The History Channel has them all today. And coffee, too. Their description of the beer segment:
It’s one of the world’s oldest and most beloved beverages–revered by Pharaohs and brewed by America’s Founding Fathers. Today, brewing the bitter elixir is a multi-billion-dollar global industry. Join us for an invigorating look at brewing’s history from prehistoric […]
Publicans at a bar in Northern Ireland are fined for selling short pints.
The Leprechaun bar in Portaferry paid fines of £900. According to an inspector:
“It is a legal requirement for licensees to use Government tested and stamped glasses and to deliver accurate measures to their customers. It is also a requirement that a prominent price […]
Guinness received the inaugural Vegan Raspberry Award from the Vegan society.
The award is for products the society insists could be vegan, but aren’t. Like many beers, Guinness uses isinglass, a type of gelatine made from the swim bladders of fish, in the refining process.
Other breweries, such as Samuel Smiths, produce stouts that are fish-free.
It comes to our attention that we don’t have anyplace to post Puerto Rico brewpubs in our Brewpub Finder. For now, the information goes here:
Old Harbor Brewery, Steak & Lobster House
202 Tizol St.
Old San Juan
Puerto Rico 00901
787-721-2100
Brad Mortensen, ex of Legend Brewing in Virginia, is the brewer.
You probably already knew this but . . .
But Forbes magazine writes that mainstream beer producers are hurting because “a lack of brand differentiation constitutes an ‘ocean of sameness’ in consumers’ minds.”
OK, maybe a bit of an overstatement.
Jancis Robinson is one of the world’s leading wine writers, but that doesn’t mean she can’t appreciate beer once and a while. She gave beer credit in a recent article in the Financial Times which she then posted at her website:
I had my beer epiphany a few weeks […]
Leave it to Wasatch Brewery owner Greg Schirf.
He checks in on Utah’s “intelligent design” debate with “Evolution Amber Ale,” noting that the Bible says it took God just seven days to create the heavens and the Earth, while it takes 27 days to create Evolution Amber Ale.
Yes, Schirf is the same guy who grabbed a […]
