Beer News 8/23

Holy smokes!  If you haven't been to the Waldo Tap Room, stop by on a Tuesday or Thursday night and talk to Libby.  She's a sassy one but she knows her beer.  More importantly, have a flight!  Four 5 oz pours for 5 bucks.  Doesn't matter which four 5 oz pours.  On Tuesday night, I had a Deschuttes Black Butte Porter, a Founder's Breakfast Stout, an Odell's Myrcenary, and Collaboration No. 3 Stingo.  Now that, my friends, is a damn fine flight.  Oh, and it was washed down with excellent pizza and a Red's Rye.  Yum!  Look for a yelp-ish review sometime soon.

CraftBeer.com is taking nominations for the best craft beer bar in America.  Take some time and nominate your favorite--but do it soon!  From the website, "nominate your favorite place to grab a craft beer and tell us what makes it so special. Nominations will close at noon MDT on August 24, 2012."  http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/news-and-events/news/show?title=craftbeer-coms-great-american-beer-bars

This weekend is LouFest in St. Louis.  Lots of great bands and great music.  Oh, and yeah, some damn fine beer from the local St. Louis breweries will be on hand.  http://www.loufest.com/  Me?  No, I will be at the Great Nebraska Beer Fest.  I threatened to go, and yes, I am going.  Huzzah!  http://www.greatnebraskabeerfest.com/index.cfm

Speaking of St. Louis and the GNBF, a rumour has it that Perennial Artisan Ales is heading to KC just as soon as the operation gets the increased capacity.  http://www.perennialbeer.com/  I will have to check them out this weekend!  The Hommel and the Saison de Lis both sound like they are worth a taster or two.

Is it Christmas yet?  No?  Well, you can do all of your shopping for your fellow beer nerds and beer geeks on the Plaza this fall for Boulevard gear.  Yes, Boulevard is opening a gift shoppe on the Plaza during the holiday season, offering gifts not usually available at the brewery. http://www.pitch.com/plog/archives/2012/08/23/boulevard-to-open-dry-goods-store-on-the-plaza-for-the-holiday-season

Take a break from the pumpkin and new Oktoberfest beers that are hitting the store shelves, and get a Stone 16th Anniversary IPA, which is now available.  Get if fast.  It's only going to be around a month at most!

So there is homebrew at the White House?  Well, people want the recipes, and are using the Freedom of Information Act to try and get them.  God Bless America!  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/white-house-beer-recipe-obama_n_1818531.html?utm_hp_ref=food

Hey next weekend in Kansas City, it's Irish Fest!  Oh, fine, so the beer isn't super awesome but it's still a good time.  http://www.kcirishfest.com/

That's all the news for now.  Back to my delicious (first) pumpkin ale of the season.  Thanks to Gary Briggs and the Schlafly folks for taking care of me!