http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack RSS Feed for Joe Sixpack en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:46 GMT http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091120_Joe_Sixpack__A_beer_a_day_for_10_000_days.html THE FIRST was Dinkel Acker. Dale Van Wieren of Lansdale, Montgomery County, cracked open the dark German lager on March 19, 1971, wrote its name in a notebook, poured himself a glass and put the bottle on a shelf. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091113_Joe_Sixpack__These_two_authors_say__Chuck_the_chardonnay.html BABES AND BEER go together like mud and wrestling - which is to say, it's a guy thing. Which, incidentally, explains why so many women reach for the grape instead of grain. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091106_Joe_Sixpack__Beer_cocktails__Could_it_be_.html WHETHER it's the result of genetic imprinting or intelligent design, instinct compels me to avoid - at all costs - the menace known as beer cocktails. I'm inflexible on this: Mixing beer and anything else in a glass is physically risky and probably morally wrong. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091030_Joe_Sixpack__Brewers_go_with_the_flow_on_water_conservation.html DON'T LOOK NOW, but the world's supply of fresh water is running out. Which means, to put this in terms beer drinkers can appreciate, that yellow stuff in the bottle you're holding is an endangered species. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091028_Joe_Sixpack__Phillies_have_Yanks_to_thank_for_Ballantine_sign.html WHATEVER YOU think about the hated New York Yankees, you can thank them for one of the most fortunate transactions in Philadelphia baseball history. And, no, I'm not talking about taking Bobby Abreu off our hands. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091023_Joe_Sixpack__Club_s_brew_no_last_resort__but_could_be_a_first.html BY COUNTRY-club standards, the new brewery on the grounds of the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort on the eastern edge of the Poconos is practically unheard of. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091016_Joe_Sixpack__Beer_weeks_are_bursting_all_over__featuring_the_best_of_the_brews.html BALTIMORE - UNTIL the other night, the last time I saw former baseball great Boog Powell with a beer, it was 20 years ago, and he was on TV arguing over Miller Lite's timeless question: tastes great or less filling? http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091009_Joe_Sixpack__Craft_brewers_offer_a_taste_of_history.html WHAT'S OLD is brew again. From heather to pomegranate, unusual ingredients that were common in beer 1,000 years ago are making their way back into the modern brew kettle, thanks to a quirky new wave of experimentation by small brewers. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20091002_Joe_Sixpack__What_was_brewing_at_the_Great_American_Beer_Festival.html EVEN IF you could taste and swallow a one-ounce sampler every minute, it would take a day and a half of nonstop sipping to try every one of the more than 2,000 beers poured at September's annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_sixpack/20090925_Joe_Sixpack__A_better_grasp_of_beer_through_chemistry.html CHEMISTRY - perhaps the most-feared course in the college curriculum - has taken on an approachably sudsy look this semester at West Chester University.