Search Results for: label/beer/2010/06/the-urban-homestead

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Urban Homestead Trademarks Cancelled!

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Urban Homestead Trademark Dispute
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After six years of legal wrangling, “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” belong to us all. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the trademarks thanks to the hard work of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the law firm of Winston & Strawn. Here’s the press release from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Urban Homesteaders Win Cancellation of Bogus Trademarks Global Community Had Faced Baseless Legal Claims and Content Remo...

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Making Beer in Plain Language

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Beer, Fermentation, Food
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...w shop with little more than a large pot and a carboy. Remember that if prisoners can make wine behind bars (recipe for prison “Pruno” here), we all can certainly make an acceptable beer in our kitchens. For detailed info on how to brew beer and make your own brewing equipment see John Palmer’s free ebook How to Brew....

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Looking for the Union Label

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Domesticus
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...d a highly catchy ad jingle from the roller disco era, “Look for the Union Label” (youngsters can watch it on youtube here). We looked for the union label and we were surprised to find it via a company called Union House which carries a functional, if unexciting line of apparel. Unless hipsters take to golf shirts in an ironic fashion judo move, these offerings will never be cool like the domestically made clothes made by the union busting folks o...

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Cooling with Beer . . . Cans

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Appropriate Technology, Design, Water and Power
...of Milkovisch’s house mods have both aesthetic and practical benefits. The beer can cladding that covers the entire exterior of the house means never having to paint the underlying wood. The concrete yard means never having to mow a lawn (we’d prefer vegetation but Milkovisch’s concrete work is, like the rest of the house, magical). But on to our favorite detail. It’s damn hot in Houston most of the year, and to deal with the blazing sun on the so...

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Baking Bread with Specialty Malts

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Beer, Bread, Food
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...tyle of dense German/Scandinavian bread really benefits from a wet post-bake sauna. In addition to further softening the specialty grain it also softens the crust. While I may no longer make beer, I can still make what I like to call “solid” beer: a.k.a. bread. And with the many varieties of specialty grain, a whole world of flavor awaits. Save...

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