Beer News
Hands off my beer fridge
Australians are being asked to give up their beer fridges to help save the environment. No way dude.
Waste Beer to Power Convention
From The Swamp: Political conventions are known for a certain conviviality which often spills into the local watering holes when all the floor speeches are finished. But this is taking beer-power to a whole new level:
Our colleagues at The Stew report that the official General Motors vehicles at the Democratic National Convention - the ones shuttling delegates, candidates and the rest from place to place - will not only be running on flex-fuel, but also will get their ethanol from a uniquely Coloradan source: The Molson Coors Brewing Company.
Obama Beer?
[digg=http://digg.com/url_to/story_on_digg] Obamamania is so out of hand. He’s quickly becoming the first presidential candidate to have a serious merchandising appeal. There is already a booming micro-industry of Obama bobble heads, t-shirts and coffee mugs. Before long big companies will start catching on. We might even get Obama-beer!!! Wait! It already exists … in Kenya. According [...]
Samuel Adams Steps Up
I was excited yesterday to find that my home brew supplier finally began receiving hops from the 2007 harvest season. But my glee was quickly subdued when I saw that prices had nearly tripled. Ouch. Now multiply my ouch by 100 and that’s probably about how all the professional craft brewers out there are feeling.
But [...]
Giving Beer Luvers a Bad Name
From the KCStar: A 46-year-old man was charged with domestic assault today after allegedly kicking his wife in the stomach when she failed to move fast enough bringing him a beer.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar said in a press release that Terry W. Seward had been charged with several counts of assault after a fight [...]
Brewers Take On Distribution Racket
From the Frederick’s News-Post:
Local breweries hope a proposed law will help them sell more beer outside their bars and restaurants.
Frederick’s Barley and Hops Grill & Microbrewery, and Brewer’s Alley Restaurant and Brewery stand to benefit from the law, which would allow them to self-distribute a certain amount of beer, rather than hire a distributor.
The owners [...]
Two Brothers Hop Juice!
Next week is a big week for Two Brothers Brewing in Warrenville, Illinois. They are reopening their production facility to public tours, starting this Saturday (Feb. 2). They are opening the Two Brothers Tap House on Feb. 5. And possibly the most exciting is the release of the 2008 run of Hop Juice Double IPA. [...]
Beer of Beers? Carlsberg Launches $400 Brew
From BeverageWorld:
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Carlsberg ASA has launched an up-market beer so expensive, at 2,008 kroner (US$398, €269) a bottle, that it is reserved for those with a champagne budget.
The Danish brewer claims to make what is “probably the best beer in the world.” The company on Tuesday said its new Vintage No. 1 beer is [...]
