Posted by: chapka in vinegar, The Session, slugs, rice, pickles, pale lager, onions, leeks, hops, Edible gardening, corn, beer, barley on
Feb 11, 2009
The March edition of The Session, the beer blog community's monthly cooperative conversation, is pale lager. As in standard American light-colored, light-flavored lagers.
Many of the beer-appreciation (a.k.a. beer drinking) blogs aren't too pleased, because it's not what they usually drink. And many of the home-brewing blogs aren't pleased, because it's not what they normally brew. But The Cellar and the Pantry has a wider mission than just brewing, and if you're interested in making your beer by using your gardening skills as well as your brewing skills, it might just be one of the easiest styles to grow.
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Posted by: chapka in law, honey, beekeeping on
Feb 10, 2009
If one Brooklyn city councilman has his way, the pollen in Prospect Park will no longer be going to waste. Councilman David Yassky is trying to decriminalize beekeping in the borough of Brooklyn, ensuring that the now-illegal urban beekeepers (of whom there are apparently about two dozen in Brooklyn) can ply their trade in the open--and legally sell the resulting local honey.
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Posted by: chapka in law, beer on
Feb 6, 2009
In a move little remarked on, especially by homebrewers, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau recently approved the use of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, polyvinylimadazole, lysozyme, and polystyrene as adjuncts in commercially sold beer. Once again, please remember that the alcoholic beverage industry are the only purveyors of food in the United States that are not required to list the ingredients they use on their labels or otherwise reveal them to consumers.
And, of course, remember that if you brew your own, you will always know exactly what's in it.
Posted by: chapka in water, slow food on
Feb 6, 2009
The 2008 Slow Food Almanac arrived in my mailbox today. There were some interesting articles, but I'll leave it to others to review the content. Suffice it to say that if you're not a member, you should sign up regardless of whether the articles are your cup of tea. What made the strongest impression on me, though, were the ads.
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