Beer News Archives

Organic beer production emits substantially more greenhouse gases than ordinary beer, according to a Copenhagen University thesis.

Pyramid Brewing and Magic Hat announced today that they will merge, pursuant to a letter of intent. According to the terms of the agreement, Magic Hat will acquire Pyramid in an all-cash offer and then the two will merge.

“You see the possibilities to pass some of the cost to prices”

BRUSSELSThe brewer of Stella Artois and Beck's beer said Tuesday it was hiking prices to offset soaring costs for raw ingredients such as malt, barley and aluminum. via The Toronto Star

Jake's Dixie Roadhouse, which likes to make dining a competitive experience , pits beer against beer tonight in an event called "Hopocalypse Now: An Epic Battle of I.P.A's." If you reserve yourself a seat at ...

In Ireland patients and blood donors were given Guinness because it's high in iron. Back home a beer's a beer.

Sand Creek, located in west-central Wisconsin, has quietly and steadily been making quality beers since 1999, with Oscar's Chocolate Oatmeal Stout probably its best-known offering. via Oshkosh Northwestern

“They sell Bud -- we sell Weed.”

The federal government has said no to Weed. Or at least to the bottle caps of beer brewed at a popular local brewery in this small Siskiyou County town, which has a name that no doubt would have kept 1970s ... via ScrippsNews

“It's going to cause havoc in the market and cause great financial stress in the oil industry”

WHAT if you could make fuel for your car in your backyard for less than you pay at the pump? Would you? The first question has driven Floyd S. Butterfield for more than two decades. via New York Times

“You see a slow down from the import category as a whole, so you're going to see a slow down with imported light [beer] because of the resurgence in domestic light brands”

April 25, 2008 By Mike Beirne Andy Glaser, the architect of the most successful beer introduction during 2006 - Heineken Premium Light - is stepping down as vp-marketing for Heineken USA. via Technology Marketing

“They're the industry leader. And they've been making a lot of news.”

Last month, beer reporter James Arndorfer broke a story that Anheuser-Busch Cos. via KansasCity.com

A helpful search for my favorite hard-to-find brew. BeerMenus.com , I've been dreaming about you at night. via CNET News.com

San Miguel Brewery has attracted enough international demand to complete its initial public offering and will go ahead with the domestic portion of the deal on Monday. via BusinessWeek

“It is very beneficial for overall health”

It may be froth or just a waste of a good drop but in the Czech Republic they bathe in their beer. via The Age

“Throw a dollar on there, maybe, but a quarter? No.”

Steady that barstool, spiraling beer prices could have your head spinning this year. via WisInfo

“For years we've been producing some of the best and most unique beers in the world”

' Figures released today by the Oregon Brewers Guild show 2007 was a banner year for Oregon's craft brewing industry as production across the state grew at a rate of 8.1 percent. via Portland Beer Blog

Details: Katie's Pizzeria Caf Fried artichoke salad... $7.95 Margherita pizza... $11.95 Prosciutto-apple pizza... $14.95 Fingerling potato pizza... $14.95 A neon sign hanging in the window of Katie's Pizzeria ... via Riverfront Times

“We protect consumers of alcohol beverages against misleading advertising and labeling”

Vaune Dillmann thought the wording on his bottle caps was just a clever play on the name of the Northern California town where he brews his beer - Weed. via FOX News

NEW YORKAnheuser-Busch Cos Inc. reported lower quarterly profit Wednesday, as U.S. retailers purchased less beer from wholesalers. via The Toronto Star

“The gold medal this past weekend for Mac's Amber Ale is a great credit to our brewing team and the combined craft beer expertise of MacTarnahan's and Pyramid.”

Media Relations Jane Rauckhorst, 415-519-7176 MacTarnahan's Amber Ale won a gold medal at the 2008 World Beer Cup in the Classic English Style Pale Ale category this past weekend, in addition to taking First ... via PR-inside.com

Vermont-based Long Trail Brewing Co. plans to sign a contract to become the largest commercial customer of Central Vermont Public Service's "Cow Power" program. via NBC Channel 7/39

- The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics already have an official diamond, an official bakery and even an official job-search website - and now there's an Olympic beer.

The Olympic organizing committee, known as VANOC, has announced that Molson will be the official beer supplier for the Games in a deal worth between $3 million and $15 million.

VANOC CEO John Furlong says the committee is interested in finding as many sponsors as possible, adding that "if you can dream it up" there could be an official Olympic version of it. Read more

“Here you can enjoy the best boutique beers”

By Jacques Breytenbach The sounds of clinking beer glasses, accompanied by laughter, good food and compliments, filled the afternoon air at Kimiad in Moreleta Park on Saturday as the Wort Hog Brewers Club held ... via Pretoria News

Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: Opinion Will the American people ever get over the beer drinking factor? When it comes to making a decision in the voting booth, apparently not. via Daily Trojan

DUBLIN, Ireland - Research and Markets has announced the addition of " Chinese Markets for Beer " In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. via Earth Times

Tsingtao Brewery Co., part owned by the world's largest beer maker Anheuser-Busch Cos., reported an expected fourth-quarter loss of two million yuan due to weak sales in the winter and rising costs. via People's Daily Online

Chancellor Alistair Darling has been banned from the Wellington Arms in Watford following his "tyrannical, anti-pub" budget. via This Is Hertfordshire

You can get pretty sloppy at the Sloppy Taco Palace in more ways than one. Recently, I went to check out the bar off South Kirkman Road, and the drink selection and prices had me rethink where the moniker ... via The Orlando Sentinel

A Virginia man has been named national Beerdrinker of the Year. Matt Venzke says he got his advanced degree in beer drinking in Germany, where as an Army brat he sampled that country's Old World brews. via WLOS

“We have managed to secure some really great beers for this festival, including some which have only just been released. This event will be a very nice addition to our bank holiday offering at the centre”

CRAFTY PINT: Marcus Killingsworth, the Ring's restaurant manager, and Neil McMahon raise a glass as they begin preparations for the beer festival in Hanbury. via This is Bromsgrove

“For authentic brands from Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is the ultimate holiday”

April 18, 2008 By Mike Beirne Crown Imports is getting ready to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a new campaign and TV spot for Corona Extra, launched this week. via Technology Marketing

“In comparison to other what you might call luxury goods, that's a pretty good deal.”

Dan Kopman is chief operating officer for a microbrewery with an intensely local focus. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

“Remarkably, this protein formed clumps in our simple yeast cells just like it does in human nerve cells. In our paper we determine which segments of the mutated TDP-43 protein cause it to aggregate and which parts cause it to be toxic.”

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or Lou ... via Huliq.com

“So, it's easy to go through a lot of liters and we've made it to 2-million liters in five years.”

Web produced by: Neil Relyea A big German party celebrated a milestone for a unique restaurant. via Kypost.Com

“Mr Brown has been really good at championing our cause - he is there to promote local industry and this is a real boost for Somerset breweries. "We are all looking forward to our beer being on offer at such a prestigious location.”

Taunton MP Jeremy Browne with Jeremy Leyton and Colin Green from the Taunton Brewing Company. via This is The West Country

“My mother told me if you can read a book you can cook”

Making quality beer at home might be as easy as cooking Sunday dinner or baking bread. via RedOrbit

IT'S BEEN A WHILE since I've written about cider - the alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice. via Inside Bay Area

“In recovering input costs, we would expect price rises to hurt volumes as the year develops”

Price increases and favorable currency shifts helped SABMiller PLC offset the impact of higher costs and slowing volume growth in the past fiscal year, the maker of Miller Lite and Pilsner Urquell beer said ... via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Colorado's New Belgium Brewing Company plans to offer its flagship Fat Tire Amber Ale this summer from something other than the tap or glass bottles: aluminum cans. via KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

That's it -- I'm convinced. Forget about the melting ice caps, sea-level rise that could wipe out many areas of the Eastern Shore, increase in the number and severity of hurricanes -- a recent university study ... via Daily Times

“We will be sourcing the very best local produce and plan to create a great place and plan to create a great place to come and eat and drink.”

WHEN he opens his pub serving fine food and drink later this year, actor Neil Morrissey, will be hoping there will be no men behaving badly at the prestigious event. via This is York

Goose Island Beer Co. said Monday it will close its original brewpub at 1800 N. Clybourn by year-end because it has lost its lease. via Chicago Sun-Times

“There won't be double-digit growth this year”

Testimonials Bloomberg Heineken Sees Sales Weakening 14 April 2008 By Maria Ermakova and Joram Kanner / Bloomberg Heineken, the largest Dutch brewer, said Friday that growth in its Russian beer sales would ... via The Moscow Times

Anheuser-Busch is going "extreme." The nation's largest brewer is taking a cue from craft brewers and is creating an extreme beer of its own. via WUSA9

Wattle seed is a generic term applied to the seeds produced by 120 varieties of Australian acacia trees, also known as wattle bushes or wattle trees. via Fond du Lac Reporter

Daily News staff 1:07 a.m., Sunday, April 13, 2008 COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Dealing in stolen property A Budweiser delivery driver and his helper were arrested Friday after Collier County sheriff's ... via Naples Daily News

Brewers are competing to create "extreme" beers, including brews that contain 10 percent alcohol by volume. via Belleville News

“It is a good rounded, hoppy beer, with not too much malt in the taste, and quite dry.”

A new beer to celebrate 150 years of the branch railway between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey has been launched. via This Is Hertfordshire

“I think it was inevitable they would come”

For Carol McCullough and a lot of other food-loving Nashvillians, the news that Trader Joe's is coming to town is the fulfillment of a long-time wish, and a strategic campaign. via The Tennessean

TRADING standards officers are checking drinkers get the pint they've paid for in Somerset this summer. via This is The West Country

“This is one of my favorite Foster's memories.”

It's been a long time since Washington Post columnist Steve Pearlstein saw the inside of Foster's newsroom. via The Citizen

Michael Barnes is Entertainment Editor for the Austin American-Statesman. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats. via Austin American Statesman

By Kris Farmen I just bottled a batch of homebrewed beer today. It's the part of the brewing process that I find the most satisfying. via Anchorage Press

“A pound bought 1.5 euros last summer - now it'll only get you around 1.25 euros. And that makes everything more expensive, from a bottle of lager to suncream and car hire.”

London, Families to pay 200 more for holidays abroad as pound reaches yet another low against the Euro Summer holiday: But the cost of having a break could soar thanks to the pound hitting new low against the ... via This Is London

“But a tax of that nature is far too grievous. The beer industry produces so much for the economy. He won't get to first base with that.”

Joe Sixpack will have to pay a lot more to get his buzz on if Assemblyman Jim Beall has his way. via Inside Bay Area

“Climate change alone exacerbates a number of problems currently facing beer making”

'Green' beer may not appear to be much of a priority for brewers, but the industry is nonetheless having to wake up to the need for sustainable production, a leading environmental group has said. via Food Quality News

Labatt USA has added Buffalo to its label to reflect the beer company's move to the city last June. via WCAX-TV Burlington

Heineken said it's going to buy the beverage division of Eichof Holding for 278.5 million Swiss francs . via Market Watch

Wattle seed is a generic term applied to the seeds produced by 120 varieties of Australian acacia trees, also known as wattle bushes or wattle trees. via DNJ.com

“When everyone started making orders, we found we had a shortage. The price went crazy. People are willing to spend large sums.”

Few people can remember a situation anything close to this. Some Yakima Valley hop growers are pulling other crops to plant the beer-flavoring ingredient and planting new acreage in response to a worldwide ... via KOMOradio

The adage says absence makes the heart grow fonder but does that include old beer brands? The Pabst Brewing Company appears to be betting on it, reintroducing Schlitz beer in Chicago this week. via WKYC-TV

Three men in Wisconsin went on a $24,000 beer run -- from the cops. Police in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, say the trio stole $24,000 worth of brew from a trucking company in Racine County. via WLS

Six Colorado breweries made it on the Brewers Association's list of top 50 craft brewing companies, based on sales volume in 2007.

New Belgium Brewing Co. of Fort Collins ranked highest on the craft brewing trade group's list, behind only top-ranked Boston Beer Co. of Boston and second-ranked Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. of California. All three had the same rankings last year.

Other Colorado breweries on the latest list were Flying Dog Brewery and Breckenridge Brewery of Denver, Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants based in Louisville, Odell Brewing Co. of Fort Collins, and Boulder Beer Co. of Boulder. Read more

“It will provide a lot of challenges for the brewing industry”

The price of beer is likely to rise in coming decades because climate change will hamper the production of a key grain needed for the brew -- especially in Australia, a scientist warned Tuesday. via Free Republic

Business has been excellent at Iron Springs Pub & Brewery in Fairfax, where it is the No. 6 sales tax revenue source for town coffers. So why are owners Mike and Anne Altman planning to shutter the popular pub at Fair Anselm Plaza on Aug. 15? "It is a very long, drawn-out story," Mike Altman said. "We're at wits' end and frankly I'm losing sleep over it." Altman's lease expires Aug. 15 and negotiations with the owners of the Fair Anselm buildings, Dan and Matthew Friedman, have failed to produce a renewal. The Friedmans were seeking a 53 percent increase in rent, which Mike Altman said he can't afford.

Recalls: Get the latest news, video, and polls! Boston-area brewer Samuel Adams is voluntarily recalling some of its 12 ounce bottles from store shelves after the company says it detected possible defects. via Midwest Georgia's Magic 98.1

Having a brew in class may be one of the attractions of a brewing class at Florida International University, but students also learn a craft, the teacher says. via The Post Chronicle

Pabst Brewing Company looks to be marketing nostalgia as it reintroduces Schlitz beer in Chicago this week.

The beer was once a top-selling beer brand. But the Woodridge, Illinois-based company changed the brew's formula in the 1970s and sales dipped.

Now Pabst is relaunching the old brew in long-neck bottles at ten outlets on Chicago's North Side with hopes of the beer being available city-wide in 2009.

Schlitz was first introduced in Chicago at the 1893 World's Columbia Exposition. Read more

The 18th annual Northeast Wisconsin Beer Festival returns to the Fox Valley this weekend. via Appleton Post-Crescent

“I went so far as to exchange phone numbers with my captors. They treated me well. Yes, I was stuck in a cell. But what really made it great was the beautiful people of Zimbabwe. The people in the cell were just mostly guys struggling to survive.”

For Brent Smyth, the taste of his first beer on home soil is a "small treasure" and one the Midrand helicopter pilot declares he will appreciate for the rest of his life. via Independent Online

A worldwide shortage in hops, a key ingredient in beer, is hitting home in Vermont. via WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

“It shows how great the need is and I felt really bad”

An extended worldwide shortage of hops has left smaller craft brewers unable to buy the important perennial flower that adds some of the bitterness and aroma to beer. via The State

“It was difficult to keep the beer flavour, but still have the wonderful chocolate taste”

BEER FLAVOURED: Two popular indulgences will be combined into one with beer flavoured chocolates on the menu at a beer experts' conference in Auckland. via Manawatu Evening Standard

Taste T.O. is pleased to announce that we're teaming up with fine food & drink import agency, Roland + Russell , and Ontario's premier craft beer website, The Bar Towel , to co-present a pair of tasting events ... via Taste T.O.

“Refresh has achieved a great deal since it was founded eight years ago. It is now the number three supplier of premium bottled ales to supermarkets. And Hobgoblin is one of the fastest growing premium ales in the UK.”

Marston's has announced it has acquired Refresh UK which owns the Wychwood Brewery, brewer of Hobgoblin and Brakspear. via Quiztime UK

Schlitz beer is coming back to Chicago next week in traditional brown bottles, and with its traditional 1960s recipe.

The once dominant U.S. beer is a ghost of its former self these days. But Woodridge -based Pabst Brewing, which owns the historic brand, is bringing back the original recipe in markets in Minnesota and Florida late last year.

Next week, it will start selling the classic Schlitz at select North Side locations with hopes to broaden its sales network next year. Chicago was once Schlitz's biggest market. Read more

“This limits the ingredients to