Fat Tire Amber Ale from New Belgium Brewing Co. celebrates its 20th birthday today (do beer’s have birthdays? what’s an appropirate present?).
Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan didn’t officially open New Belgium Brewing until 1991, but Jeff’s first effort at the beer - inspired and named for a bike trip through Belgium - rolled out of […]
Answers to a few questions about the new American monastery brewery in Pecos, N.M., and its flagship beer: Monks’ Ale. Plus pictures.
CNN Money investigates how higher gas prices might affect beer sales.
First, there are the delivery costs.
Second, higher gas prices cut into consumers’ disposable incomes.
On the sales volume side, gas is a big problem for Anheuser-Busch, which has a 60% share in the convenience store sector, the story points out. “Convenience stores typically attract lower income […]
The Seattle Times offers a nice guide to a few coffeehouses in Seattle that also serve good beer.
To quote from TheSpoof: “Based on extensive research and careful scientific study, members of the Beer Institute have landed upon a new unit for measuring and selling beer – the Bladder. Based on the average capacity of the human bladder (500cc or 17oz), the Bladder will make buying a drinking beer a more intuitive process.”
Make sure to scroll down to the picture of children in Poperinge dressed up in hops costumes when you read Roger Baylor’s account of his trip to the Netherlands and Belgium.
Need an excuse to start planning for the next one (in 2008)? He writes:
Hop-related events and related revelry take place throughout the festival weekend, but […]
A pub to visit. The Pub Aid program at a spot in Australia reaffirms out faith in the community pub. Pub regulars have contributed more than $30,000 for charitable projects in Cambodia, and that’s just one way it’s made itself and important party of the community. “There’s no communication happening when you’re communicating with a […]
