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Beer - Topix.net
Boston Beer 4th-Qtr Profit More Than Doubles | Boston Beer Co.'s fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it shipped out more beer and its profit margin grew and write-downs fell, the company said Tuesday after the market closed. | | 3/9/2010 6:56:27 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Joe Sixpack: Outdated laws, a changed beer scene | THE BEER, it is a-changin'. There's no better evidence of that than the fiasco that erupted last week when a phalanx of State Police barged into three local bars known for their beer selection and found themselves mouthing the words on an incomprehensible variety of strange labels with unpronounceable names. | | 3/9/2010 9:39:03 AM |
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The Brew Site
Session #38 announced | | The roundup for Session #37 has been posted (hmm, seems a little sparse; I don’t see mine or several others I remember reading listed there yet…) and the topic for The Session #38 for April has been announced:
With Kate the Great Day a recent memory and the day of the Dark Lord fast approaching, I [...] | | 3/9/2010 7:32:15 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
UK: Carlsberg signs Tetley's beer deals | Carlsberg has signed deals to split brewing of its Tetley's beer in the UK between Molson Coors and Marston's. For the first time, brewing of Tetley's cask ale will be moved outside of the UK county of Yorkshire, after the closure of Carlsberg's brewery in Leeds in 2011. | | 3/9/2010 2:07:32 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Glenn Reynolds: Why American Gov't is in Deep Schlitz | Glenn Instapundit Reynolds explains why the U.S. government is in such deep Schlitz with the people it supposedly serves: The once-heady brew of American freedom has become watery and unsatisfying. | | 3/8/2010 9:37:32 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
State Police, Bar Owners In Beer Fight | The owners of three upscale tap rooms in Philadelphia are crying foul after state police raided their bars and confiscated thousands of dollars in expensive lagers and ales. | | 3/8/2010 5:09:43 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Competition brews in beer, liquor sector | The nation's beverage sector continues to attract foreign investment despite the hangover from the global recession, according to the market research website www.companiesandmarkets.com . In its Viet Nam Food and Drink Report for the second quarter, released last Friday, the website said a number of major global brewers had recently announced fresh ... | | 3/8/2010 12:45:56 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Brookings City Council Approves Brewpubs | Brookings has become the latest South Dakota city to allow brewpubs. The city council has passed an ordinance allowing bars and restaurants to brew beer on their own premises. | | 3/8/2010 8:13:19 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Heineken's beer production in R down 5.2% in 2009 | Breweries of the Heineken Ceska republika group produced 2.62 million hectolitres of beer last year, down 5.2 percent year-on-year, the company's spokeswoman Katerina Eliasova told CTK. | | 3/8/2010 3:48:08 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
St Albans candidate backs beer campaign | LIB DEM parliamentary candidate Sandy Walkington has promised to protect traditional beer if he is elected to represent St Albans. | | 3/7/2010 7:28:44 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
It'll be no small beer, says SAB | South African Breweries will produce about 30 million more beers for the five-week World Cup. | | 3/7/2010 11:23:18 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Latest Flying Fish 'exit' beer debuts at Bergen County pub | Flying Fish Brewery, the Cherry Hill beermaker known for its English- and Belgian-styled craft brews, will launch the latest in its series of beers named for New Jersey Turnpike exits Monday at Coppermine Pub in North Arlington. | | 3/7/2010 3:00:46 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Serious Beer: Tasting North American Stouts | After the MA rzenbier, the zesty autumn rye beers, and brews made at hop-harvest time , the weather got colder, and the beers here at Serious Beer HQ got darker. | | 3/6/2010 6:46:41 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Carolina Beer starts new era in production | MOORESVILLE a ' In preparation for its newest packaging line, Carolina Beer and Beverage temporarily contracted the production of its beer brands to other breweries. | | 3/6/2010 10:46:22 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Green are the pastures of a popular color | The color green is a serious multitasker. It speaks for St. Patrick's Day and blooming spring, tranquility and jealousy, healthy food and greed - all at once. | | 3/6/2010 6:17:21 AM |
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The Brew Site
The Session #37: When to Drink the Good Stuff | | Three years ago this month The Session celebrated its inaugural Friday with the topic of Stouts. This month, The Session’s third birthday, we have an entirely apropos topic: When to drink the good stuff, hosted by The Ferm.
Finding a drinking occasion that lives up to the reputation of the bottle and the story of [...] | | 3/6/2010 5:17:28 AM |
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Beer - Topix.net
Beer 101: Lose a pound or gain a pound over spring break? | Some of you will be going on spring break in the next week or two. Whether you should drink or not if you are under age is up to you but please don't drink and drive! The Best Light Low Calorie Beers and Ranking based on 12 ounces. | | 3/5/2010 5:50:13 PM |
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Beer - Topix.net
More dough required for barley sandwich | This year's May "two four" weekend just got more expensive: Beer prices will rise $1.25 per 12-pack as of Monday, March 8. The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission says the increase is a result of a recent supplier price increase, a hike in the MLCC's markup, and an increase in the fee paid to beer vendors for handling empty containers. | | 3/4/2010 7:45:05 PM |
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The Brew Site
Empire Strikes Back | | I’m sure the movie is the first thing you think when you see the title of this post, but in fact it’s the name of the latest limited-release beer from Double Mountain Brewery. In fact they’re holding release parties tomorrow and Friday, and thanks to the Bend Beer Blog I know that Friday’s release party [...] | | 3/4/2010 7:58:20 AM |
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The Brew Site
Oregon Brewers Festival 2010 beers | | The beer list for this year’s Oregon Brewers Festival has been posted, and it’s pretty impressive! There are all the usual suspects, of course, but there are a few standouts that caught my eye:
Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale from Boulevard Brewing
Hibiscus Ginger Beer from Caldera Brewing
Dogfish Head (TBA)
Exit 4 from Flying Fish Brewing
Sofie from Goose Island
Le [...] | | 3/3/2010 3:18:22 AM |
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The Brew Site
Reminder: The Session is this Friday | | Don’t forget The Session is coming up this Friday, the 5th: the topic is “The Good Stuff” (when to drink it). Since it’s the anniversary of the first Session, and given the topic is “good stuff”, I may well open a 2007 Abyss to commemorate it.
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The Brew Site
Pyramid (Spring) Fling Pale Ale | | Ah, Pyramid. Between owning MacTarnahan’s, being owned by Magic Hat, contract brewing at several locations, it’s tough to know what’s what with them. I still remember the Pyramid of the ’90s and early ’00s, with their Apricot Ale and Snow Cap in particular as strong, leading beers, so I’ve been a bit confused over the [...] | | 3/2/2010 7:31:33 AM |
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The Brew Site
Bend Brewing Company turns 15 today! | | There’s been almost no fanfare or publicity for this—indeed, even I almost missed it if not for my wife—but Bend Brewing Company is turning 15 today and celebrating in grand style:
Saturday, February 27th marks the fifteenth anniversary of the BBC. The anniversary party will last all day, beginning at 11:30 a.m. with half-priced [...] | | 2/27/2010 6:26:01 PM |
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The Brew Site
Hop Press: Canvolution | | My Hop Press article for today—”Canvolution“—takes a look at the canned beer segment of craft brewing (something which I have passing familiarity with) to serve as both an introduction and an advocacy piece. Oskar Blues, 21st Amendment, and Canfest all get nods.
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week: Noël Des Géants | | I suppose you can’t talk “Big Beers” without mentioning (at least in passing!) Belgium. In this case, it’s a Christmas beer: Noël Des Géants from Brasserie Des Géants in Wallonia, the French speaking half of Belgium; I picked it up shortly after Christmas without knowing much about it (but it was a good price).
It’s not [...] | | 2/26/2010 6:00:33 PM |
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week: Widmer 84/09 Double Alt | | Widmer’s 84/09 Double Alt was actually a beer that showed up last summer to celebrate their 25th anniversary—but I missed it the first time around somehow. Fortunately the Brew Shop here in Bend still has a few bottles, so I snapped one up.
84/09 is basically a double-strength version of their famous and pub-only Altbier, the [...] | | 2/25/2010 6:00:16 PM |
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week: Ten Fidy Imperial Stout | | Imperial Stout is one of those styles you would never expect to see come from a can, yet Oskar Blues Brewing is doing just that with their Ten Fidy, a burly motor oil of a stout that’s 10.5% alcohol.
Oskar Blues is of course most famous for being the first all-canning microbrewer, producing big bold beers [...] | | 2/25/2010 6:56:02 AM |
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week: Stone/Maui/Schmidt Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter | | You almost can’t think “Big Beer” anymore without Stone Brewing coming up somehow. Most of their beers would easily qualify for a Big Beer Week review, so how do you go bigger? Select one of their collaboration beers, of course! These are “big” not only in a strength and style sense, but also in ambition [...] | | 2/24/2010 6:00:35 PM |
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week: Deschutes Jubel 2010 | | Though every year Deschutes Brewery brews a draft-only version of their Super Jubel—a double-strength Jubelale—only twice have they bottled this beer: once in 2000, and now again in 2010. (Respectively known as Jubel 2000 and Jubel 2010.) This time around this Jubel 2010 “Once a Decade Ale” is bottled in 22-ounce bombers and wax-dipped as [...] | | 2/23/2010 9:00:22 PM |
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week: Anchor Old Foghorn | | Let’s start off our Big Beer Week reviews with a classic: Anchor Old Foghorn, the venerable Barleywine from one of America’s oldest craft breweries. Barleywine is one of my favorite styles of beer, and Anchor has been producing their Old Foghorn since 1975—I wrote “classic” above, and to my mind this beer sits in the [...] | | 2/23/2010 6:46:14 AM |
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The Brew Site
Big Beer Week | | February is a short month, which is why Theme Week almost slipped away from me—but not to worry! I do have a plan!
Something about February always says “big beer” for me (like when I hosted The Session back in 2008 and declared it Barleywine season): perhaps it’s the depths of winter when a big, warming [...] | | 2/22/2010 6:00:50 PM |
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