My buddy Mike at Techdirt has a fantastic post up about how he stays upbeat given that he spends many hours a day blogging about clueless and/or corrupt business executives and politicians. Even with all the forces aligned against it, the human experience continues to march forward. New business models come to the surface […]

Okay, the new year rush is over and now I have time to sit at the computer and tell you about what’s new in the beer world, or at least kybecca’s beer world. I’ve got some returning beer and some new beer to tell you about.

First, the returns. Dogfish Head has released their once-per-year Fort in 750ml bottles. Fort is the world’s strongest fruit beer. It’s brewed with loads of raspberries. It’s not like some other fruit beers, such as some lambics, that blend the fruit juice after fermentation. The raspberries go in during the brewing process so the beer is not as sweet as other fruit beers. The abv is a massive 18%, making it almost port-like. This beer can be cellared and will age well for up to 20 years, but if you don’t feel like waiting that long it tastes good now.

Next to return is the St. Victorious Doppelbock from Victory Brewing Company in Pennsylvania. This beer was made Pennsylvania only last year much to the disappointment of many customers. Now it’s back, and better yet they, and by extension we, lowered the price!

On to the new. We have a very interesting new beer from France from a Brasserie Mont Blanc. The beer is called Verte, which means green, and is appropriate because the beer is in fact green. This is because it is brewed with Genepi, a family of herbs some of which are related to wormwood, also found in Absinthe. This one is for the adventurous only.

Last is a beer I tried to get before but the distribution did not reach our area. This is the Full Nelson Pale Ale from the Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia. I think we’ll be seeing more from this brewery in the future as Virginia made beer becomes more popular.

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Aside from Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General, Virginians will vote for Delegate in all 100 House districts this year.
If there is a district in our area that has a chance at changing hands this year it’s probably going to be the 28th, currently occupied by House Speaker Bill Howell, which Barack Obama carried in […]

Another innocent American family has been hassled for FWM. (Flying While Muslim).
Even worse, the Federal government says Airtran did nothing wrong.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_us/muslim_passengers_removedAmong other reasons such as sub par service. How many times have I gotten on a flight and bemoaned the lax security or dumb protocols that do nothing but provide an illusion of …

Early in the year in 2008, I made the statement several times, that if you want to sell your home, and cannot wait a long time, then you need to SELL NOW!  I indicated that prices would continue to fall through 2008.  I met with a TON of skepticism about my comments.  However, time has […]

The January edition of The Session is being coordinated by Brewmiker (a.k.a. Beerme) at the Beer and Firkins blog. The theme is The New Year: What will you miss about 2008 and what do you expect will excite you most in 2009, in the “Beer World”?Tough …

In today’s FLS is an ap story about the gas tax. This article states the need to raise the gas tax because people drive less and drive more efficient! WTF! That is NOT the issue. The tax is fixed per gallon, so the revenue NEVER changes even as constru…

This month’s drawing is sponsored by the Thomas Hooker Brewing Company in Connecticut. The winner will get to select something from Hooker’s online store. Hats, t-shirts, glassware, anything up to $14 in value, it’s the winner’s choice!To enter, simply…