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Half Acre Purchases a Brewhouse
It isn’t on their web site, but Half Acre put out this press release yesterday:
We at Half Acre are very excited to announce the purchase of a 15 barrel brewhouse that will be shipped over the continental divide via multiple tractor trailers to Chicago. This is a very large step that will simplify our [...]
Magic Hat and Pyramid are Merging
This is big news in the craft brew world. I’ve had Magic Hat IPA on occaision and found it deliciously hoppy. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of wheat beer and so only by Pyramid on the rare occasion I find the IPA somewhere. nesAnywayz, here’s the press release.
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 [...]
Re-inventing Beer?
Alan at A Good Beer Blog points out the irony in the recent news that a Filipino named Billy Malang has “invented” a beer with vitamin B in it. The brew was a big hit a recent inventors’ convention in Thailand. He points out:
that real ale is loaded with natural source vitamin B as the [...]
Crap on Tap?
Milwaukee has a new bar. Go figure. But this bar is a special one. Its focus on beer goes beyond today’s obsession with crafted brew that pushes the boundaries of the American palate. How far beyond? Backwards. This bar celebrates the beers of the past. Beers like: Blatz, Old Style, Schlitz and High Life. [...]
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 [...]
