Archive for August, 2008
MillerCoors LLC is reviving its “Great Taste, Less Filling” tag line, which was created more than 30 years ago. The company, a newly formed joint venture between SABMiller’s U.S. unit and Denver-based Molson Coors Brewing Co., told d…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on It’s The Beer Talking: News: Miller Lite revives ‘Great Taste, Less Filling’ ad
Anheuser-Busch is expected to release their Budweiser American Ale nationaly in October but they are starting to roll out samples now. (No, I didn’t get one yet and oddly I really don’t care.)
There have been several ratings done on Rate …
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on It’s The Beer Talking: News: The story with Bud’s American Ale, so far
Fellow beer blogger David posted a great list of Beer Etiquette Tips over at Musings Over a Pint. These are tips for us craft beer drinkers to remember when we deal with the rest of the beer public. A few gems to comment on:
People are entitled to t…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Dr. Beer Love: Beer Etiquette Tips
I’m finally getting around to the 2nd, and probably most hyped, of the new Coney Island Lager brews. This one is a weird one – it’s basically a witbier, but in lager form. So, we can basically expect a lager, but probably brewed with whe…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SevenPack Beer Blog: Coney Island “Albino Python” White Lager
Good evening, all – just wanted to share some fun beer-y things from around the web on this warm summer evening:
First, a story from Primer Magazine entitled “The Beers I’m Drinking This Summer — And Why“, which goes beyond the…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on blogaboutbeer.com: Fun Beer Links: Summer Brews, Beer & Cheese, New Brew Mag
If you enjoy travel, you’ve likely heard of Rick Steves’ Europe travel series. His travel videos appear on most PBS stations. In today’s Seattle Times, Steves has a column extolling the virtues of Belgian Beer entitled Beer makes Be…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: Rick Steves’ Take On Belgian Beer
Choose Responsibility has announced their newest project, the Amethyst Initiative. Working with over a hundred college and university presidents, the goal is to initiate “informed and unimpeded debate” regarding the 21 year old legal drinking age. The…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Musings Over a Pint: Choose Responsibility Announces Amethyst Initiative to Encourage Debate on Legal Drinking Age
Many American craft brewers are starting to can their beers. All I ask is you keep an open mind. Remember, It’s not the container that matters, it’s what’s in the container.
Learn from my mistake!
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: CAN we drink it? Yes, we CAN!
The Los Angeles Times reported recently on a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. It’s the 13th year of the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse. For the first time, te…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: Blaming Parents
I ripped everything below from Home Brew Beer, who received an email from Flying Dog directly.”I just got this message from Steph at Flying Dog…Hey, I don’t know if you have heard, but our longest standing employee and brewery manager, Mike Freema…
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on a beer sort of blog: Saturday in Denver