Liquid Diet online is a blog by beer writer Jack Curtin, a columnist for Celebrator Beer News and contributor to Ale Street News, Mid-Atlantic Beer News, American Brewer and Beers Of The World. LDO focuses on the Philadelphia area craft beer scene but offers news and opinion about what's happening in beer across the nation and around the world. http://www.jackcurtin.com Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:30:00 EST And so it came to pass. http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/ is our new home. Let there be rejoicing...and perhaps a few tears of regret. http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#21jan Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:40:00 EST I offer for your consideration two most interesting pieces I found while wandering the web this morning, all a-flush with the rush of being back online in full operational mode. The first of those, from the Newark Star-Ledger by way of the Seattle Times, is the story of Mr. Forder and Mr. Babin and their excellent brewspaper... http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#19jan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:10:00 EST Still hassled here at LDO Central and still behind on deadlines, commitments and, worst of all, pitching story ideas and new concepts to new markets, which was my primary New Year's resolution. But ther's so much news to report, I can't resist... http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#18jan Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:15:00 EST I've only been to Bellingham one. It is, of course, home to the famed Archer Ale House, a basement bar which is, or at least was, quite beautiful inside and which was, back in the day, always on the lists of the best beer bars in America, a cachet that seems to have faded. Been there, done that. Next trip, Boundary Bay for sure. http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#08jan Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:25:00 EST Tim Ohst of Sly Fox Brewing confirmed to me an hour or so ago that the IPA Project lives. Details at the link, which takes you exactly where you'd expect. http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#07jan Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:25:00 EST The website for the soon-to-open Pottstown Brick House (on High Street, just above Hanover) looks pretty corporate, but I am assured by Matt Guyer, who moved to town only a month or so back and already knows more about what's going on than I do, that the plans are for, at least in part, a good craft beer selection. Based upon further information I've now received from an inside source at the site, I tend to believe he's right. http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#02jan Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:25:00 EST I'd like to thank all those who decided to "Tip the Bartender" over the end-of-year holidays. I appreciate your generosity and support. http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#02jana Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST The plan was, you would awaken early this morning, bleary-eyed and perhaps not quite sober from bringing in the New Year last night, and stumble to the computer to visit this site--I mean, you all do come here first thing every day, right?--and be surprised and shaken, looking around in wonder and awe... http://www.jackcurtin.com/liquiddiet/Archive/Jan08.htm#01jan