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Hunter follows Tiger into west India’s beer market

Posted by admin | News | Posted on April 29th, 2008

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- Hunter follows Tiger into west India’s beer market
- Menus tap taste for craft brews
- Will Code Viruses For Beer
- Matilda Bay cleans up
- Mark Your Calendars – Summer Beer Festivals
- maha-based beer selections at Upstream Brewing
- Make code clear about beer and wine sales at groceries as well as…

Hunter follows Tiger into west India’s beer market
Economic Times – Apr 29, 2008
Close on the heels of the launch of TigerBeer in Mumbai Bhopal-based Som Distilleries and Breweries plans to launch itsflagship Hunter Beer in the western and southern markets. Hunter positioned asa premium beer and mostly distributed in north India is set to debut in Mumbaisoon. The brand controls 12% of the premium beer brand in thecountry. A lucrative annualgrowth figure of 18% is driving brewers to launch products in as many markets aspossible even though the segment is dominated by UB and SABMiller which haveover 85% share.

Menus tap taste for craft brews
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Apr 29, 2008
) Sprecher Brewery has taken it a step further with its contract brewing of the Mamma Mia Pizza Beer for entrepreneur Tom Seefurth of Illinois and his wife Athena. This is truly a culinary beer made with herbs and spices and other “secret ingredients” to taste like pizza in a pint glass – and designed both to go well with pizza and to cook with in a variety of dishes (www. Some of the more daring food combinations mentioned by chefs include a beer-cheese risotto made with the Viking Brewing Co… They often sell out far in advance. Across the country a similar wave of menu marketing is bringing better beer to the table at fine dining restaurants as well as casual cafes. A new online program trains servers to become “cicerones” or beer sommeliers (.

Will Code Viruses For Beer
InformationWeek – Apr 29, 2008
It’s called Race-to-Zero and the idea is to give contestants samples of malcode and viruses that they’ll modify so that they can avoid detection by antivirus software. The virus variants will then be uploaded to a closed portal. From there the variants will be shuttled through several antivirus engines and the first virus writer or team to get their variant past all AV engines wins that event of the overall contest. This contest isn’t administered by Defcon rather it’s one of those “unofficial” events tailgating on the popular conference.

Matilda Bay cleans up
NEWS.com.au – Apr 29, 2008
There you can peruse the list of winners in 53 classes for which there were a record 1078 entries from 42 countries. nly a fraction of these beers will ever be available even in the biggest liquor outlets which is an outrageous neglect when compared with the lavish space afforded to beer’s inferior cousin wine. Nine of the 13 prestigious Champion Trophies and scores of class medals were awarded to Australian breweries and beers. "So what?" you might snort. It’s an Australian judging so it is only natural that Australian beers would dominate. But the AIBA event is more than just a parochial tipping of the hat to our brewers.

Mark Your Calendars – Summer Beer Festivals
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Apr 29, 2008
Mark Your Calendars – Summer Beer Festivals. Here’s a reminder of some beer fests so that you can leave some of these dates open.

maha-based beer selections at Upstream Brewing
Gateway – Apr 29, 2008
Named for various maha landmarks the brews run the gamut from light to dark and mild to bitter. No matter what your taste you’re bound to find something you’ll enjoy. ! Gold Light BeerNamed after the city’s “!” campaign with help from the maha Chamber of Commerce Upstream’s lightest beer is also their most popular. Gold Coast BlondeNamed after maha’s upper-class “Gold Coast” which existed in the early 1900s the beer is a slightly more malt-heavy take on a typically light beer flavor.

Make code clear about beer and wine sales at groceries as well as…
Patriot-News – PennLive.com – The Patriot-News – PennLive.com – Apr 29, 2008
But unless one can find the occasional tavern or restaurantthat stocks products from microbrewers and special brandsfrom major brewers the only way to get a taste inPennsylvania to is to buy a case. Because they are craftbeers brewed in smaller volumes prices range from $25 to$50 for 24 bottles. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has started approvinglicenses for grocery and convenience stores beginning witha Sheetz in Altoona and six Wegmans grocery stores. But these licenses and future ones are clouded by a lawsuitfiled against the PLCB by the Pennsylvania Malt BeverageDistributors Association which contends the state liquorcode blocks such sales and is being generously interpretedin regard to these applications.