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In the Infield Beer Games and Fights Are the Main Event

Posted by admin | News | Posted on May 18th, 2008

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- In the Infield Beer Games and Fights Are the Main Event
- Hic hic hurray: Amdavadis just love to grin and beer it
- Bilimoria considering sale of Cobra Beer
- Lion Nathan to lift price of beer wine and spirits
- French pigeon and German beer at taste of Europe promo
- Ale for one ale for all at West Coast Brew Fest
- Pixels at an Exhibition – Artists Using YouTube – The Medium -…

In the Infield Beer Games and Fights Are the Main Event
Washington Post – May 18, 2008
In the Infield Beer Games and Fights Are the Main Event. A year later the game had changed: Now the sprinting was banished to.

Hic hic hurray: Amdavadis just love to grin and beer it
Times of India – May 18, 2008
This is no ordinary group of comrades who meet just to eat and gossip. Whatbinds them together is their passion for a cold glass oflager. As the weekendapproaches excitement peaks. Saturday and Sunday are wet days while summerliterally spells beer.

Bilimoria considering sale of Cobra Beer
Economic Times – May 18, 2008
According tomarketing documents prepared for financial institutions the company’s sale isexpected within the next three years. Cobra Beer has grown into amajor company that has a significant market share in the UK as well as in Indiawhere in the last 18 months it has struck deals with nine regional brewers andacquired a majority stake in another. The documents identifycompanies SABMiller InBev Molson Coors Carlsberg and Anheuser-Busch as”obvious buyers” with others such as Heineken Kirin and Indian-owned companiesalso “possible buyers”. TheSunday Telegraph today reported that Cobra is trying to secure 13 million poundsfrom investors to help fund its rapid expansion in India.

Lion Nathan to lift price of beer wine and spirits
National Business Review – May 18, 2008
Beer prices will rise by around 5. 5 percent wine prices will increase by up to 3. 9 percent and spirit prices will rise by around 5.

French pigeon and German beer at taste of Europe promo
Jakarta Post – May 18, 2008
Chef Frank Koppelkamm has put together unique lunch and dinner menus which are available at the steakhouse from May 12-31. "This is the first time we have had a European food promo. We imported most of the ingredients for this special menu" said sous chef Dodiek Triwandaya. "I used to live in Europe so I don’t find preparing European food tricky.

Ale for one ale for all at West Coast Brew Fest
Sacramento Bee – May 18, 2008
comJolene Grevett right helps keep Kevin Phillips cool Saturday at the West Coast Brew Fest at Miller Park. Melissa Luke center lends a hand. The three Sacramentans were among 3000 people who sampled beers from 50 microbreweries… In unseasonably hot weather the beer lovers sought out shade and suds suds and shade from 1 to 5 p. It was an unlimited beer sampling event featuring 50 microbreweries though patrons were limited to using a glass holding 3 to 4 ounces. “It’s like tasting wine almost” said Seth Arp 30 of Alameda whose first beer of the day was a smooth Alaskan Amber Ale. “I look for something new. I like trying beers from around the world. “His wife Linda Groening was enjoying herself but she wasn’t pretending to be something she wasn’t.

Pixels at an Exhibition – Artists Using YouTube – The Medium -…
New York Times – May 18, 2008
Maybe that’s purpose of YouTube. The shrewdest contributor to the show is the video artist Sue de Beer. De Beer’s first choice of clip is inspired: the final scene from “The American Soldier”.