Archive for August, 2005

Bud Light Orangutang

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Who is this woman and what is she doing?
Her name is Marianne Radley and her job title is innovations manager for Anheuser-Busch. She’s mixing up a drink called “Bud Light Orangutang.” As well as rolling out new flavored beers, A-B is promoting beer-mixing recipes, which can be found on its web sites […]

Heavenly beer plans

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

You may remember the story about plans to open a monastery brewery in the Pecos Benedictine Monastery east of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The project remains a go, with more liscensing completed in the last few weeks. There’s still more paperwork, but brewer Brad Kraus should have his pilot system soon and be able to […]

Austin’s Bitter End burns

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

A fire in Austin, Texas, shut down the city’s oldest remaining brewpub, The Bitter End. The popular restaurant developed a reputation in recent years for its Belgian-inspired sout beers. It’s not yet clear what the status of the brewery is after the fire. The story notes, “Part of the restaurant’s roof collapsed over the kitchen […]

The lonely life of a pint

Friday, August 19th, 2005

You might have thought that a job dressing up as a giant pint of beer would be cooler than walking around in a character costume at Disneyland, but it turns out there are some hazards.
A woman who does promotional work for the Caledonian Brewery was thrown out of several events in Edinburgh, Scotland, because they […]

A-B targets football fans

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Anheuser-Busch goes local with National Football League fans beginning Monday, rolling out special cases of Budweiser and Bud Light, packaged in cardboard cases embossed with the emblem of participating NFL teams (27 of the 32). Each design will be sold only in the team’s home market.
The nation’s largest brewer is looking to leverage its team […]

When brewers blog

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

This is what every brewery should do: St. Arnold Brewing in Texas has added a brewers’ blog. Entries can be this simple:
Was going to write about yesterday yesterday, but couldn’t find the time. Brew went well, and was able to leave a bit early. Was going to write the blog from home, but ended up […]

Quick links for August 17

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Pyramid Breweries has begun a new “Refreshingly Unfiltered” campaign in support of its American-style hefeweizens and rolled out two new versions - Apricot Weizen and Amber Weizen.
Free the Hops, Alabamians hoping to boost the beer alcohol limit in that state, meet today with state legislators.
Interesting bit of math and quote from the Austin Statesman: […]