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Beer sales lift Anheuser-Busch profit

Posted by admin | News | Posted on January 31st, 2008

The News Review:

- Beer sales lift Anheuser-Busch profit
- Super Bowl Israeli style: Chess helmets and beer
- Beer’s price hard to swallow
- Big small of brew world come to dinner
- Ruby Tuesday Serves Craft Beer In More Than 900 of Its US Locations
- Chocolate Beer Make Dynamic Duo

Beer sales lift Anheuser-Busch profit
USA Today – Jan 31, 2008
LUIS — Resurgent beer sales helped lift Anheuser-Busch’s profit 12 percent in the fourth quarter but the brewer warned Thursday that rising costs could eat into earnings this year. The maker of Budweiser and Bud Light said it earned $214 million or 29 cents per share in the three months ended Dec. 31 up from $191 million or 25 cents in the same period in 2006. Net sales rose 8 percent to $3.

Super Bowl Israeli style: Chess helmets and beer
Jerusalem Post – Jan 31, 2008
Tom Coughlin Parcells’ wide receivers coach at the Giants now serves as the team’s head coach himself leading them to a record-breaking 10 straight road victories and a trip to Phoenix Arizona’s Sun Devil Stadium to face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII this Sunday night. Parcells himself went on to take the reigns as the Pats’ head coach in 1993 charged by owner (and supporter of the fledgling Israel Football League) Bob Kraft with rebuilding the team nearly from scratch over the course of four years. Nowadays the Patriots Super Bowl regulars are coached by Bill Belichick who rose the ranks as Parcells’ defensive coordinator at the Giants poised this year to take his team where no professional sports franchise has gone before: The Patriots have not lost a game since the 2007-08 season began and if they beat the Giants on Sunday they’ll end the year with an unprecedented 19-0 record. With Parcells’ underling masterminds facing off against one another the match-up promises to be the most cerebral and tactical Super Bowl in memory.

Beer’s price hard to swallow
Toronto Star – Jan 31, 2008
Gabriel Gabiro Associate Press CPENHAGEN–Carlsberg ASA has launched a beer so expensive it can only be purchased by someone on a champagne budget. The Danish brewer’s Vintage Number 1 beer is priced at 2800 kroner – the equivalent of about $400 Canadian – a bottle. Carlsberg boasts that it’s "probably the best" as well as the most expensive beer in the world. Brewmaster Jens Eiken said only 600 of the 370-millilitre bottles will be produced and most will be sold through three of Copenhagen’s most exclusive restaurants. The first 52 bottles were sold last week… Gabriel Gabiro Associate Press CPENHAGEN–Carlsberg ASA has launched a beer so expensive it can only be purchased by someone on a champagne budget. The Danish brewer’s Vintage Number 1 beer is priced at 2800 kroner – the equivalent of about $400 Canadian – a bottle. Carlsberg boasts that it’s "probably the best" as well as the most expensive beer in the world. Brewmaster Jens Eiken said only 600 of the 370-millilitre bottles will be produced and most will be sold through three of Copenhagen’s most exclusive restaurants. The first 52 bottles were sold last week. "We believe that there are people out there who are willing to part with this amount of money just so that they can taste an amazing beer or to keep it on their mantelpiece" Eiken said.

Big small of brew world come to dinner
Atlanta Journal Constitution – Jan 31, 2008
The Brewers Beer Dinner on Feb. 11 at Summits Wayside Tavern in Cumming will feature beers from one of the smallest breweries in the United States Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales of Dexter Mich… DINNER AT SUMMITS• Summits Midwest Brewers Beer Dinner features a menu of game and fish including bison quail wild boar duck and trout. • Unlimited beer pairings• $99.

Ruby Tuesday Serves Craft Beer In More Than 900 of Its US Locations
BeerAdvocate.com – Jan 31, 2008
Maryville TN – January 9 2008 – The next time it’s the right time for a Samuel Adams Seasonal draft or you get a hankering for someone to fetch you a bottle of Abita Turbo Dog a Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA or a Flying Dog Amber Lager; or maybe when you want to feel the spell of Magic Hat #9 you need only drop into the nearest Ruby Tuesday tell the server or bartender you love handcrafted beer and place your order. Yes a national restaurant chain with more than 900 locations in the United States now serves some of the best craft beers from all corners of the country. At Ruby Tuesday these days you can slake your thirst for great beer with selections from Chico California; Abita Springs Louisiana; and South Burlington Vermont among other places you may not get to very often. The chain also offers a draft of the day and a draft flight with three of its most popular handcrafted beers (the flight isn’t available in all locations because of local liquor laws and regulations). “We are committed to serving our guests the highest quality food and beverages” said Kimberly Grant Ruby Tuesday Executive Vice President and head of restaurant operations.

Chocolate Beer Make Dynamic Duo
NewsNet5.com – Jan 31, 2008
Despite being considered the classic romantic couple wine and chocolate really don’t get along that well. But beer and chocolate make a blissful bond.