beerblog.genx40 — So, could the menu offer a Woman Wine? I would have preferred that the mug was manly as opposed to simply masculine. I had no idea mugs were, in fact, gendered. What do they get up to in the dishwasher? I also didn't know that while their masculinity was superior...
beerpulse — (Lexington, KY) – If you are unfamiliar with Reddit at this point, you shouldn’t be. It is one of the largest websites on the internet and perhaps the largest (or one of the top) message board-style sites. Nearly 100,000 people have subscribed to popular updates posted on the beer board. On...
beerpulse — Press Release: [BeerPulse note: though beer is not specifically mentioned as part of the release, the results of the investigation could indirectly sales of beer at these establishments] (Trenton, NJ) – Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa and Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Director Michael Halfacre today announced the details of “Operation Swill,”...
beerpulse — Press Release: (Chicago, IL) – It’s summer, but it’s about to get cold. Coors Light® is on a mission to refresh the most people this summer and is pulling out all the stops to do it. Whether delivered by beer vending machine or dog sled, Coors Light is using cool and unexpected...
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beerpulse — Yankee Stadium has hit another foul at the concession stands, charging thirsty ball fans $12 for an "import" beer that actually comes from Chicago. It’s the second time in two months the Bombers have made a suds snafu. More >> DNAinfo.com New York.
thebeernut.blogspot — I first encountered Whitewater's new beer Hoppelhammer in The Purty Kitchen last month. It made its debut at the Belfast Beer Festival last November but sold out quickly -- draught and bottled -- long before I got to try it. The recently-refurbished and thoroughly craftified Purty was the Monkstown stop...
barclayperkins.blogspot — Casual racism. It's a constant problem when rummaging around in history's basement. I hope I don't need to point out that I don't condone this sort of thing. But neither am I going to censore the past for the sake of modern sensibilities.I'm not sure what to make of this...
beerpulse — (Burlington, VT) – A Magic Hat Brewing representative sent this statement to BeerPulse on Wednesday afternoon. It is effectively a response to West Sixth’s response to Magic Hat’s response to West Sixth’s intiial media campaign. Catch up on all the West Sixth-Magic Hat scuttlebutt. — “We have seen West Sixth Brewing’s Facebook...
thefullpint — After reading both West Sixth Brewing’s Side of the story and Magic Hat Brewing’s side of the story, we’d like y…The post Quick Polls: Magic Hat vs. West Sixth Brewing appeared first on thefullpint.com.
barclayperkins.blogspot — I'd join an organisation called that. I wonder if it ever got off the ground?Wondering what I'm talking about? Try reading the text below. It should help explain. It sounds a bit like a forerunner of CAMRA."Letters to the Editor Beer-Garden Idea Supported Sir,- May I be allowed to congratulate...
beerpulse — Press Release: (Burlington, VT) – After months of working in good faith, and receiving assurances that West Sixth Brewing would modify its marketing materials, Magic Hat Brewing was blindsided by a social media ambush that attempts to deflect West Sixth Brewing’s trademark infringements. “West Sixth Brewing packaged the “perfect story” of...
thefullpint — As promised, we are presenting Magic Hat Brewing’s side of the story we published earlier, in which West Sixth Brewing asked…The post Magic Hat Gives Their Side of “West Sixth Brewing Lawsuit” Story appeared first on thefullpint.com.
beerpulse — (Lexington, KY) – West Sixth Brewing announced on Tuesday that it is being sued by Magic Hat’s parent company for allegedly copying its #9 beer logo. West Sixth has responded, in part, with a lengthy blog post and petition as well as acquiring the NoMoreMagicHat.com domain name. Because the West Sixth...
beerpulse — The company’s Alltech Bourbon Barrel Ale has become the biggest-selling craft beer in Ohio, according to its distributor, Lyons said. His existing brewery can produce as much as 30,000 barrels a year, but with the expansion, capacity could nearly double, Lyons said. He predicted that within five or six years,...
barclayperkins.blogspot — We're back with casks in WW II. I had a little too much information for a single post. Some breweries had the foresight to buy in staves before the outbreak of war. Though, in Whitbread's case at least, they ended up as firewood:"For many years the policy in...
beerpulse — Chris Ives, managing director and founder of Ilkley Brewery, made the breakthrough with a panel of distributors and beer experts after joining two trade missions to find new markets for his best-selling brands. Almost 15,000 bottles of three leading Ilkley brands should be on sale in bars and restaurants in...
beerblog.genx40 — See, in these times when people are questioning all manner of stuff that is foisted upon the fan of good beer, one get's a little internally chippy. So, when I read the beginning of this NYT article by Clay Risen just now I stopped and then stopped myself:For years, the...
barclayperkins.blogspot — In the days when barrels were still made of wood, a supply of oak for building and maintaining them was essential.English oak was in short supply and since the 19th century most of the wood used in making casks had been imported:"While the question of new casks and a supply...
thebeernut.blogspot — I do like a bit of blueberry now and then: in a muffin, on a cheesecake, ice cream, pancakes, and even in the odd beer. The very odd beer, sometimes. I found this tall boy in La Chope de Lug in Lyon last year, and though it appears to have...
barclayperkins.blogspot — It's one of those special treat days. Where, as a reward for being good, I give you a bug, fat, juicy table. Several tables, in factThe tables in question have details of the hops grown, imported, exported and used in the UK from 1857 to 1954. So almost 100 years'...
barclayperkins.blogspot — The idea of growing American-style hops isn't a new one. Attempts were already being made to breed varieties with the characteristics of American hops which could be grown in Britain.As I've pointed out before, from the 1860's on, large quantities of American hops were used by British breweries."American hops also...
beerblog.genx40 — In ten years of writing about beer, I have to admit the reaction to the article "Against Hoppy Beer" in Slate yesterday by author Adrienne So is one of the oddest over reactions to something written about beer that I think I have ever seen. As others have done to...
barclayperkins.blogspot — I bet you thought I'd forgotten about this, the second part of my look at Drybrough PI in WW I. I hadn't. Just got distracted by holidays and the like.And, yes, the quantity of data to fiddle with put me off, too. At this rate my series on Drybrough's beer...
beerpulse — Even safety groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and AAA declined Tuesday to endorse NTSB’s call for a .05 threshold. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which sets national safety policy, stopped also short of endorsing the board’s recommendation. More >> The Washington Post.