Archive for October, 2008

Sioux Brew: Beer cookies for halloween

This recipe comes via the National Beer Wholesalers Association.

Ginger Beer Halloween Cookies
Makes 4 dozen
1 bottle (12 oz)    Pumpkin Ale Beer or Ginger-Brewed Wheat Beer
3 TBLS        honey
4 slices            crystallized ginge…

Beer Haiku Daily: Before the Crowd

The bar, strangely still
Before the opening act
Begins their sound check

Written by Captain Hops.
Thing of the Day: Tour:Smart: And Break the Band

Sioux Brew: New beers for Siouxland

Charlies Wine and Spirits in Sioux City has just received a shipment of several beers that are new to the Sioux City market.
From Flying Dog are: Kerebos Tripel, Horn Dog barleywine, Snake Dog IPA and K-9 Cruiser Winter Ale.
From Goose Island: Pere Ja…

boakandbailey.com: Drinking in Elizabethan London

The Elizabethan Underworld by Gamini Salgado
Gamini Salgado’s The Elizabethan Underworld is a fairly obvious attempt to follow the success of Kellow Chesney’s The Victorian Underworld, which itself was an update of Henry Mayhew. Nonetheles…

Sioux Brew: MillerCoors sales up .7 percent in quarter

Date: 10/14/2008 12:57 PM
By EMILY FREDRIX
AP Business Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) – MillerCoors’ sales to retailers rose less than 1 percent in the latest quarter, as a jump in Coors Light sales helped buffer a drop in flagship brand Miller Lite, sai…

Sioux Brew: InBev postpones new share issue until markets calm

Date: 10/14/2008 01:38 PM
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) – Brewer InBev SA said Tuesday it was postponing a $9.8 billion share issue until financial markets stabilize.
It had planned to use the money raised from selling new shares to fund its $52 billion tak…

Cider dinner at Lucy’s Table Octo. 23rd

Blue Mountain Cider Co. Cider Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Thurs. Oct. 23rd, Lucy’s Table, 704 NW 21st Ave; $50 ea. plus gratuity. Reservations: 503-226-6126 Blue Mountain Cider Company produces hand-crafted artisan style hard apple ciders. They are one of less…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Cider dinner at Lucy’s Table Octo. 23rd

Blue Mountain Cider Co. Cider Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Thurs. Oct. 23rd, Lucy’s Table, 704 NW 21st Ave; $50 ea. plus gratuity. Reservations: 503-226-6126 Blue Mountain Cider Company produces hand-crafted artisan style hard apple ciders. They are one of less…

Sybeeritic: Beer Bar Opening in Shanghai

In a piece of news that is near and dear to my heart, Shanghai is about to get its first Belgian beer bar: Kaiba, part of the new 528 Kangding Lu crowd has also chosen Saturday 18th for their big opening bash. When we last visited this place, word ha…

stlhops.com: Missouri Day Celebration

Sorry for the late notice on this one, but I just got an email about it last night.  Apparently tomorrow is Missouri Day (which is apparently a real holiday that I was completely unaware of) and  the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is hosti…