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Live-blogging the Winter Beer Fest: Signing off

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

The News Review:

- Live-blogging the Winter Beer Fest: Signing off
- cbs4denver.com – Supermarkets Liquor Stores Fight ver Beer And Wine…
- TRIB IN THE BLGSPHERE*
- Asia Times nline :: Asian news and current affairs
- TRIB IN THE BLGSPHERE*
- A surreal experience at an empty fairgrounds
- Handle on Business: New German eatery to serve lunch dinner

Live-blogging the Winter Beer Fest: Signing off
mlive.com – Feb 23, 2008
open(urlwinnameoptions) newwin. Just logging in one last time to say goodbye. Be sure to check back in the next few days for more post coverage of the Michigan Winter Beer Festival including photos videos and perhaps some funny comments? Be safe and don’t forget to say thank you to your designated driver whomever that may be. Cheers!See more in.

cbs4denver.com – Supermarkets Liquor Stores Fight ver Beer And Wine…
cbs4denver.com – Feb 23, 2008
The Senate gave initial approval to the bill Friday with no debate. All Rights Reserved.

TRIB IN THE BLGSPHERE*
Albuquerque Tribune – Feb 23, 2008
Lighthouse with working light. With so many craft beers available breweries are designing the tap handles to distinguish themselves from their peers in some bars that can feature 20 50 and even 100 or more different beers on draft. “When I sit at the bar and watch people come in the first thing they look at are what taps you have” said John Lane a partner with the Cleveland-based Winking Lizard Tavern which has 12 locations in hio. “The tap handle is like a trophy. It hasn’t always been that way… government began requiring bars to identify the beer they were selling only after Prohibition because of concern that some drinkers were paying for one brand and ending up with another. Breweries created “ball knobs” emblazoned with their logos and brands to serve as tap markers. Those knobs evolved into handles. Some breweries got creative such as Hamm’s adding its mascot – a black and white bear – to its tap handle. thers jumped on sports themes with Anheuser-Busch Cos.

Asia Times nline :: Asian news and current affairs
Asia Times nline – Feb 23, 2008
If you had purchased United Airlines you would have nothing left. But if you had purchased $1000 worth of beer one year ago drank all the beer then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund you would have $214. Based on the above the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. This is called the 401-Keg Plan. ” Well as funny as that is and as absolutely correct as that is especially being as old as that is this must be what is happening in Britain which is popularly seen as having a big thirst for beer as Jack Crooks at MoneyandMarkets.

TRIB IN THE BLGSPHERE*
Albuquerque Tribune – Feb 23, 2008
The doorman was snowed in at home but Angel Salas was behind the bar like most Wednesday nights. A block away down Central Avenue two state alcohol-enforcement agents were watching a man drink at another bar Coaches Sports Grill. They didn’t see him buy any beers at Coaches but they believed he was drunk. And pretty soon they were following him down the street toward Copper Lounge where Salas’ decision to serve a single beer would put a serious hitch in her bartending career. As state agencies have shifted gears to pursue Gov. Bill Richardson’s zero tolerance policy on drunken driving agents from the Special Investigations Division of the state Department of Public Safety have taken on an increased role across New Mexico. The number of citations issued statewide for selling alcohol to a minor or an intoxicated person has risen dramatically from 44 in 2001 to 252 in 2006 according to figures provided by the Alcohol and Gaming Division of the state Regulation and Licensing Department… 3 was Copper Lounge’s night. At Coaches one of the SID agents a trainee had noticed the man displaying signs of intoxication Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter lson said. “The agent noticed that the subject spilled some of his beer on himself while attempting to drink it” lson said. The agents talked to the man who told them he had a designated driver which the agents were able to confirm. He finished his beer and perhaps spooked by the company walked out toward Copper Lounge. The agents followed. Citations for serving intoxicated people have gotten a lot of attention over the past two months.

A surreal experience at an empty fairgrounds
St. Petersburg Times – Feb 23, 2008
I spent a good long time staring at the facade of the fun house called the Cuckoo Haus which also had a sign planted close to it with a cowboy saying "Lil' Partner says 'DN'T D DRUGS. '" The Cuckoo Haus has full-breasted tightly-corseted wenches wielding steins of lager with bar flies ogling them and one blond child with a long crazy straw secretly drinking beer. Everyone drinks beer; even the pigeons roosted on the fake beer garden share a pint. I walked and walked and ended up in the elusive food court. A sign saying "Long Dog on a Stick" called to me. It's Super Dog a corn dog stand that has a monster dog that is a foot and a half. Manager Melanie Robson said she has actually seen people eat the whole thing.

Handle on Business: New German eatery to serve lunch dinner
spokesmanreview.com – Feb 23, 2008
Desserts are extra. The building has Tudor-style architecture on the outside and plenty of custom wainscoting on the inside. A crown molding will be decorated with old German beer steins. It resembles the Hofbrau restaurant that owners Bill and Roxanne Wagner had in Fresno Calif. “The original steins had lids to keep the flies out” Bill Wagner said in an earlier interview “Germans like their beer warm and warm beer attracts flies. “The beer here however will be cold. The Wagners originally are from Pennsylvania and Minnesota… It resembles the Hofbrau restaurant that owners Bill and Roxanne Wagner had in Fresno Calif. “The original steins had lids to keep the flies out” Bill Wagner said in an earlier interview “Germans like their beer warm and warm beer attracts flies. “The beer here however will be cold. The Wagners originally are from Pennsylvania and Minnesota. Hours will be from 11 a.