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“Beer is the international language,” said a smiling Sergio Ormea in halting English. He is the master brewer at the Birrificio Grado Plato brewpub in Chieri, a small town outside of Torino (Turin), in northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Aside from his native Italian, he is fluent in French. But I’m basically monolingual, aside from “Un poquito Español.”

Fortunately, we did not have to struggle to talk about his beers for long. His colleague, Enrique Jiménez, a Spaniard who speaks fluent English as well as...

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October/November 2009
 
UPCOMING BEER EVENTS

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October 15–25

L.A. Beer Week with events going on for 11 days
More info:
labeerweek.com

October 16

WhiskyFest
More info:
maltadvocate.com

October 16–18

Mondial de la Bière celebrates world beer in France
More info:
festivalmondialbiere.qu.ca

October 23

CANFEST, an international beer judging and tasting for canned beer sponsored by Buckbean Brewing Company at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno
More info: Email here or 775-323-2977

October 24

13th Knoxville Brewers’ Jam at Knoxville’s World’s Fair Park
More info:
knoxvillebrewersjam.com

October 24–25

Third Northern Virginia BrewFest
More info:
novabrewfest.com

November 6–15

San Diego Beer Week
More info:
sdbw.org

December 2–6

14th Annual Holiday Ale Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square
More info:
holidayale.com

January 15–16

Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival
More info:
auroraproductions.com

CELEBRATOR SPECIALS
 
Michael Remembered MICHAEL REMEMBERED

Remember with us a great beer authority, and friend, as we explore some of our archived images, video and insight into the life of Michael Jackson.

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Rolling Boil Blues Band   ROLLING BOIL BLUES BAND

Check out the latest on the beer-fueled tunemakers known as RB3. View past and future gig info, get merch and steal some songs and video.

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CURRENT CBN FEATURES

Celebrator Beer News brings you our newest online offering, a brews show about current news that's happening within the craft brew industry.

Be sure to check back every episode for the latest brew news. We welcome your feedback, let us know what you think!

If you have a story you think is relevant to the craft brew industry, or if you have feedback on our current show, good or bad, send us an email to cbneveningbrews@celebrator.com. Thanks!

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NORWEGIAN BREWING

Norway was once a country without any craft beer. Perhaps this is the main reason Kjetil Jikiun found craft beers so captivating during layovers in the U.S. while flying as a pilot for a major European airline. It certainly influenced his homebrewing hobby, to the point where he decided to open up his own brewery in 2002 under the theme of “the uncompromising brewery.”...

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BREWERS SWIMSUIT ISSUE 2009

Our Brewers Swimsuit Issue got its start as a gag or spoof of the titillating annual Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated. Our thought was brewers in swimsuits and boots in the brewhouse, just for fun.

Our first takers included the always-exuberant Fal Allen, then at the Pike Brewery in Seattle. We had a...

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INSIDE SF BEER WEEK 2009

San Francisco Beer Week began as a response to our beer-loving brothers in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. They had set the bar high with the first Philly Beer Week, held last year in March. Hundreds of events, from pint nights to elaborate beer dinners, were held all over eastern Pennsylvania, all under the moniker “America’s Best Beer-Drinking City"...

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KONA BREWERS FESTIVAL 2009

In anticipation of this year's Kona Brewers Festival, happening on March 14, 2009, on the shores of Kailua Bay on the Big Island of Hawai'i, we put together a short video from a few festivals ago to let you know what you can expect, as well as what you may be missing if you can't make it. Be sure and check out the video to see the Hawai'ian festival in all its splendor. Cheers!

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INSIDE GABF 2008

The 2008 edition of the Great American Beer Festival was held at the massive Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado October 9–11. It presented the largest number of beers on draught (over 1900) setting a Guinness World Record. Over 46,000 beer lovers attended in three days. 432 breweries were arranged by region on the festival floor making it possible to...

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BREWS CRUISE TO ALASKA 2008

A hearty band of 35 beer enthusiasts gathered in Seattle in late August to start an eight-day beer-intensive cruise aboard the modern and elegant 965-foot-long Celebrity Infinity. We gathered the night before departure at the now-historic Pike Pub & Brewery in the Pike Place Market as guests of owners Charles and Rose Ann Finkel and Brewmaster Drew Cluley...

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BROUWERIJ RODENBACH – MASTERPIECE OF ROESELARE

The Rodenbach site — a 15-minute walk from the train station in the town of Roeselare, near Brugge — is a complex of ancient and modern buildings with various purposes. Rodenbach is one of the most impressive breweries I have had ever the pleasure to visit. In late May, Brewmaster Rudi Ghequire greeted me and two friends — including Daisy Claeys, owner of...

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MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE HELD AT UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA

A Tribute to the late Michael Jackson was held Friday, March 14, 2008, at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archeology, where Michael hosted a series of tutored tastings for the past 18 years.

The tutored tastings were held Saturday, March 15, with three sessions of 360 beer lovers each.

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CURRENT ONLINE ISSUE » EDITORIAL

A THOUSANDS PINTS OF LITE

Our young and assertively articulate President got himself into quite a brew-ha-ha when he jumped to the defense of his friend Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard professor who was caught trying to break into his own house by Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley. The professor was black and objected strongly to the police response; the police sergeant was white and arrested him for disorderly conduct. Our usually restrained and tactful President said the police “acted stupidly.” Oops. Given the slow news cycle at the time, the press had a field day with...

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