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Home Brew for the Car Not the Beer Cup

Posted by admin | News | Posted on April 27th, 2008

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- Home Brew for the Car Not the Beer Cup
- Beer wings and a mechanical bull on the Sunday morning bulletin
- Towering divide for brewer scion on right to work
- Executive Suite: Comeback is on the menu at Applebee’s
- Kids in Europe drinking heavy at early age Some as young as 13 end up…
- Jamaica trample Trinidad

Home Brew for the Car Not the Beer Cup
New York Times – Apr 27, 2008
Butterfield left and Thomas J. Quinn with the MicroFueler in Los Gatos Calif. They say this ethanol system could be a threat to the oil industry.

Beer wings and a mechanical bull on the Sunday morning bulletin
mlive.com – Apr 27, 2008
The Country Rock Church drew about 100 people to a recent Sunday night meeting at the Pub Lounge in Sidney 35 miles north of Dayton. The barroom church is an offshoot of.

Towering divide for brewer scion on right to work
Denver Post – Apr 27, 2008
Jonathan Coors is expected to lead the outreach to voters. CoorsTek headed by Pete’s brother John told The Post recently that it supports the campaign. A high-tech ceramics manufacturing spinoff of the beer company CoorsTek is privately held by John Coors and other undisclosed members of the family. Jonathan John’s son is CoorsTek’s director of government relations. Working as a consultant for the right-to-work campaign is Alan Philp former executive director of the now-defunct Trailhead Group. Pete Coors co-founded and put $200000 into Trailhead which financed ads slamming Democrats including Gov.

Executive Suite: Comeback is on the menu at Applebee’s
USA Today – Apr 27, 2008
Focusing on the bar Stewart says she’s up to the task of fixing Applebee’s in part because she knows it so well. She plans to eventually place flat-screen TVs in all the bars to make them friendlier gathering places. She hopes to introduce specials at the bars and serve the “coldest beer in town. ” ne franchisee has even experimented by sticking thermometers in the beer to prove to guests how cold it is. “The bar is the center of the room” she says. “Clearly there is an opportunity here. I don’t know if anyone even knows they can get a Black & Tan (a blend of pale ale and dark beer) at Applebee’s.

Kids in Europe drinking heavy at early age Some as young as 13 end up…
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 27, 2008
“It’s definitely happening and reflects general cultural changes” Poznyak said. The risks of starting to drink early include developing a dependence on alcohol and hampering brain development he said. In Germany where beer is a big part of local culture authorities are calling on adults to counsel their children to put off their first experiences with alcohol. In ctober the government’s “drug czar” Sabine Baetzing said every fourth teenager gets drunk off five or more alcoholic drinks at least once a month. The number of teenagers who ended up hospitalized with alcohol poisoning doubled from 9500 in 2000 to 19400 in 2005 she said. But one expert while welcoming action to fight alcohol abuse among Austria’s young cautions against blowing the problem out of proportion. Alfred Uhl senior scientist at the Vienna-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Addiction Research said alcohol consumption in Austria peaked around 1970 and has declined ever since – despite the fact that prices have nose-dived… “Generally speaking Europe’s youngsters are growing up faster than they used to and in countries such as Austria where alcohol is a part of the going-out culture it would be strange if they didn’t consume alcohol as well” he said. n the streets of the Austrian capital teenagers dispute they drink heavily – but acknowledge alcohol has a presence in their lives. “I started when I was 15 and like beer and tequila” said 16-year-old Patrick Settinger smoking a cigarette on his way home from school.

Jamaica trample Trinidad
Jamaica Gleaner – Apr 27, 2008
Tony Becca Contributing EditorJAMAICA CAPPED a wonderful and successful cricket season at Sabina Park yesterday when they defeated Trinidad and Tobago to win the Carib Beer Challenge Trophy and finish with a perfect three from three. Paced by some fine spin bowling by Nikita Miller who pocketed five wickets for 92 runs off 30 overs to finish with match figures of 10-121 off 48. 4 overs and supported by pace bowlers Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor Jamaica won the scheduled five-day contest by nine wickets with two days to spare. Final scores: Trinidad and Tobago 121 and 241 Jamaica 293 and 71 for one off 11.