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Beer in Photoshop
©Hop Talk - Use on other websites prohibited without express permission Beer in Photoshop I have no Photoshop chops. I’m always amazed at some of the images I see at worth1000.com and which...
On vacation
©Hop Talk - Use on other websites prohibited without express permission On vacation I am officially on vacation for the next week. I don’t expect you’ll see many articles from me duri...
Hop Talk turns two!
Today marks the two year anniversary of the launch of Hop Talk. Two years! Can you believe it? We’re not much for navel-gazing around here. We’d rather talk about beer. And drink it. Pref...
The Hop Talk Store
If there’s anything I like as much as a good beer, it’s a good book. Better, then, would be a good book about beer. Thus, the Hop Talk Store. Observant visitors would have noticed a widget...
Support Flying Dog’s Mike Freeman
(From Flying Dog’s regular newsletter) Mike Freeman, a member of the Flying Dog Family (in fact, our longest standing employee) has recently been diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme or GBM, ...
New look
For regulars who come to the site directly instead of using an RSS reader, you will have noticed the new look of the site. I think this is a cleaner look with some nice bold colors. I’m still in...
The Asahi Beer Robot
What I want to know is: Does he obey the Three Laws of Robotics? (via Geeks are Sexy) submit_url = 'http://hop-talk.com/2008/07/09/the-asahi-beer-robot/'; © Hop Talk The Asahi...
BrewPoll plugin
BrewPoll is a Digg-like site where users can submit homebrewing and craft beer news and other articles. Other users and visitors can vote on these stories, and the most popular ones bubble up to the f...
In the raw
April 9, 2008 is CSS Naked Day. From Blog Herald: A lot of you may be wondering–what’s the point behind naked day? Well, basically it’s a way of celebrating Web standards. Remember the good olâ€...
Women of the beerosphere: Melissa Cole
(Melissa blames an overflowing inbox for missing my original invitation. After looking at my own e-mail I can certainly sympathize.) March is National Women’s History Month here in the United St...
Beer goggles explained
It’s an effect most of us have encountered at one time or another. The hour is late, someone new is looking mighty attractive to you, and then when you sober up you wonder “what the hell w...
Big news!
We’ve been acquired! Microsoft wants to expand their “Lifestyle” content on MSN. One of the topics they want to focus on is craft beer, and they want us! Well, me actually. Ron isn&#...
Women’s History Month re-cap
Thank you to all of the women who took the time to participate in our National Women’s History Month celebration here at Hop Talk. I, for one, appreciate their unique perspectives on beer and li...
Women and Beer – Wine or Liberation
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...
lolcat
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Microbrewery
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Women of the beerosphere: Carolyn Smagalski
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...
Women of the beerosphere: Carrie Miller
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...
Women of the beerosphere: Beer Molly
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...
Thumb drive bottle opener
Another intersection of beer and technology. Award-winning German design TrekStor firm appears to be making a combination bottle opener and 8GB USB drive. Actually, I am in the market for a thumb driv...
Women of the beerosphere: Teri Fahrendorf
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...
Women of the beerosphere: Boak
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...
Women of the beerosphere: Jasmine
March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As wi...