Archive for September, 2008

RealBeer.co.nz: New Zealanders are not heavy drinkers

#16 New Zealand – Kia Ora! | Cheers!

* 77 liters per person.

* The two leading breweries in New Zealand, Lion Nathan and DB Breweries, control almost two thirds of volume sales between them.

* Compared with other countries, New Zealanders are not h…

Home Brew Beer: September 2008 Fermentation Friday!

This months Fermentation Friday question/topic is…”What indigenous brewing ingredient have you used or would you like to brew with and what style would that beer be?”Now don’t get this confused with the short list of bad ideas I came up with in a pr…

stlhops.com: 09/26/08 Friday Round-Up

Dave Johnson dropped me an email to let me know some of the current beers on draught at Buffalo Brewing Company. He also gave me a few little nuggets of information that I’ll share with you all next week, so be on the look out for that. Hope e…

Beer Haiku Daily: Personal Preference

They only have Bud
and Bud Light at this party.
I’ll have to drink wine.
Written by Dave Undis.
Thing of the Day: Budweiser Bucket Set

Slashfood: Great blunders in beer branding: Miller “Red”

Filed under: Beer, BusinessDrink all the Budweiser “Lagers” you can this weekend: On Monday, the American beer market will change forever with the official rollout of Budweiser “American Ale.” Drinking macro-brews will never be the same!Or so they’d l…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Food of the Gods. Makes perfect sense then that it arrived on my doorstep this morning.

Around these parts, when you hear that distinctive truck sound that drives so many dogs wild out there in the driveway and then the doorbell rings, you know that UPS has come a-callin’.
That happened this very morning about 10:30 and the bottle…

The Beer Babe’s Brew Reviews: Weyerbacher – Heresy

As you may have noticed, I’ve been getting a little braver when it comes to darker beer. I know that not all dark beer is the same, and I’ve begun to understand what beers I may enjoy or that I am likely to find too bitter. The fact that most dark bee…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Of beer and scallops.

It was my intention to write about the industry-only draught debut of Duval Green at Monk’s Cafe last Monday night as soon as I got home, but I was distracted until the next morning and thus discovered that America’s Most Beloved Beer Writ…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: Bulgarian Beer Goes Abroad

Hey, why not. According to this report Bulgarian breweries have started making a mark on the international scene with beer exports rising in Romania, Macedonia, Spain, Portugal, the US and Hungary, Vladimir Ivanov, president of the Union of Brewers i…

It’s The Beer Talking: Review: Weyerbacher Heresy

An Imperial Stout brewed by
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Easton, Pennsylvania USA
ABV: 8.2 %
Glassware: Snifter
Dark as night on the pour with a huge, huge head. A great looking beer. I get a little raisin, a lot of chocolate and some other fruits buried …