Is InBev Thirsty For Bud?

We hear a lot of news of breweries merging, buyout out others, but it is typically the big fish eatting the smaller fish, or the small fish swimming together. Well it appears that InBev, one of the biggest fish, is looking to takeover Anheuser-Busch.

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This Convention is Fueled By Beer

How amazing a product is beer?  You can choose to either drink it, or turn waste beer into ethanol and fuel your vehicle.  The Democratic National Convention in  Denver will be doing just that, with the Official E85 Ethanol Producer being Molson Coors. 

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A Gnarly Olde Time

Lagunitas has always been one of my favorite breweries. I’ve thought of them as a good brewer of very aggressive beers, but never as one of the premier breweries. After a win at the Toronado Barleywine Festival, I had to rethink my opinion. After all, the competition at Toronado is rather stiff, and if you brew the best barleywine, well, there isn’t much else to prove. So this year I was looking forward to getting my hands on the Olde Gnarly Wine.

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60 Minute…DAMN IT!

It’s been a long week.  Lots of craziness in my life, but I knew Dogfish Head was arriving in the Bay Area and I would be able to purchase some.  After a long day, a 60 Minute IPA was going to be fantastic.  Well, the theme of the week continues. 

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Pull a Pyramid Out Of Your Hat

Looks like the trend of mergers and acquisitions that marks other industries is making its way to craft breweris.  The newest merger involves the West coast’s Pyramid Breweries and the East coast’s Magic Hat Brewing Co. 

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German Beer Day: Audio

Writing is so boring. Clicking away at the keyboard, trying to be witty, it all smacks of effort, and to be honest, I really am lazy. So to tell you more about German Beer Day, I letting a little media outlet called the BBC do the heavy lifting. Click through for some audio about day marking our favorite beverage.

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Best Place to Work: New Belgium Brewing

Do you like going outside?  Sure, who doesn’t.  There’s the sun out there, and wind, and air.  It’s great.  And for those times when you can’t be “out” there, you can read a magazine about it, Outside Magazine.  Outside Magazine has decided the best place to spend time inside and collect a paycheck is New Belgium Brewing.  Far out. 

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Ale to the Chief

This is a blog for beer, not politics, but beverages have become a topic of the current primary race.  So voters in Pennsylavnia have been treated with images of Barrack Obama knocking back some suds. 

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Earth Day: Sustainable Brewing

Well, Earth Day is here. Today is a day when we can look at our actions and how they affect the Earth, and hopefully minimize those effects. I thought, what better way to help than to shed some light on the ways we as homebrewers can do some good and minimize our impacts.

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First Female World Beer Cup Champion Crowned

Every two years, the World Beer Cup is held t honor the best in brewing around the world, naming Champion Brewers as well as Champion Breweries.  This year, for the first time, a woman was named a Champion Brewer. 

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