Beer News
• The Honk Heard Round The World: Goose Island One Year After Sale
In March 2011, Goose Island Beer Co. shocked its hometown and sent ripples of disbelief across the beer world with the announcement that it had agreed to a $38.8 million acquisition by the world’s biggest brewing company, Anheuser-Busch InBev. A year later, we wanted to find out where this Goose’s soul calls home. Has it [...]
• TOP 30 Beer Websites – Year-To-Date 2012
SO for work I manage a large database for a massive Global Travel Company and I’m the guy that loves and cares about Data, even though the sales teams have no clue of what Data means, only when there is something wrong with their records. So this week I re-instigated my BEER WEB analysis of [...]
• Budweiser Is Luxury in China Where Beer Costs 30 Cents
Cheap beer. For consumers in China, it’s a fact of life. Brew in China, the world’s biggest market, sells at one-third the price in the U.S. Now foreign brewers are wooing the Chinese to pay more for brands that are popular worldwide. The idea is to get increasingly affluent Chinese to switch from local beers [...]
Another study shows that beer makes men smarter. Something’s gotta.
Beer makes men smarter. So say researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago. They found that men with a couple beers under their belts were actually better at solving brain-teasers than their sober counterparts. To reach that surprising conclusion, the researchers devised a bar game in which 40 men were given three words and [...]
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• 50 Must Try Hoppy Beers. Is Your Favorite On This List?
It is evident that the use of hops in beers has evolved to a point far beyond a function of perseverance. Yes, in the days of old, extra lupulin was administered to beers to withstand the arduous journey from England around the Horn of Africa to colonized regions of India. But today, the utilization of [...]
• Cambridge Brewing Company to Release 2nd Batch of Sake-Beer Hybrid
On Friday, April 6th Cambridge Brewing Company will release a true sake-beer hybrid, using house made sake to ferment a unique barley-rice wort mixture. The result is Banryu Ichi, which is brewed to approximately 14% alcohol by volume. It is an incredibly complex beverage with flavors of sweet rice, fresh apples & grapes, earthy hints [...]
• Kosher beer not for Passover but that’s only 8 days
As Easter approaches, Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier (or Lent beer) from Germany’s Brauerei Heller-Trum would be a perfectly fitting beer to enjoy during this last week of Lenten season. However, with Passover looming as well, it would be much more fun to discuss, not to mention, drink, beer from the much more accessible (in the States, [...]
• Italian beers next on the craft beer scene
For a glimpse of where craft beer in American restaurants may be headed, scan the beer list of Alla Spina, the new Philadelphia dining spot that showcases distinctive, hard-to-find Italian craft beers and rustic Italian-style bar food. The month-old gastropub is surprising patrons with Italian brews that show complex nuances of myrrh, juniper berries, citrus, [...]
• Men who drink 2 beers a day less likely to die after a heart attack
Men who suffer a heart attack might help their recovery odds by having a couple beers. A new study shows after suffering a first heart attack, men who are moderate drinkers are much less likely to die compared to non-drinkers. For the study, Harvard researchers looked at almost 2,000 American men who had a heart [...]
• Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest Coming Up!
We are proud to announce the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest taking place this summer in beautiful Paso Robles. We are currently assembling a gathering of some of the best breweries in the U.S. and perhaps the world to pour their beers at this first time festival. The event will also feature some of the Central [...]
• US home beer brewers seek changes to alcohol laws
About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer club members at festivals and tasting competitions. So Flynn and his buddies were shocked to discover that Wisconsin law prohibits sharing homemade suds anywhere outside the brewer’s home. The law could “pretty much be the end [...]
• 45 bars that are getting Sam Adams’ ’26.2′ Boston Marathon brew
“26.2 Brew,” a low-alcohol beer made to commemorate the Boston Marathon, is set to flow soon at 45 Boston-area bars and restaurants, Boston Beer Co. (NYSE: SAM) told the Boston Business Journal, Thursday morning. Deliveries of the limited-edition 26.2 Brew will commence as soon as Friday to the 45 Boston-area establishments (listed below). Beers [...]
• How Beer Saved The World
When it comes to adult beverages, beer has been a solid fan favorite for centuries. Trendy drinks may come and go, but beer has stuck it out through much of human history. No matter what your brew of choice may be, whether you sip from a can or treat yourself from a tap, chances are [...]
• The Rye Time for a New Beer Style
The grain of breads and whiskies finally makes its way into your brew. THE RYE REVIVAL IS HERE. Bakers are returning to the hearty grain for rich, dark breads. Cocktail heads demand rye whiskey in their Manhattans. And now, a growing band of brewers is turning to the complex, earthy spice of rye for a [...]
• Kern River’s Making Citra!!!!!
From the Kern River Brewing Newsletter, March 9: Long Range Forecast: OK. Citra News. We have a new batch and we will be bottling 120 cases. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, we have decided to sell it ALL at the brewery. (Waaaaa..) This means we will be releasing 40 cases on Friday the [...]
