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Mystery Object in scotland

December 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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 […]

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Tags: Beer · Coors

Joe Sixpack’s brews of the year

December 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Joe Sixpack’s brews of the year

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 […]

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Tags: Avery · CO · DE · Dodfish Head · Goose Island · Russian River Brewing Company · Schneider & Brooklyner · Stoudt · Yards

More coverage on the price of beer going up

November 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on More coverage on the price of beer going up

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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Tags: Snipes Mountain · Tommyknocker

Expensive Beer

November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Expensive Beer

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 […]

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Tags: Allagash Brewing Company · Avery · Beer · CA · Church Brew Works · CO · Lost Abbey · MA · ME · NY · OR · PA · Rogue · Russian River Brewing Company · Sam Adams · Sly Fox · Southampton Ales · Stone · weyerbacher

Mixing beers

November 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Mixing beers

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 […]

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Tags: Avery · Beer · Russian River Brewing Company