Tumwater Falls Harvest Festival has cowboys, goats and fresh cider (The Olympian)
In its eighth year, Tumwater Falls Harvest Festival will be packed with entertainment and activities that reflect South Sound history.
For a short time only, real beer (Stuff)
Stu McKinlay has been listening to brewers' stories for more than a decade, and is now brewing one of his own to top them all.
Home beer brewing calls to a new generation -- and to women (Chicago Tribune)
Clubs, websites and blogs are springing up as enthusiasts experiment with new brews and share what they've learned along the way. IT'S ONE of the many home brew competitions that take place around the country each year. There's the panel of certified judges, the international entrants in 28 categories of beer and mead -- and there's the hops-filled afternoon of sipping and scribbling until a ...
Colo. right-to-work measure close in poll (Moldova.org)
Nearly half of voters oppose a Colorado ballot initiative that would make it harder to organize labor unions, a poll indicates. A so-called right-to-work measure supported by Colorado's Coors beer brewing family would ban labor unions from collecting dues from non-union members at a workplace. About 49 percent of respondents to a survey opposed Amendment 47, with 21 percent supporting it, The ...
Brewing an idea (The MetroWest Daily News)
The Beer Nut Dave Lambert is living a homebrewer's dream. Not only does he get to drink the beer he develops and brews, but, because he's one of the founders of Sherwood Forest Brewers in Marlborough, he makes his living because people drink his beer.
Drinks with ... Jon Roll (Wisconsin State Journal)
Next semester, Jon Roll, 43, will teach a new class in bacteriology that might just become one of the more popular courses on the UW-Madison campus: "Fermentation and Zymurgy," aka a beer brewing class. He and microbiology student Brandy Day are developing the course after MillerCoors donated $100,000 worth of brewing equipment plus brewer training, which they took over the summer in Milwaukee. ...
Colo. right-to-work measure close in poll (UPI)
DENVER, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Nearly half of voters oppose a Colorado ballot initiative that would make it harder to organize labor unions, a poll indicates.
Aussie icon reaches a milestone (+video) (The New Zealand Herald)
The one billionth jar of Vegemite has gone down the production line, proving that Australians really do enjoy it for breakfast, lunch and tea.
Unions retract 'poison pill' measures (The Washington Times)
Colorado leaders say they dodged a ballot bullet by reaching a last-minute agreement with labor unions.
German restaurant to host Oktoberfest in Jacksonville (The Mail Tribune)
JACKSONVILLE ? Operators of a forthcoming German restaurant will hold an Oktoberfest Saturday at the historic Jacksonville School, complete with German beer, a bratwurst eating contest, oompah band and activities for the kids.
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