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I was one of 42 beer writers who contributed to this big 960-page book telling the stories of 1,001 world-famous beers. The book is now available at Amazon.com and other fine booksellers.

September 7, 2010

Holidays

• Another Look Unlimited Day
• Festival of Durga (Goddess of Energy and the World)
• Grandad’s Day
• Independence Day (Brazil; from Portugal, 1822)
• Neither Snow Nor Rain Day
• Play Days begin [Tuesday through Saturday after Labor Day]

Breweries Opened

• Pecka Pivara (Serbia; 1880)
• Twenty Tank Brewery (California; 1990)
• Tapps Brewpub & Steakhouse (Canada; 1996)

Birthdays

• Henry Fink (1835)
• Alan Sprints (1959)

Events

• Newly arrived delegates to the Continental Congress met John and Sam Adams for a pint at Philadelphia's City Tavern (Pennsylvania; 1774)
• Thomas Jefferson ordered the book The American Brewer and Malster (1813)
• Cleveland Brewing began exporting their beer (1863)
• Google founded (1998)
• Dubuisson introduced Cuvee de Trolls (Belgium; 2000)

For more dates, visit the Brookston Almanac

Holidays

• Be Late for Something Day
• Joust of the Saracen (Italy) [1st Sunday]
• National Cheese Pizza Day
• Pffiferdaj (Day of the Strolling Fiddlers, or Fiddlers' Festival; Alsace, France) [1st Sunday]
• Running of the Sheep (Montana) [1st Sunday]
• Working Mother's Day [1st Sunday]

Breweries Opened

• Port Townsend Brewing (Washington; 1905)
• Squatter's Pub Brewery / Salt Lake Brewing (Utah; 1989)
• Russell Brewing (New Mexico; 1992)
• Hoboken Brewing (New Jersey; 1995)
• Flying Fish Brewing (New Jersey; 1996)
• Marietta Brewing (Georgia; 1997)

For a (hopefully) complete list, visit Beer Weeks

September

Monthly Beer Holidays

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Monthly Holidays

• Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month
• California Wine Month
• Fall Hat Month
• Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
• International People Skills Month
• International Self-Awareness Month
• International Strategic Thinking Month
• Library Card Sign-Up Month
• National Chicken Month
• National Honey Month
• National Mushroom Month
• National Piano Month
• National Preparedness Month
• National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• National Rice Month
• National Skin Care Awareness Month
• One-On-One Month
• Organic Harvest Month
• Pleasure Your Mate Month
• Read-A-New-Book Month
• Reunion Planning Month
• Shameless Promotion Month
• Subliminal Communications Month
• Update Your Resume Month
• Women's Friendship Month
• World Animal Remembrance Month

1. Stout (March 2007)
2. Dubbels (April 2007)
3. Milds (May 2007)
4. Local Brews (June 2007)
5. Atmosphere (July 2007)
6. Fruit Beer (August 2007)
7. The Brew Zoo, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (September 2007)
8. Beer & Food (October 2007)
9. Music & Beer (November 2007)
10. Winter Seasonals (December 2007)
11. Dopplebocks (January 2008)
12. Barleywine (February 2008)
13. Organics (March 2008)
14. Beer People (April 2008)
15. How Did It All Start For You? (May 2008)
16. Beer Festivals (June 2008)
17. Drinking Anti-Seasonally (July 2008)
18. Happy Anniversary (August 2008)
19. German Bier (September 2008)
20. Beer & Memories (October 2008)
21. Your Favorite Beer (November 2008)
22. Repeal of Prohibition (December 2008)
23. Old & New (January 2009)
24. Tripels (February 2009)
25. Love Lager (March 2009)
26. Smoke 'Em (April 2009)
27. Beer Cocktails (May 2009)
28. Think/Drink Globally (June 2009)
29. Will Travel For Beer (July 2009)
30. Beer Desserts (August 2009)
31. Summer Beers (September 2009)
32. Eastern Beers (October 2009)
33. Framing Beer (November 2009)
34. Stumbling Home (December 2009)
35. New Beer's Resolutions (January 2010)
36. Cask Beer (February 2010)
37. The Display Shelf (March 2010)
38. Cult Beers (April 2010)
39. Collaborations (May 2010)
40. Session Beers (June 2010)
41. Homebrewing Inspired Craft Beers (July 2010)
42. A Special Place, A Special Beer (August 2010)
43. Up Next: Welcoming the New Kids
(Coming September 3, 2010)

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• Session Beers (August 25)
• Traditional Wheat Beers (August 14)
• Social Kitchen & Brewery (July 14)
• Summer Beer Reading (June 30)
• SAVORing Beer (June 16)
• Betsey's Belgians (June 2)
• How To Taste Beer (May 19)
• Fritz Maytag sells his Anchor Brewery (May 5)
• Aging Beer (Apr. 28)
• India Pale Ales (Apr. 14)
• Out Like a Lambic (Mar. 31)
• Stout Day (Mar. 17)
• Stout Day (Mar. 17)
• Springtime For Beer (Mar. 3)
• Beer and Food, a Marvelous Pairing (Feb. 17)
• The Uncommon California Common (Feb. 3)

For more of my past columns, see Brooks On Beer

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