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Food awards are no small beer

Posted by admin | News | Posted on September 13th, 2007

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- Food awards are no small beer
- BRIEF: Harvest Beer Fest In Farmington: ct. 4.
- No beer for independent Territory tourists
- Black Label Beer – Pabst Brewing Company / G. Heileman Brewing Co. – …

Food awards are no small beer
Sydney Morning Herald – Sep 13, 2007
Photo: Mel KoutchavlisEver asked a friendly sommelier which ale would go best withyour meal?While we are yet to see “heads” replace “hats” in the SMHGood Food Guide a new set of awards aims to increase chefs’awareness of beer as a potential food partner. Pony restaurant and the Rose of Australia hotel have this weekreceived awards for their beer-friendly menus. The two were selected from a number of competing restaurants andgastro pubs in the inaugural James Squire Chefs’ Match awards. Flavour innovation and passion were the determining criteriathe chairman of the judging panel Matthew Kemp said.

BRIEF: Harvest Beer Fest In Farmington: ct. 4.
Free with registration – Hartford Courant – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 13, 2007
13–Farmington Gourmet Wine & Spirits will hold its first Harvest Beer Fest ct. 4 at 230 Farmington Ave. Beers that will be featured include pumpkin ales hard ciders and mead as.

No beer for independent Territory tourists
NEWS.com.au – Sep 13, 2007
article-tools –> By Jane Bunce and Adam Gartrell September 13 2007 11:30pm. content-row clearfloat –> THUSANDS of independent tourists including “grey nomads” and backpackers will be banned from having a beer while fishing on river banks or camping in many Northern Territory national parks from Saturday. Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough said people had to make sacrifices to help stamp out the scourge of alcohol in Aboriginal communities. Laws that passed parliament today give limited exemptions to alcohol bans that form part of the government’s takeover of NT indigenous communities and are set to begin this weekend. The changes will allow registered tour groups to continue to enjoy alcoholic drinks at Uluru Katherine Gorge and Kakadu and follow intense lobbying by the local tourism and liquor industries.

Black Label Beer – Pabst Brewing Company / G. Heileman Brewing Co. – …
BeerAdvocate.com – Sep 13, 2007
5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | drink: 2rDev: -27. 4%Medium-dark yellow like hangover pee. Same type of frothy white head too. Smells like metallic rice with a hint of midwestern cornfield. The taste is similar to the smell. I also detect an unpleasant aftertaste.