Archive for the 'The Beer Bizz' Category

This craft-brewing fad must be catching on…

Wow…more of what I call crafty beers — craft-like beers from the big boys, and craftier still when the big boys forget to put the words “Anheuser-Busch” anywhere on the label. But this seems to be pretty sincere flattery…

Full Sail’s 21st birthday: Special beer and events

“Over the last year, we have been working on 21, a special beer to celebrate the brewery’s 21st birthday,” said Jamie Emmerson, Full Sail’s Executive Brewmaster. A beautiful label, and every one applied by hand, says Full Sail’s Sandra Evans……

Bud Drinkers in open revolt!

…well, 10 of ’em, anyway, who are suing to prevent the InBev purchase of Anheuser-Busch… here’s the lede of the AP story on MSNBC: Has anybody thought about the horses in this deal? Moving to Belgium would disrupt the Clydesdales’…

Brewers Summer Games raise $5,600 for charity

The Pelican Pub & Brewery’s Fifth Annual Brewers Summer Games, held on June 21, raised over $5,600 which will be distributed to two local charities: Nestucca’s Booster Club and Caring Cabin. These funds were raised from beer, root beer,…

A sad statistic

Daily Post (Liverpool) September 9, 2008 – British pubs have closed at the rate of five a day during the first half of this year, according to figures released today. Closures have accelerated to 36 a week, up 33%…

Forbes picks OBF as #2 beer fest in the U.S.

The Brookston Beer Bulletin has a post about Forbes Traveller picking the the top US beer festivals, and the Oregon Brewers Festival was second after Denver’s Great American Beer Festival: We have more people, but Denver has WAY more…

Peter Coors talks to Barley Farmers

This is from a friend in the food processing industry who subscribes to Food Processing News…and wasn’t there a rumor that Coors bypassed that pesky barley and uses tankcars full of high fructose corn concentrate for their fermentables??? Must not…

Feds okay “Legal Weed” bottlecaps

By JULIET WILLIAMS SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California’ brewer who tangled with federal regulators over the caps on his beer bottles said Tuesday officials have given him permission to keep the message “Try Legal Weed.” The Alcohol and…

Maletis Beverage and Odom Corporation announce joint venture

(Portland, OR) Beverage distribution companies The Odom Corporation (Bellevue, WA) and Maletis Beverage (Portland, OR) have formed a joint venture called Odom-Maletis Beverage to enable combined expansion of beverage distribution services for suppliers and retailers. Their initial push will be…

Beer’s back on top, says new Gallup poll

According to a new Gallup poll, beer’s lead over wine and spirits has returned to double-digits for the first time since 2002, particularly among adults between the ages of 30 and 49 who tried wine for a few years then…