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Here’s to a shot and a beer

Posted by admin | News | Posted on April 22nd, 2008

The News Review:

- Here’s to a shot and a beer
- Nelson hoping new beer and wine policy will make 17th hole a crowd…
- SBL: Taiwan Beer wrap up the SBL title with a 89-67 win
- Beer wine sales dominate candidate forum in Irving
- A new bitterness to beer
- Moe: Classic beer bear need a comeback
- Molson to supply official 2010 lympic beer

Here’s to a shot and a beer
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Apr 22, 2008
PTHere’s to a shot and a beerDALE MCFEATTERSWASHINGTN — Alcohol and presidential politics have a long and honorable history in America. George Washington distilled whiskey and brewed beer and made liberal use of both in his various elections. He and Martha would convene daily at around 3 p. Thomas Jefferson was a wine connoisseur and John Adams drank beer.

Nelson hoping new beer and wine policy will make 17th hole a crowd…
Dallas Morning News – Apr 22, 2008
Grandstands and luxury boxes create a stadium feel. And areas have been cleared to accommodate fans from tee to green. But the key to creating a signature hole one that boosts attendance and lures Tour players doesn’t require blueprints. The secret is in a word beer.

SBL: Taiwan Beer wrap up the SBL title with a 89-67 win
Taipei Times – Apr 22, 2008
The men in their familiar white-and-green uniforms took a surprising 24-15 lead after the opening quarter and never looked back en route to a 22-point trouncing of a Dinos squad that was simply outplayed in every facet of the game. Leading the way for Taiwan Beer was Championship Series MVP Lin ¡§the Beast¡¨ Chih-jeh whose 24 points 14 rebounds and seven assists all of which were game-high¡s equated to the epitome of total dominance. The Beast would end the series with an astonishing 20.

Beer wine sales dominate candidate forum in Irving
Dallas Morning News – Apr 22, 2008
com IRVING – Strident arguments and subtle allegations have peppered campaign literature and candidate debates during a contentious election season for Irving’s mayoral and two City Council seats. But on Friday the seven candidates reached consensus on one issue – they all oppose beer and wine sales in the city. Ironically that’s one campaign issue that elected officials could have little if any control over.

A new bitterness to beer
Mail Tribune – Apr 22, 2008
Brewer Philip Sutton of Skyscraper beer in El Monte Calif. shows some of his hops.

Moe: Classic beer bear need a comeback
madison.com – Apr 22, 2008
APR 22 2008 – 3:26 PM Moe: Classic beer bear need a comeback Doug Moe. com Last Thursday in the Chicago Tribune veteran reporter Charles Leroux was rhapsodizing about drinking Schlitz beer at the Italian Workmen's Club on Regent Street in Madison. The occasion was the decision by Schlitz's parent company — Pabst — to reintroduce and aggressively market the "classic 1960s formula" of a beer that had lately fallen on hard times. Leroux who grew up in Madison wrote: "In Schlitz's heyday I drank quite a lot of the archetypal workingman's beer at the Italian Workmen's Club in Madison.

Molson to supply official 2010 lympic beer
CTV.ca – Apr 22, 2008
22 2008 4:49 PM ETThe Canadian PressVANCUVER — There’s already an official diamond an official bakery and even an official heating insulation — and now the Vancouver 2010 lympics has an official brew. The lympic organizing committee known as VANC announced Tuesday that Molson will be the official beer supplier for the Games in a deal worth between $3 million and $15 million. It’s the latest in a growing list of lucrative sponsorships covering a wide range of products from cola to shipping to online job searching. And there will be more to come. “You will see all kinds of categories if you can dream it up and there’s a way for us to create an opportunity” VANC CE John Furlong said following Tuesday’s announcement at the Molson brewery just outside downtown Vancouver.