fridge, watching new episodes of everything on NBC, and obsessing over fitting my liquids into a quart-sized bag. Here’s a little bit about the beer I’m drinking: “This delicious farmhouse ale is named for our Jack Russell, who, struck by a car, bounced back in fine tenacious Jack Russell fashion. It is brewed for those of us who, knocked down, have picked up, dusted off, and carried on undaunted.” It’s bottle-conditioned Farmhouse Ale (Saison) called Bam Bière. It’s dry hopped, which gives it a balance of spicy malt, hoppy, and yeasty tastes. IN MY OPINION.
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    When some people prepare to go out of town, they wash the dirty dishes in their sinks, do their laundry, and empty their fridge of perishable items. I’ve chosen to focus on the last one by drinking the beer from my fridge, watching new episodes of everything on NBC, and obsessing over fitting my liquids into a quart-sized bag.

    Here’s a little bit about the beer I’m drinking: “This delicious farmhouse ale is named for our Jack Russell, who, struck by a car, bounced back in fine tenacious Jack Russell fashion. It is brewed for those of us who, knocked down, have picked up, dusted off, and carried on undaunted.”

    It’s bottle-conditioned Farmhouse Ale (Saison) called Bam Bière. It’s dry hopped, which gives it a balance of spicy malt, hoppy, and yeasty tastes. IN MY OPINION.

    #beer  #i actually know a little about beer  #never brush your hair 
    2 years ago  /  3 notes
  7. Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery wanted a way to showcase their ever changing 22 ounce “Brewers’ Series” beers that they continually keep developing. The beers are normally sold separately - a bottle at a time. The ‘88’ contains four different Brewers’ Series beers and uses the fact that the packages contain 88 ounces of beer to market their unique beers. The ‘88’ logo represents an overhead view of the four beers in the package. via lovelypackage.com Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery wanted a way to showcase their ever changing 22 ounce “Brewers’ Series” beers that they continually keep developing. The beers are normally sold separately - a bottle at a time. The ‘88’ contains four different Brewers’ Series beers and uses the fact that the packages contain 88 ounces of beer to market their unique beers. The ‘88’ logo represents an overhead view of the four beers in the package. via lovelypackage.com
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    Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery wanted a way to showcase their ever changing 22 ounce “Brewers’ Series” beers that they continually keep developing. The beers are normally sold separately - a bottle at a time. The ‘88’ contains four different Brewers’ Series beers and uses the fact that the packages contain 88 ounces of beer to market their unique beers.

    The ‘88’ logo represents an overhead view of the four beers in the package.

    via lovelypackage.com

    #lakefront brewery  #milwaukee  #beer 
    2 years ago  /  2 notes
  8. Name: Winter Winds
    Artist: Mumford & Sons
    Album: Sigh No More

    mumford & sons // winter winds

    was it love or fear of the cold?

    Whenever I’m forced to live through excessive amounts of snow, I’m left wanting only comfort: comfort food (chili), comfortable clothes (sweater tights and flannel), comforting drinks (whiskey/tea or whiskey/coffee - it’s actually good!), comfort music (Bon Iver), and comforting places. Comforting places are becoming a little more difficult to find. As I’ve mentioned a multitude of times, I went to college at a small liberal arts college in northern (okay, it’s what I consider northern - I suppose it’s actually central/east) Wisconsin, where it would snow sometimes five days out of the week (this was probably related more to the outrageous weather pattern of the last three years), the sun set routinely at four o’clock, and there was no major body of water to cut the wind chill or add moisture to the snow and air. At first I resented the location - being from southern Wisconsin, the weather hardly seemed novel, like it did to friends from other parts of the country. Eventually, the kitschy, somewhat antiquated comforts of a northern midwestern community that my university could provide turned out to provide the backdrop for some of my most treasured memories from college.

    We were blessed with a campus bar in the basement of our old student union that opened at four on Wednesdays and Fridays, and a cafeteria that had seemingly missed the memo about margarine and other healthy eating options. During the winter of my senior year I took a class called “Zymurgy,” which meant “Beer Tutorial,” which meant we got to drink beer in the bar before it opened with professors, and then we got to talk about the beer. The beauty of the class revolved around drinking delicious, expensive, imported beer, talking about it with importance, and doing all this with professors. The class was held from three to five on Thursday, which meant we were sitting underground in front of sheets of glass windows as the sun was folding behind the river for the evening. We all seemed to dress like eskimos, so we sat bundled in our sweaters and scarves and corduroy pants, gradually peeling off layers as we filled our glasses with the contents of multiple pitchers and watched day turn to night. The time spent in this class is my ideal version of a “snow day,” so much so that it is difficult to struggle through snowy afternoons at work without wondering how much more fun I would be having, were I sitting on an uncomfortable wooden bench, surrounded by fourteen peers, three professors, and as many pitchers of Belgian beer, grasping a mug imprinted with my initials, dutifully taking notes in our beer journals, drowning out the outdoor chill with every sip.

    #appleton  #beer 
    2 years ago  /  22 notes