Archive for October, 2008

Justifiably Proud, Pt. IV

Dry Hopped St.Rogue Red Leads Three-Medal Charge at GABF NEWPORT, OR., October 16, 2008 – Rogue Ales’ Dry-hopped Saint Rogue Red claimed the title of America’s best red ale, leading a three-medal finish for Rogue at the 27th Great American…

Justifiably proud, Pt. III

I didn’t include Henry Weinhard in the GABF medal tally for Oregon, because it’s now owned bt SAB-Miller, and many of the beers are brewed in City of Industry, Calif., or some similarly bucolic setting. But two of their four…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: Miller sales up but future in question

The brewer of Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft and Peroni Nastro Azzurro lagers – said beer sales increased slightly in the first half of its financial year, as rising demand from emerging markets canceled out slowing demand from established American and…

It’s The Beer Talking: News: New proposed Oregon deposit law would hit beer

 
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that a state task force says Oregon should double its nickel deposit on beer and soft drink containers in three years, expand the kinds of containers requiring deposits and set up redemption centers fu…

Draft Magazine Feed: Pole fitness comes to Sprecher Brewing Company

It’s Monday morning. You’re tired. You can’t believe you’re back at your desk, again. You’re amazed the weekend is over, already. You’re pissed the Red Sox lost last night (Okay, maybe that last one is just us.) Man…

Good Beer Show, The: Roller Derby Brew

This show was kicked off with a segment by Grant Mason of the “Three From Leith” podcast while hosting an “Amped New Music Weekly” episode. JeffreyT will host one of these in a few weeks.
This episode’s featured artist …

Hedonist Beer Jive: OFF THE LIST & DOWN THE THROAT: GOUDEN CAROLUS GRAND CRU OF THE EMPEROR

No doubt as you do, I carry around a supremely dorked-out list of the beers I need to try in the “notes” section of my cell phone; things people recommend, things I read about on blogs, in magazine, you know. I reckon everybody probably does this,…

brewvana: Stone and Roll IPA

So I don’t drink tons of IPAs. I can appreciate one now and again, but certain hops don’t trip my trigger, some are overdone and crunchy, and I think I just generally tire of a hoppy aftertaste quicker than a stouty aftertaste or a Scotchy…

Draft Magazine Feed: Hiking and beer drinking in Wisconsin

If you like to hike and drink beer, there’s no better time to live in Wisconsin than October.
And no one knows this fact better than Kevin Revolinski.
Kevin at Lakefront Brewery
Revolinski has written the book on beer drinking in Wisconsin. And …

Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: Free Our Beer Website Updated

Cass Enright, founder of www.bartowel.com, launched a new website back on July 8, 2008 called Free Our Beer in relation to the series of articles the Toronto Star ran about the Beer Store. After taking a bit of a hiatus to focus on the Golden Tap Awar…