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Boston Beer Profit Soars

Posted by admin | News | Posted on March 11th, 2008

The News Review:

- Boston Beer Profit Soars
- Sample the Beer Before You Buy It
- Try this beer paired with a Cuban cigar
- WA lawmakers approve bills on gangs beer wine and bees
- SAVR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience Comes to…
- Female suspect caught in beer run case
- … : The Canadian Competition Bureau’s Attempt to Halt Beer…

Boston Beer Profit Soars
Motley Fool – Mar 11, 2008
said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as the company sold more barrels of beer and consumers increasingly chose its Samuel Adams brews. For the quarter ended Dec. 29 net income jumped to $6. 8 million or 46 cents per share from $2. 5 million or 17 cents per share in the prior year quarter.

Sample the Beer Before You Buy It
FXNews – Mar 11, 2008
— Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products. The measure now heads to the governor after passing the Senate 29-17 on Monday. It earlier passed the House. The one-year program strongly supported by the state’s microbrewery and wine industries allows shoppers to sample as much as 4 ounces of beer or wine. Supporters say it allows small wineries or breweries with no marketing budget to get their products out to the public.

Try this beer paired with a Cuban cigar
mlive.com – Mar 11, 2008
The Taedonggang Beer Factory started operation in Pyongyang in April 2002 and Korean leader Kim Jong-Il an aficionado of wine and spirits toured the facility in June 2002. The article describes the North Korean beer as “a full-bodied lager a little on the sweet side with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

WA lawmakers approve bills on gangs beer wine and bees
Seattle Times – Mar 11, 2008
The measures now head to the governor’s desk as lawmakers wind up the last week of this year’s short legislative session. A bipartisan House effort crafted a broad bill to fight gang violence but Senate Democrats objected to a clause that would allow police to stop and question a person based on clothing or body language. The Senate deleted that provision last Friday and the House supported the change on Monday. “Gangs are on the rise and this is how we’re going to fight back” said Rep.

SAVR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience Comes to…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 11, 2008
(11-MAR-08) Business Wire. — Four dozen independent craft brewers have been selected to showcase the pleasures of.

Female suspect caught in beer run case
Victorville Daily Press – Mar 11, 2008
VALENZUELA Staff Writer APPLE VALLEY — The female seen on a surveillance video trying to steal beer from Mt. View Liquor store in Apple Valley is in custody. Now officials are asking for the public’s help in locating the driver who attempted to hit the store manager sheriff’s officials said. The driver of a yellow Cadillac involved in the “beer run” on Feb. 25 has been identified as Jose Pacheco 29 said Detective Bobby Kuhn of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Apple Valley station.

… : The Canadian Competition Bureau’s Attempt to Halt Beer…
Mondaq News Alerts – Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) – Mar 11, 2008
Labatt is the second largest brewer in Canada. Lakeport beer is marketed as a lower-priced alternative to other brands of beer.