The owners of Dixie Brewing Co. in New Orleans are holding a Halloween party at the brewery tonight, even though it stands abandoned two years after Hurricane Katrina and looters left the building an empty shell.
“We’ve worked too hard to give up now,” owner Joe Bruno said. “Dixie is fine, a lot of people want [...]
German beer sales dropped dramatically in the third quarter, falling 7.2% compared to the summer of 2006.
Officials blamed poor weather and the fact sales were being compared to 2006, when Germany hosted the World Cup.
Year-on-year, sales of beer are estimated to have been around 2.3% lower for the first nine months of 2007. German beer [...]
Illinois beer distributors have taken their their fight against Mayor Daley’s proposed beer tax increase to the Internet.
“Stop Chicago Liquor Tax Increase” gives interested parties a direct connection to the Chicago aldermen who will be voting on Daley’s proposal, according to a press release from the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois.
Mayor Daley’s tax proposal [...]
So there’s this guy whose name is Sam Adams.
And he’s running for mayor of Portland, Oregon, and two radio show hosts registers these web domains http://www.samadamsformayor.com and http://www.mayorsamadams.com for him, and then a brewery headquartered in Boston sees the domain names and . . .
He gets this letter “Boston Beer has used the trademarks [...]
“If mass-market kegs are the Wonder bread and Velveeta of the beer world, cask ales are like fresh-baked loaves or artisanal cheeses, with the potential to be glorious but risky all the same.”
Eric Asimov writes about cask-conditioned ales today in the New York Times.
The story: The Power in the Cask: Old Ways, New Beer
Wild elephants’ tase for rice beer, which has often led to villages where the beer is produced being destroyed, took a sad turn when six of the Asiatic elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking the beer in India’s remote northeast, a wildlife official said.
The 40-strong herd uprooted an electric pole while looking [...]
Observers predict beer prices in the UK will tumble between now and the holidays.
They predict store giants could be selling popular lagers for as little as 30p a pint.
Supermarkets reportedly have warehouses piled high with booze after the summer storms put a stop to barbecues and garden parties.
Top selling drinks such as Stella Artois and [...]