Planet Brew

A Mystery object washed up on the shores of Scotland has been identified as a Coors Fermentation tank.
The container was found by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach – known locally as Stinky Bay – near Griminish, on west Benbecula.

First off, how did this get into the seas? Second why didn’t anyone [...]

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Joe Sixpack from the Philadelphia Daily News sums up his 6 favorite beers of the year.
1. Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon (Norway): An imperial stout with 16 percent alcohol (at $25 a bottle), this baby set the pace for a new wave of Scandinavian beers.
2. Goose Island Matilda (Illinois): A surprisingly authentic Orval Trappist ale knockoff.
3. [...]

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Seem to bee the hot topic in the press, today the LA Times is running a piece on the cost of beer going up. For their article they talked with Snipes Mountain Brewery and Tommyknocker Brewery.
Snipes Mountain saw its barley malt prices grow 10% to 15% this year, and it paid $12.35 a pound [...]

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The Philadelphia Daily News’ article this week is on expensive beer.
The most expensive sixpack in America
Samuel Adams Utopias (Massachusetts), $140 for 24 oz. ($5.83 per ounce).
Lost Abbey Cable Car (California), $30 for 750 ml ($1.18 per ounce).
Russian River Supplication (California), $14 for 375 ml ($1.10 per ounce).
Avery Mephistopheles (Colorado), $12 for 12 oz. ($1 [...]

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The Chicago Tribune is running a piece about mixing beers. The first part of the story kind of grossed me out.
Since his experiments began, his spending on beer has doubled and, he admits, only half of his combinations are drinkable. “I’m learning that you don’t mix an ale with a lager,” Klem said. “I’ve learned [...]

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