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Beer brewed for troops' charity (BBC News)
10/13/2008 08:33 AM |
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A new beer commissioned by a Suffolk soldier for his comrades is raising money for an armed forces charity.
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Deputies: Man With Pigtails Stole Beer (Local 6 Orlando)
10/13/2008 02:36 PM |
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Authorities are searching for a man wearing his long hair in pigtails who stole a 12-pack of beer, deputies say.
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Baltika to launch beer production in Azerbaijan in spring 2009 (Interfax)
10/13/2008 08:56 AM |
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BAKU. Oct 13 (Interfax) - Russia's Baltika Breweries (RTS: PKBA) plans to launch sales of beer produced at its brewery in Azerbaijan in spring 2009, Baltika President Anton Artemiev said at a press conference in Baku on Monday.
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MillerCoors racks up wins at beer festival (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
10/13/2008 03:14 PM |
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MillerCoors won 14 medals at the Brewers Association's annual Great American Beer Festival this weekend, including three gold medals. (BUD)
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Beer Phone Essentially Ensures Drunk Dialing [Drinking] (Gizmodo)
10/13/2008 02:36 PM |
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The beer phone isn't the most full-featured phone available, what with its lack of a screen making everything from texting to emailing to web surfing impossible, but it is shaped like a beer bottle....
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Video: Tsingtao Beer in Qingdao (Shanghaiist)
10/13/2008 03:19 PM |
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Zach Mexico and Li Du of Current TV head off to the Tsingtao Beer factory and Beer Town in Qingdao to get sloshed with locals and to investigate Qingdao's long beer history. We love those plastic bags of beer everyone's carrying about in Beer Town!
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What part of beer don’t you understand? (Realbeer.com)
10/13/2008 02:28 PM |
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Barney’s Beanery, the third oldest restaurant in Los Angeles and venerable roadhouse/famed celebrity hangout, will be hosting its third “Rock the Beer Vote” with patrons getting a head start casting their votes beginning on Tuesday, October 28th and running until polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4th.
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Economy Worries Brewers At Beer Festival (CBS4 Denver)
10/13/2008 10:20 AM |
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The slowing economy left a bitter taste at the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver over the weekend.
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Oregon breweries win 18 Great American Beer Festival awards (The Portland Business Journal)
10/13/2008 01:12 PM |
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Oregon breweries won a total of 18 awards at the Great American Beer Festival held this past weekend in Denver.
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Washington breweries win eight Great American Beer Festival awards (Puget Sound Business Journal)
10/13/2008 12:08 PM |
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Five breweries in Washington won a total of eight awards at the Great American Beer Festival held this past weekend in Denver.
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Barleyfest brings beer to the masses (Wausau Daily Herald)
10/05/2008 05:38 AM |
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Mike Lewis was enthusiastic about sharing his beer at the first Lincoln Lager Barleyfest on Saturday afternoon in Merrill.
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Great American Beer Festival Celebrates US Beer (BellaOnline)
10/05/2008 01:03 AM |
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Beer enthusiasts consider the Great American Beer Festival their Journey to Mecca. This opportunity to sample beers from across the country opens their palates to the best of the American landscape of beer.
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Home beer brewing calls to a new generation -- and to women (Chicago Tribune)
10/03/2008 05:33 PM |
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Clubs, websites and blogs are springing up as enthusiasts experiment with new brews and share what they've learned along the way. IT'S ONE of the many home brew competitions that take place around the country each year. There's the panel of certified judges, the international entrants in 28 categories of beer and mead -- and there's the hops-filled afternoon of sipping and scribbling until a ...
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Home-brewer mixes 'fun, science, art and cooking' (Rocky Mountain News)
10/07/2008 05:03 PM |
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In the basement of David Anderson's Northglenn home, not far from the shelves full of board games and the weightlifting set, an oversized glass keg has been placed on a work bench, hidden from light by a dark plastic trash bag.
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Luscious wine lessons (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
10/03/2008 01:09 AM |
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No meal is complete without the right drink - whether that's wine, beer or another lubricant. And this region is rich with classes and events including tastings, pairings and discussions with sommeliers and brewers.
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Harvest fest today in Bethlehem (The Express-Times)
10/04/2008 12:41 AM |
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Celebrate all things autumn with crafts, food contest, demos and more.
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Stovetop Octoberfest: Essex Junction woman brews award-winning beers (The Burlington Free Press)
09/27/2008 07:27 AM |
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Anne Whyte, 49, has been brewing beer for 20 years. She also owns Vermont Homebrew Supply in Winooski with her husband, Matt.
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Fest taps into microbrews' popularity (Albany Democrat-Herald)
09/28/2008 05:08 AM |
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Dan Culver of Portland sipped from a pint of beer and raved about the different varieties at Septembeerfest, a microbrewery celebration held Sagurday at the Benton County Fairgrounds.
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Homebrewing: Miklinevich scores Gold Medal ribbon (Redding Pilot)
09/25/2008 01:28 PM |
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Ask Tom Miklinevich what his favorite beer is and he’ll answer without hesitation. “I often say that if I was stuck on a desert island and there was one tap, it would probably be Skull Splitter, which is a strong scotch ale,” he said on a recent Sunday.
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Businesses Catching On: Green Sells (TheStreet.com)
09/25/2008 10:53 AM |
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These three entrepreneurs are taking advantage of green marketing tactics the right way.
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Rolly: U. happy hour mix: Beer, lecture (The Salt Lake Tribune)
10/13/2008 03:42 AM |
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The University of Utah College of Humanities has made it even easier to delve into provocative subjects while enjoying a beer. Its 6-year-old "University of Utah Humanities Happy Hour" at Squatters Brew Pub has added a video screen and hired a transcription service so the
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Sparta restaurateur brews up a good lager that goes down smooth (New Jersey Herald)
10/12/2008 04:53 PM |
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SPARTA -- What lengths will a true beer enthusiast go to for the perfect brew? Ask David Cooper, chef and brewer at Krogh's Restaurant and Brew Pub, and he will tell you the task is a full day's work.
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Thirsty for a glass of pumpkin ale this fall? (South Bend Tribune)
10/12/2008 07:07 AM |
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Our first question today comes from Barbara Short, who is interested in a unique seasonal drink offering at a long-time Mishawaka restaurant and brew pub. She recently posted this question on our blog.
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Back to Basics: A spooktacular opportunity (Publican)
10/13/2008 09:25 AM |
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Hallowe’en is a great opportunity to position your pub as the natural hub for everyone looking for a scarily good time. This year it also falls rather conveniently on a Friday, with Bonfire/Guy Fawkes Night following hot on its heels the following Wednesday.
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A new brew for Stillwater (Stillwater Gazette)
10/10/2008 01:03 PM |
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In recent weeks, a new brew with a familiar name has started making its way onto tap lists in downtown Stillwater, and local beer drinkers have taken notice.
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Vermont inn brews Yankee spirit, English pints (Boston Globe)
10/12/2008 08:06 AM |
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NORWICH, Vt. - Already a decade into its third century, the Norwich Inn retains an air of old-fashioned Yankee practicality. The inn's staff not only brews the ale that's served in the tavern, but also grows some of the hops (visible in the garden behind the parking lot) that go into the brew.
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Iron Hill comes to Maple Shade (Courier-Post)
10/10/2008 03:11 AM |
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The Lamberti chain closed Pasta Vino in Maple Shade last week after selling the restaurant to Iron Hill Brewery, the brew pub chain based in Wilmington.
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Federal Jack’s to host Caring Unlimited fundraiser in Kennebunk (The York Weekly)
10/09/2008 04:39 PM |
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KENNEBUNK and#8212; Call it Lobster for a Cause. Beginning at noon Monday, Oct. 13, Federal Jack’s Brew Pub will be hosting a lobster bake, with proceeds going to Caring Unlimited to help victims of domestic violence.
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Times & Star (West Cumberland Times & Star)
10/12/2008 07:07 PM |
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CUMBRIA’S original micro-brewery was set up in 1828 at Jennings Brewery, and since then the micro brewery economy in Cumbria has grown significantly. There are now 23 breweries in the county, more than any other place in the country and that number is set to rise over the next few years.
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Open the Vaults up the Hill: Pub Crawl in Bristol (The Little Gazette)
10/10/2008 08:15 AM |
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There are plenty of outlets in the area, as one would expect. Along Gloucester Road is probably the place for food and drink, with a goodly number of Indian restaurants - locals recommend the Ghurkhas . The Bristol Fryer is a chip shop also with a good reputation.
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Hopping over Cdn hops (Portage Daily Graphic)
10/11/2008 05:37 PM |
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A Portage la Prairie research centre is embarking on a project to grow hops, a key ingredient in beer. While the commodity is rarely grown in Manitoba, it is being tested at a trial plot in Portage to determine whether it has the potential for success.
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Off the beaten path: German beers aim for sophisticated taste (Pacific Daily News)
10/09/2008 01:05 PM |
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As an import beer distributor, Ludwig 'Lutz' Uhmeyer might come off a tad biased when talking about the brews he brings to Guam.
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Brew it yourself (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
10/08/2008 01:15 AM |
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It's October and time for Oktoberfest, the celebration of beer for folks worldwide and in Germany, a country that arguably makes the best beer in the world. But maybe those Germans should taste some of the beers being made right here in the Mid-South.
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Haefer: Quatre-Centieme is a solid Belgian ale from Canada (The Alexandria Town Talk)
10/08/2008 04:00 AM |
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Canada does not come to mind when talking about the world's great beers. Moosehead and Labatt's, two underwhelming lagers, probably are the country's best-known exports.
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Local beer experts taste and rate the season's best brews (The Capital)
10/03/2008 09:14 PM |
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Local beer aficionados Gray Gentil, Harold C. Powell and JulieO'dell gather in Eastport for a tasting to find the best fall beers. Beer is the perfect drink for the fall.
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What's on Tap: Fuller's ESB (Inside Bay Area)
09/30/2008 06:52 PM |
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GO INTO a brewpub almost anywhere in America and there's almost certainly a beer on the list called "ESB." The initials stand for Extra Special Bitter, and every one of those beers are brewed with one beer in mind: Fuller's ESB, the champion strong ale from the historic London brewery Fuller Smith
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King of beer (The Montana Standard)
09/28/2008 02:36 AM |
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William A. Clark Sr. may be one of the Copper Kings, but a Butte brewer suspects Clark's son may be the next "King of Beer." Chuck Schnabel of Quarry Brewing in Butte discovered hops growing wild behind the former home of W. A. Clark Jr. on Galena Street, and he plans to brew a special batch of beer with the homegrown herbaceous perennial.
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Beer Color and the Beer Color Reference Guide (BellaOnline)
09/27/2008 06:03 PM |
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Evaluating the visual aspects of beer was, in my mind, one of the easiest profiles to describe. Being a very visual person, I believed in WYSIWYG, that is, what you see is what you get.
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Beers named for other historical figures (Courier-Post)
09/25/2008 03:17 AM |
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Everybody's heard of the historically themed Samuel Adams beer made in Boston, but Mr. Adams and Mr. Whitman aren't the only historical figures to grace the side of a beer bottle.
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Brooklyn Brewery Rolling Out in Texas (Beverage World)
09/22/2008 11:39 AM |
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The Brooklyn Brewery, one of the country's leading craft breweries, has appointed Ben E. Keith Co. of Dallas as the exclusive distributor of Brooklyn brand beers in the state of Texas. Ben E. Keith will begin selling Brooklyn Lager, Brown Ale, East India Pale Ale and Local 1 as of Sept. 15, 2008.
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San Leandro craft brewery sold to Triple Rock (Contra Costa Times)
10/06/2008 07:06 PM |
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Drake's, a pioneering craft brewery in San Leandro, sold to Triple Rock owner John Martin and a business partner.
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Banner Day for MillerCoors at 2008 Great American Beer Festival (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
10/13/2008 01:30 PM |
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MillerCoors added 14 medals to its trophy case this weekend at the Brewers Association's annual Great American Beer Festival.
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Savoring the hops harvest (The Morning Call)
10/13/2008 06:21 AM |
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When he planted two varieties of hops on an acre of his northern Lehigh County farm this year, Easton brewer Dan Weirback, owner of Weyerbacher Brewing Co., wondered if his vines would yield enough to make ale with fresh rather than dried hops.
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Times & Star (West Cumberland Times & Star)
10/12/2008 07:07 PM |
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CUMBRIA’S original micro-brewery was set up in 1828 at Jennings Brewery, and since then the micro brewery economy in Cumbria has grown significantly. There are now 23 breweries in the county, more than any other place in the country and that number is set to rise over the next few years.
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Home-brewer mixes 'fun, science, art and cooking' (Rocky Mountain News)
10/07/2008 05:03 PM |
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In the basement of David Anderson's Northglenn home, not far from the shelves full of board games and the weightlifting set, an oversized glass keg has been placed on a work bench, hidden from light by a dark plastic trash bag.
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Beer pairing, here's what you need to know to make complementary choices (Dayton Daily News)
10/08/2008 07:55 PM |
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Pairing food with wine is a no-brainer. Most fine restaurants around the country are set up with menus and wine lists to make it work to palate-pleasing perfection, but for most serious foodies and the places they frequent, beer can be an afterthought.
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Recipe for success; Tonya Cornett, who won a prestigious award for Bend Brewing Company, and other women are making ... (The Bulletin)
10/05/2008 07:07 AM |
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Tonya Cornett, brewmaster for Bend Brewing Company, usually doesn’t do her hair in the morning before going to work. Starting at 7 a. m., Cornett spends the day upstairs at BBC, where she moves 120-pound kegs, hauls 55-pound bags of grain, drags hoses of liquid and makes award-winning beer for the downtown Bend brewery.
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AC Golden's craft beer comes of age (Rocky Mountain News)
10/02/2008 02:12 AM |
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AC Golden is MillerCoors' new wager to develop a craft-style beer. The aim: Get beer drinkers to quaff the brew in the enthusiastic way they now drink Coors' popular craft-style wheat ale, Blue Moon Belgian White.
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Great American Beer Festival Celebrates US Beer (BellaOnline)
10/05/2008 01:03 AM |
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Beer enthusiasts consider the Great American Beer Festival their Journey to Mecca. This opportunity to sample beers from across the country opens their palates to the best of the American landscape of beer.
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Home beer brewing calls to a new generation -- and to women (Chicago Tribune)
10/03/2008 05:33 PM |
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Clubs, websites and blogs are springing up as enthusiasts experiment with new brews and share what they've learned along the way. IT'S ONE of the many home brew competitions that take place around the country each year. There's the panel of certified judges, the international entrants in 28 categories of beer and mead -- and there's the hops-filled afternoon of sipping and scribbling until a ...
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