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Bit of a draught at bathtime

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

The News Review:

- Bit of a draught at bathtime
- Fair’s beer sales have flat taste for some
- Beer buds to open Chambersburg brewery
- Changes are in store for city’s annual ktoberfest

Bit of a draught at bathtime
The Age – Apr 26, 2008
Michelle Wranik divesin. If there’s any truth in the Czech proverb “where beer is brewedlife is good” life must be glorious at the Chodovar FamilyBrewery. Not content simply to drink the stuff here they alsobathe in it. I’m standing in the brewery’s ancient cellar with my partnerfour German tourists and a buxom Czech woman named Klara. We’renaked apart from flimsy white sheets and we watch intently as sixclaw-footed metal bathtubs fill slowly with dark frothy beer. It may sound like a hedonistic fantasy or just a waste of goodbeer but this is the Czech Republic – home to arguably the bestbeer in the world a place where people spend more money on pilsnerthan on water and threaten to overthrow any government that daresraise the tax on beer… I’m standing in the brewery’s ancient cellar with my partnerfour German tourists and a buxom Czech woman named Klara. We’renaked apart from flimsy white sheets and we watch intently as sixclaw-footed metal bathtubs fill slowly with dark frothy beer. It may sound like a hedonistic fantasy or just a waste of goodbeer but this is the Czech Republic – home to arguably the bestbeer in the world a place where people spend more money on pilsnerthan on water and threaten to overthrow any government that daresraise the tax on beer. It is their birthright to bathe in the stuff. As I ampart-Czech it is mine too. A beer bath may be an innovation here in west Bohemia but it’scertainly not the first time the region has been visited for itsspas. The neighbouring towns of Karlovy Vary and Marianske Lazneonce frequented by Chopin Nietzsche and Freud are famous inwestern Europe for their magnesium-rich waters.

Fair’s beer sales have flat taste for some
pittsburghlive.com – Apr 26, 2008
open(targetUrl); } It may be a “brewhaha” to some people but neither Bill Jackson nor critics like Stoneroad McCracken and Darrell Harper find anything funny about it. Jackson president of the Fayette County Fair board defending its decision to sell beer at this summer’s fair said the whole thing has been “blown out of proportion. “We expected some negative feedback” Jackson said “but it’s been a little more than we expected. The 13-member fair board voted unanimously for the measure which would restrict beer sales to evening hours at one venue only: the grandstand where events like the demolition derby and the monster truck pull are staged. story continues below Jackson said the sale of beer hopefully will boost profits for the fair.

Beer buds to open Chambersburg brewery
Hagerstown Morning Herald – Apr 26, 2008
are about to begin production of Lovitz Watermelon Lager and other beers at their brewery in Chambersburg Pa. are about to begin production of Lovitz Watermelon Lager and other beers at their brewery in Chambersburg Pa.

Changes are in store for city’s annual ktoberfest
San Diego Union Tribune – Apr 26, 2008
The La Mesa groups also complained the rock 'n' roll bands that performed after dark brought a party crowd that wasn't family-friendly. Details are still being worked out but the La Mesa groups said visitors will still find many of the attractions they have come to expect over the last 34 years: German music the chicken dance beer and bratwurst. They plan to offer three beer gardens this year instead of two and have secured Karl Strauss Brewing Co. The San Diego-based brewer has committed to developing a La Mesa ktoberfest Ale that could be available at next year's event. Mostly it's the size of the event that's expected to change over the next few years. The La Mesa groups say they want to scale back the large crowds.