Archive for July, 2008

Lyke 2 Drink: Drinks & Taxes 2008 v11: Oneonta Considers Drink Tax to Pay for Emergency Services

Public safety officials in Oneonta, N.Y., have proposed a one or two cent tax on all alcoholic drinks sold in the city. The money would be used to pay for emergency services.The city is the home of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, which because they…

Beer Haiku Daily: Time to Think

He poured a tall one
Sipped it deliberately
And planned his next move
Written by Captain Hops
Thing of the Day: Carrom Magnetic Travel Chess Set

Brew Blog – Beer Industry Market Analysis, News and Commentary: Bud Ad Agency Fears Spending Cuts

Will A-B InBev slash marketing?

Carlos Brito, the CEO of InBev, has said he respects Anheuser-Busch’s marketing and has said he intends to “continue to support the marketing spend levels.”

But A-B’s lead ad agency, DDB, Chicago, is nervous n…

beer school: Can coming out party!

“Craft beer in a can? Quite CAN-didly, that’s the number one question we get around here,” says Chief Hop Head and Founder/Brewmaster Shaun O’Sullivan. “The can is actually a brilliant CAN-cept all around for craft beer”, adds Chief Waterm…

Hoosier Beer Geek: B+ART Friday night: join the funeral procession

There are a ton of Indiana Beer Week events, so having our first B+ART (Beer and Art) event at Big Car this Friday may be challenging. But we’re doing it anyway. A Requiem for American Beer (or at least as we know it) is the title for the free beer ta…

Realbeer.com Beer Therapy: San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Introduces New Beer Cans

Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan, the co-founders and iconic personalities behind the 21st Amendment Brewery, recently announced, “We Drink What We Can, We Can What We Drink!” The brewpub in San Francisco’s South of Market district h…

Michigan Beer Buzz: Frog Leg Inn Beer Dinner CANCELLED

The craft beer dinner scheduled for 6:30 P.MM this evening at Frog Leg Inn in Erie, Michigan has been cancelled. It turns out they didn’t have enough people register for the event.
Too bad. I was really looking forward to that dessert!

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: PedalPub News

Lots of good news from the PedalPub… The full newsletter is below the fold. Some highlights: PedalPub Bill passed and you’ll see pedalers with drinks in hand in Minneapolis and St. Paul, PedalPub has joined up with the Twins to present Mo…

Pabst says it’s now the biggest American-owned brewer

From Food Processing News: Pabst Brewing Co. doesn’t operate breweries anymore, but it wants to be the first choice for every red-blooded American beer drinker. The company, which owns dozens of beer brands and contracts with MillerCoors LLC to create…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Pabst says it’s now the biggest American-owned brewer

From Food Processing News: Pabst Brewing Co. doesn’t operate breweries anymore, but it wants to be the first choice for every red-blooded American beer drinker. The company, which owns dozens of beer brands and contracts with MillerCoors LLC to create…