Archive for August, 2008
I am happy to announce that we have a really cool event coming up here at IHB North Wales. On Thursday September the 4th we are going to be hosting a Beer and Food tasting event. Every time I go to a full tilt beer dinner I end up needing a strecher j…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on IHB Blog: September 4th 2008 Small Plates Tasting
In the good beer town, Madison, Wisconsin, there’s an area on the east side with a great nickname: The Beermuda Triangle. According to a recent story in The Capital Times, the area is “formed by two newly refurbished bars and a popular bre…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Realbeer.com Beer Therapy: The Beermuda Triangle
Launches August 28.
MillerCoors is launching a national TV campaign for MGD 64 on August 28 that plays off the brand’s low calorie count.
The ads are meant to drive awareness and trial for MGD 64, which has 64 calories per 12-ounce serving — no l…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brew Blog – Beer Industry Market Analysis, News and Commentary: MGD 64 Gets National TV Campaign
A beer discussion board I occasionally visit, the Burgundian Babble Belt, alerted me recently to a minor brouhaha underway in New Hampshire, once more bringing to light the idiotic and backwards attitudes Americans and, let’s face it, many Canadians h…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on That’s the Spirit – Beer Blog: Back to Underage Idiocy
The following article was written by Dana Flavelle of the Toronto Star who put together an impressive feature on the Beer Store back in June.A senior Tory politician says he’s backing a private citizen’s efforts to break up The Beer Store’s near monop…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: MPP Against Beer Store: Supports Petition
This is the 63rd of a weekly trivia quiz on beer and all things beer related.
We know that Iowa’s per capita beer consumption is 37 gallons.
What state tops the nation in per capita beer consumption? For extra credit,…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sioux Brew: Take the Sioux Brew Weekly Quiz # 63
The family and I are in Toronto, Canada for a combination mini-vacation and to attend a friend and colleague’s wedding reception, so posts will be lighter for a few days. Doing some image searching lately, I’ve come across quite a few bee…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Brookston Beer Bulletin: Beer Houses
There’s an argument going on in the wikipedia beer pages. Sorry, discussion. Seems like there’s always an argument about something. This time it’s about . . . . no, I can’t be bothered to go into it here. These disputes are dull to an outsider. To a…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Goethean the troll
Somehow we’ve missed this establishment in previous visits to the Outer Banks, an oversight we won’t repeat. The local tourism guides made note that the Red Drum Taphouse features 18 draft beers, in addition to bottled beer selections. That was enough…
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Musings Over a Pint: Red Drum Taphouse, Nags Head
Champion T-Shirt of Britain?
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Stonch’s Beer Blog: Champion T-Shirt of Britain?