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• Scientists may recreate beer from 1840′s shipwreck
Finnish researchers say they may be able to recreate beer from the 1840s after finding living bacteria in beer from a shipwreck near Aland islands. The 2010 discovery of the ship, believed to have sunk in the 1840s, also included the world’s oldest champagne considered drinkable which has since been auctioned off. Researchers analysed two [...]
BrewDog Marks Launch of Beer Bar with ‘Crap Beer Amnesty’
BrewDog called on the public to hand in ‘crap’ cans of lager to be replaced with quality craft beer as they opened their seventh bar. BrewDog, Scotland’s largest independent brewery, officially opened BrewDog Manchester at 35 Peter Street last Friday (4th May) – their seventh craft beer bar to open in the past 18 months. [...]
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• Beer Bully Diageo Blackmails Charity To Cheat BrewDog Ale Award
The full story can be found here http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/diageo-v-brewdog Yesterday, in a public apology, Diageo admitted blackmailing a charity to cheat BrewDog out of an award which we rightfully won.
• Can beer save America?
Infographic: BillyBrew.com The redemption of the economy may start with the type of brew you keep in your fridge. The grand unifying theory of the American consumer has been that we are, first and foremost, low price fetishists. There’s ample evidence supporting this view — from Wal-Mart’s prominence to the fast food industry’s ongoing success, [...]
• America’s Favorite Beers…By Sales
It may be about time Budweiser relinquished its title as “King of Beers.” According to the recently released 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend Rankings, there is a new batch of brews with stronger brand equity, customer connections and buzz. 24/7 Wall St. has examined the report, identifying the 10 beers with the strongest brands. The beer [...]
• Wahoo! Apple’s iPad Charger as Beer Bottle Opener
One for the list of amazing things that people discover on the run in to the weekend. It appears that the charger for Apple’s iPad can in fact be used to open a beer bottle. Perhaps one needs to use it gently, perhaps it’s not very sensible but it appears that it can be done: [...]
• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Buzz Wine Beer Shop for a Beer Tasting
There’s a cool wine/beer shop on the corner of 5th and Spring Street in downtown LA called Buzz Wine Beer Shop in what is called the Historic Core – which may come as a surprise to some persnickety Angelenos (Westsiders) that there a) is a downtown and b) that there’s actually some history there. Be that [...]
• 2012 World Beer Cup Winners Announced
Exceptional beers and brewers recognized in the largest global competition. Brewers from around the world received awards from an elite international panel of judges in the 2012 Brewers Association World Beer Cup. The ninth bi-annual competition boasted the strongest field of entrants on record, with 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states entering [...]
• Beer geek dad tracks down craft beer at Disney World
At Walt Disney World, a beer geek can get pretty thirsty. I came to that realization this past week when I was there with my family. We had no car and no easy way to get off of Disney property to check out the burgeoning craft beer scene in Orlando. We were trapped in the [...]
• ‘Canny’ Awards Honor Best of Craft Beer Can Designs
The best can graphics in the craft beer industry were on display as part of the first annual “Canny” Awards, a competition that recognizes the high-quality, captivating graphics featured on craft beer in cans. Awards were presented during the Craft Brewers Conference, May 2-5 in San Diego, Calif. During this inaugural competition, 83 craft breweries [...]
• Need a Beer? KegDroid Has Got You Covered!
Do you love beer? Do you love Android? Meet KegDroid, a revolutionary new way to get your beer! Built on Google’s Android operating system, KegDroid’s design lets you select and order your beer at the click of a button. The KegDroid, also known as “Betsy” will then dispense your favorite brew. The Android beer dispenser was [...]
• What’s new in gluten-free beers: Less twang
The gluten-free-beer movement began as a trickle about five years ago, with Lakefront Brewery releasing its New Grist and Anheuser-Busch responding with Redbridge lager. Since then, it has widened into a stream, with additional breweries debuting barley-less brews safe for the wheat-intolerant and for celiac disease sufferers who can’t ingest common brewing grains without wreaking [...]
• Blur pop star, Alex James, is venturing into the beer world
The Blur bassist is extending his farm business by making it into a brewery, although there is no notice of when the brew will be ready to drink. Alex said, “I’ve basically become a monk – I make cheese and now I’ve started making beer.” The bassist is no stranger to venturing into the food [...]
• Customize your craft beer in 10 min. with handheld infuser bottle
A sophisticated beer drinker needs an accessory to create their own flavors to the brew. With the Dogfish Head Randall Jr. Beer Infuser, any ingredient in your home can become part of your new favorite beer. If you ask me, I much prefer beer tasting over wine. Maybe I’m just not classy or sophisticated enough [...]
• Why I Think I’m Mostly Not Crazy for Opening a Brewery
This editorial was contributed by Jacob McKean, founder of Modern Times Beer, a brewery-in-planning in San Diego. Previously, he was Communications Specialist at Stone Brewing Co., and he has also worked as a freelance writer for a smattering of beer publications. He’s a beer geek and longtime reader of this site. You can follow the [...]
