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A little Sunday morning religion
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on September 20, 2009 I’m not drinking these days but scribbler50 at Behind the Stick is still my favorite bartender. This week, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord, but you’re gonna have to serve somebody. Yea verily, go forth this morning and read.
The Friday Fermentable: Wine Authorities Spread the Gospel of Roséism
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on July 3, 2009 As I agonized over what I’d write about for this week’s installment of The Friday Fermentable, my Wine Authorities newsletter arrived followed by their tweet on their inaugural music video. Wine Authorities, my local wine merchants and community gods, have been spreading the gospel of rosé wines as a summer alternative to the red wines…
The Friday Fermentable: “Mixing Drinks With Work and Staying Sober, Too” (NYTimes)
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on June 26, 2009 Figure 1. SouthernFriedScientist (@SFriedScientist) and Kevin Zelnio (Deep Sea News; @kzelnio) and their 40s preparing to leave to attend the 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems – Hydrothermal Vents, Seeps and Other Reducing Habitats – in Okinawa, Japan. Yes, Dr Zelnio, those are absolutely gorgeous beards. I don’t know if Kim Severson of the New…
The Jerk: Not Steve Martin
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on May 16, 2009 So it’s a bit late on a Saturday here and I will not try to snow you into thinking that I actually had a Friday Fermentable post that I just accidentally forgot to post yesterday. However, I wanted to leave you with a link to a column by the husband and wife wine columnists for…
The Friday Fermentable Commencement Address
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on May 8, 2009 I was having a lovely conversation this week with scribbler50, our beloved blogging bartender at Behind The Stick. Describing him as “just” a blogger does not do him justice; scribbler50 is a writer. If you haven’t been over to Brother Scribb’s crib, do yourself a favor and read a few of his essays. In fact,…
The Friday Fermentable: Wines of the Pacific Northwest by Erleichda
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on April 17, 2009 Our dear colleague, Erleichda, is back with another wine dinner experience. For those new to the blog, Erleichda is my slightly-senior colleague from whom I have learned a great deal about life and science. Recently retired from the discovery and development of life-saving anticancer drugs, he posts routinely on the escapades of his travels and…
The Friday Fermentable: Wines of Israel
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on April 10, 2009 This week’s Seder supper with the Zivkovic family and local friends gave me the opportunity to investigate several Kosher wines from Israel. My local wine merchant, Wine Authorities, has been carrying several Israeli wines for over a year but I’ve only tasted one and have unfortunately lost my notes on that one. You can read…
The Friday Fermentable Live!!! – ScienceOnline’09
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on April 3, 2009 Arikia Millikan, then-Intern at ScienceBlogs.com (now gainfully employed Ex-Intern), demonstrates her facility in liveblogging the comparison between two pinot noirs. So why has it taken me exactly 11 weeks to write this post? I think it’s because once we post it, I have to let go of how awesome this event was. But, this post…
Fullsteam Brewery founder and local-ag guru, Sean Wilson, to appear on WUNC-FM’s The State of Things
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on March 18, 2009 The local food movement is not local here in the sprawling US. Hence why am posting this note here. North Carolina beer saint and local-ag brewer, Sean Lily Wilson, will be on the radio in about an hour. We featured Sean back in January when the state’s flagship newspaper named him Tar Heel of the…
NIAAA’s ‘Rethinking Drinking’
Posted by Abel Pharmboy on March 9, 2009 I’m very proud today to see one of my formative professors, Dr Fulton Crews, quoted extensively in a USAToday article on a new, web-based alcohol awareness initiative, “Rethinking Drinking,” from NIH’s National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Division of Treatment and Recovery Research. While many associate heavy drinking with liver problems, it can…