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Station May Sell Beer Wine

Posted by admin | News | Posted on January 23rd, 2008

The News Review:

- Station May Sell Beer Wine
- Beer of the week: Skull Splitter rkney Ale
- Samuel Adams Utopias takes it to the limit – The Boston Globe
- College Connoisseur talks about beer
- Tasty Baking Co’s new cakes and the Beer Lover’s Choice…
- Lime of your life

Station May Sell Beer Wine
Tampa Tribune – Jan 23, 2008
For the owner of a Hillsborough Avenue gas station and convenience store it was the fifth or maybe the sixth or seventh time. No one could swear how many times Neil Yildirim had come to the city council before finally getting approval last week for conditional beer and wine sales at his Valero gas station 806 E. He has reapplied every six months as city code allows.

Beer of the week: Skull Splitter rkney Ale
Virginian-Pilot – Virginian Pilot – Jan 23, 2008
5 percent Cost $10 for four 11. 2-ounce bottles at Total Wine and More Crossways Center 1600 Crossways Blvd.

Samuel Adams Utopias takes it to the limit – The Boston Globe
Boston Globe – Jan 23, 2008
Beer is one of those tastes that most people think they can identify. But most have probably never tasted a brew like Utopias. It’s made using the basic brewers’ arsenal – hops malt yeast water – but at 27 percent alcohol by volume (called ABV in the industry) and with flavors that call to mind a cognac or a fine sherry this is beer taken to the extremes of flavor and alcohol content. “Utopias is a reminder of how wonderful the range is of what beer can be” says Jim Koch founder and owner of Boston Beer Company which makes Samuel Adams beers. The silky brandy-colored drink is a blend of liquids that have been brewed over the last 13 years then aged in various woods including bourbon casks… But most have probably never tasted a brew like Utopias. It’s made using the basic brewers’ arsenal – hops malt yeast water – but at 27 percent alcohol by volume (called ABV in the industry) and with flavors that call to mind a cognac or a fine sherry this is beer taken to the extremes of flavor and alcohol content. “Utopias is a reminder of how wonderful the range is of what beer can be” says Jim Koch founder and owner of Boston Beer Company which makes Samuel Adams beers. The silky brandy-colored drink is a blend of liquids that have been brewed over the last 13 years then aged in various woods including bourbon casks. It’s finished in sherry and Madeira casks. “People are mistaking it for a spirit” says Tim Calderara a writer for the industry paper Yankee Brew News. Koch chose the name Utopias because he felt the definition of “utopia” – an ideal place or state – reflected what he was trying to accomplish with his brew.

College Connoisseur talks about beer
SDSU Collegian – Jan 23, 2008
Watching the Packers lose the NFC Championship Game this week was depressing. I’m an adamant Vikings fan for life. I’ve hated the Packers for as long as I remember.

Tasty Baking Co’s new cakes and the Beer Lover’s Choice…
Nashua Telegraph – Jan 23, 2008
announces the arrival of two new low-fat products. This month take a look at Low-Fat Raspberry-Filled Koffee Kake Cupcakes or Low-Fat Chocolate Iced Vanilla Cupcakes. More varieties are planned this year. The products are available where Tastykakes are sold. They are also sold at.

Lime of your life
NEWS.com.au – Jan 23, 2008
article-tools –> MIKE GRIBBLE January 23 2008 01:00am. content-row clearfloat –> WHAT a coincidence – the hottest beer this Australian summer comes with a great tradition of cycling. It is little wonder lime salt and lemon have inspired a beer trend that is eminently suited to Australia Day. This flourish of flavours can be deciphered as a nod to the tastes of Australiana; bold enough to give summer horizons a lime-inescent haze. SA Brewing’s Barefoot Radler SABMiller’s imported Miller Chill and Carlton’s Dry Fusion all have been launched within weeks of each other. Last January these pages delivered news of the crazy lemon and lime zing in Monteith’s Radler Bier from New Zealand. And soon after Dan Murphy’s chief buyer in Victoria might have tired of my cajoling to have them stock this drilling Wizz-fizz beauty in SA.