Planet Brew

Sam from Dogfish Head Brewery is interviewed for a Business Week Piece Our beer is special because of what we put inside the bottle, not the hype and slick advertising that happens outside of the bottle.

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If you are not an IT person then you probably don’t read the UK web site The Regsiter, so you probably missed their amusing response to beer prices increasing Booze industry experts have issued a chilling warning that the British pint could hit £4 a pop – a price hike provoked by crap weather which […]

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I managed to miss that Carlsberg was trying to buy Scottish and Newcastle. I found this piece that talks about some of the current mergers and acquisition activity in the beer world including expansion into china. Here is a story from the BBC on the subject.

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I forgot to post this one, tomorrow night (thursday) RFD is hosting evening of great beers and delicious food pairings. Here is Dave’s email on the subject Howdy Rowdies and Holy Goldie! Let’s hear it for the girls! ONE NIGHT ONLY Thursday November 15th Author Lucy Saunders comes to RFD for an evening of great […]

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The Seatle Times is reporting that Redhook and Widmer Brothers to merge. Both companies will keep their existing breweries, including Widmer’s breweries in Portland and Redhook’s in Woodinville and Portsmouth, N.H. They also plan to continue making their existing beers, including Redhook’s ESB and Widmer’s Hefeweizen.

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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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If you like strong winter beers then The Washington post has some suggestions for you. The Author had a chance to sample the following large selection of beers,  Anchor Brewing’s Co Our Special Ale, Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale, Clipper City Brewing Co’s Winter Storm, Old Dominion Brewing Co’s Dominion Winter Brew, Wild Goose Brewery’s Snow […]

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The Savanna Morning News has an article on something I think we knew was coming, the cost of our favorite refreshment is going to go up. Driven by diminished supply, the price of hops has gone through the roof. Barley prices are also on the rise. Customers at Moon River Brewing Co. on Bay Street […]

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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 […]

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Colorado’s Daily Times Call has a piece on craft brewing. I would love a chance to go on the bus tour mentioned. On the eve of the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Horst Grieger and more than 100 other beer enthusiasts boarded buses for a daylong tour of area breweries. They mention Samuel Adams […]

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