Archive for July, 2008

beernews.org: Goose Island Beer Co. to showcase 20th Anniversary Cellar Collection

(Chicago, IL) This news came out a few days ago via the Chicago Tribune food blog. According to the post, “Midway IPA, Hopscotch Ale and Old Clybourn Porter” will be among fifteen beers to be released as part of the special Goose Island 2…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Stuff.

Kindly Old Mr. Curtin just took hizself a quick trip to Sly Fox Phoenixville to grab him a case of Phoenix Pale Ale to pop and guzzle during this afternoon’s Phillies game on the tube. These cans are necessary because all of these big and bold P…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: Eggh — Written By Lawyers

Having a wife, friends and family who are all attorneys, along with my own eight years working in a law office, I just found my new favorite quote. Interviewed in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Carlos Brito — InBev’s CEO — responded…

Musings Over a Pint: FABTS July Meeting “American Beers”

Yesterday’s gathering of the Fredericksburg Brewing and Tasting Society was “big and brash”, and not for the faint of heart. This month’s theme was American Beer. The theme could be interpreted in a number of ways. One interpretation was that of beers…

Make Mine Potato: Oregon Trail Bourbon Porter

My wife knows me. I had never mentioned this beer to her. Nor had I noted that I had my eye on it for some time, waiting for the right moment to include it in an online order. No matter. She knew. She knows if I’m reading while watching the bab…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: Reformulated Beak’s Best to return to NABC draft lineup.

Yesterday I made reference to Beak’s Best in a posting about the forthcoming Best Of Louisville bash.Accordingly, it’s as fine an opportunity as any to revisit Beak’s and see what the future will hold for it.Many of you already know that Beak’s B…

Hop Talk: Anheuser-Busch sells out at $70 a share

It is being widely reported this weekend that InBev has increased their offer to $70 per share for Anheuser-Busch, and that the A-B Board of Directors is prepared to accept the offer.
InBev had recently begun a campaign to unseat the current Board. Bu…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Mr. Leonard Says This Is The Week.

I was talking with Chris Leonard of General Lafayette Inn & Brewery on another matter Saturday (I like brewers who say “call me anytime’) and asked him as we finished up where things stand with the bottled brews he promised for this su…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Bye, Bye Bud?

From Friday’s Wall Street Journal:Anheuser Chief Executive August Busch IV began discussions with InBev CEO Carlos Brito in recent days after InBev sweetened its original offer of $65 a share, or $46.35 billion, a person familiar with the matter said….

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: The stinkier, the better

As a representative for the Clipper City Brewing Company, I was invited to conduct a tasting of organic cheeses and organic beers at My Organic Market (MOM’s) in Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday, 12 July.One of the cheeses was Grayson.Grayson, one of …