Archive for July, 2008
InBev and Anheuser-Busch have now sent out an official press release regarding the agreement between the two brewing giants, a portion of which is listed below:
InBev and Anheuser-Busch today announced an agreement to combine the two companies, formin…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Realbeer.com Beer Therapy: InBev / A-B Press Release
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on a beer sort of blog: Alcoholism is not funny
I received a great link to a blog article written in review of Lincoln-ite and Empyrean employee Brendan McGinn’s homebrewed Barleywine. I love it when people send me articles that they find so please send them, it keeps this place fresh and not smel…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Nebraska Beer: Beer reviewed by Sommeliers
And later on…We zip around town a bit burning some $3.95/gallon gasoline, and eventually find our way to the Flying Saucer in Austin. Turns out this Sauce is in one of those new style apartment complexes, where there are trendy yuppy shops and store…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Brotha: Austin: Part 4: Give us, us Independence!!!
The historic brewhouse in the sprawling Anheuser-Busch brewery complex is seen Monday, July 14, 2008, in St. Louis. Anheuser Busch Cos. says it has agreed to a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from the Belgian brewer Inbev. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: Budweiser, InBev and the family
The problem with these mergers is they start tacking on additional names, and take away that quick, catchy name which we have grown accustomed to cursing. So what do we call the new Anhueser-Busch InBev company?
First, a little bit of history of …
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brewed for Thought: So What Do We Call You?
June 14, 2008Time to go to one of the premier brewpubs in Austin, North By Northwest. Which incidently is in the north by northwest part of town. Neato. They even have some food/beer pairing recommendations on the menu. The place had a fantastic sligh…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Brotha: Austin Part 3: NXNW
The rumors have been out there. InBev was attempting, what some described as a hostile takeover, to acquire Anhuerser-Busch for $47 billion. Apparently, tossing in an extra $5 billion removes all forms of hostility. For those who need help, that…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brewed for Thought: It’s Official: Anhuerser-Busch InBev is Born
This weekend we spent some time cleaning up our brew kettle. After sitting in the same spot for 13 years in it’s former home, it developed a bit of grime and rust on the steel plate underneath the kettle. This plate isn’t stainless, li…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Eagle Rock Brewery: Kettle Cleaning
We now return you to your regularky scheduled beering updates. I would have been posting earlier but someone has to get out to the platform to get that Oil so that the people in Florida can drive their Mercedes on South Beach. We left Uncle Billy’s an…
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Brotha: Austin Part 2: Who’s House???