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Thinking utside the Wine List

Posted by admin | News | Posted on March 26th, 2008

The News Review:

- Thinking utside the Wine List
- Diageo Rises on Report of Anheuser-Busch Beer Accord (Update2)
- Floridians Forgo Beer Take $200 Vacations as Home Prices Fall
- … a job that suits their tastes talents and sense of…
- Houston’s liquid asset — a house

Thinking utside the Wine List
Washington Post – Mar 26, 2008
Thinking utside the Wine List. How often in a high-end restaurant have you been handed a wine list that runs on for pages while the list of available beers could easily fit on an index card? Yet many brewers say that as a companion to a fine meal beer is the equal.

Diageo Rises on Report of Anheuser-Busch Beer Accord (Update2)
Bloomberg – Mar 26, 2008
beer distributors are speculating about a tie-up between its local brewing unit and Anheuser-Busch Cos. Diageo-Guinness USA has postponed meetings with distributorsand training and has scheduled a meeting for next month BeerBusiness Daily said. That has sparked speculation about a linkwith St.

Floridians Forgo Beer Take $200 Vacations as Home Prices Fall
Bloomberg – Mar 26, 2008
Rita Roland cut off 11 inches of hair to saveon salon trips and Victor Parris stopped drinking his favoritebrands of dark ale. “Absolutely I feel less wealthy than I did in 2006''said Welch 48 a corporate tax auditor. He said he and hiswife Barbara are slashing spending by 30 percent includingcanceling their cable television.

… a job that suits their tastes talents and sense of…
San Diego Union Tribune – Mar 26, 2008
Nowaczyk and Walker established Fireman's Brew in 2000 a year after Rich Fleischer a firefighter in Bethesda Md. created Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. Since then firefighters-turned-brewers have founded Alpine Beer Company named for its East County home town (2002); San Diego's Firehouse (2004); and Pennichuck Brewing in Milford N. When your work involves physical labor in a hot tense environment it's natural to think about beverages. Firehouse Foods a Maryland-based company markets Captain's Cocoa and Night Shift coffees; Firefighter Brand out of Memphis sells energy drinks under the EMS label… Firehouse Foods a Maryland-based company markets Captain's Cocoa and Night Shift coffees; Firefighter Brand out of Memphis sells energy drinks under the EMS label. All fine products no doubt. But firefighters and beer go together like fire engines and parades. “People love it” Phil Jewett said of Pennichuck's beers which are named for fire engines or ladder companies. “Even if the general public didn't like it – and there's no reason why they wouldn't – you still have a built-in customer base of firefighters.

Houston’s liquid asset — a house
Chicago Sun-Times – Mar 26, 2008
r one man’s crazy obsession. Maybe Houston’s Beer Can House is all of these things and maybe that’s why the newly restored landmark appeals to so many people. The Beer Can House is pretty much what it sounds like: a house covered in beer cans. It’s also a good example of the free-spirited creative side of the country’s fourth-largest city — a city known more for its energy industry than its eccentricities. But along with cowboys Houston has its share of characters. And the man behind the Beer Can House definitely fell in the latter camp… r one man’s crazy obsession. Maybe Houston’s Beer Can House is all of these things and maybe that’s why the newly restored landmark appeals to so many people. The Beer Can House is pretty much what it sounds like: a house covered in beer cans. It’s also a good example of the free-spirited creative side of the country’s fourth-largest city — a city known more for its energy industry than its eccentricities. But along with cowboys Houston has its share of characters. And the man behind the Beer Can House definitely fell in the latter camp.