From an e-mail that made its way to my in-box today:
“What’s on tap now for Budweiser? CNBC takes you inside America’s 130-year love affair with the King of Beers. Now that InBev has agreed to purchase the iconic American brand, CNB…
Wernesgruener Pils Legende is, for the moment, my new favourite beer.
It’s made near Berlin and, for a long time, was an East German speciality shipped mostly to the West. It’s now owned by the same people who own Bitburger.
I’ve b…
after the party
removing the evidence
of a real good time
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There’s a nice article in the Washington Post called Another Kind of Red, about Flanders Red Ales. It starts by mentioning Rodenbach Grand Cru and later mentions other Belgian and American versions like Duchesse de Bourgogne and La Folie. It does a …
Read an interesting feature story in The New York Times yesterday saying that some of the beer drinkers in Breezy Point, an Irish-American neighborhood in Queens known for its extreme fondness for Budweiser (supposedly its zip code has the nation…
Today’s Independent has a pretty decent article on beer, in parts heavily quoting Adrian Tierney-Jones and also Alex Bell, head brewer of O’HanlonsIt’s certainly better than most articles on beer in the British press, including the quality papers. It…
Date: 07/15/2008 06:26 PM
MILWAUKEE (AP) – MillerCoors officials say the headquarters for their new joint venture will be located in downtown Chicago.
The company chose not to settle in Milwaukee, where SABMiller PLC’s Miller Brewing Co. is bas…
Guess what I forgot about? It’s been one year since I tapped into the beer life and started this blog. I guess the fact that it’s grown by hops and bounds is a good thing. And as I’ve gotten busier — writing about beer on a myriad of other sites –…
I wish I was the first person to point this out, but it is a pretty funny coincidence that the same week that a Belgian brewing conglomerate buys Anheuser-Busch is also host to a Belgian beer festival at the Schlafly Tap Room. If you’ve never …
Oregonian file photoThe first parade, in 2005, was kazoo-and-mayor-free…though that DOES look disturbingly like my editor, Pete Sleeth, on the right… Just got word from Chris Crabb as I was posting this that the tix are sold out… Start the…