American Craft Beer Fest Brings Respect to Beer
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- Year without beer enough for Hankins
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- Brewers struggling to slake thirst for mergers
- Quick Bite | Bloomfield Brew Tour From Kettle to Keg
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American Craft Beer Fest Brings Respect to Beer
PR.com – PR.com (press release) – Jun 15, 2008
Boston MA June 15 2008 –(PR. com)– "It might sound shocking to some but there’s more to beer than just drinking it" said Todd Alström Co-Founder of BeerAdvocate. "Today and thanks to the craft beer movement consumers want to know everything about the beer they’re drinking from the style to ingredients to how it’s brewed. "And attendees of the American Craft Beer Fest will get a chance to learn more about beer from some of the leading names in the beer industry during moderated panels and guest speaker seminars.
Year without beer enough for Hankins
al.com – Jun 15, 2008
He’s putting the finishing touches on lde TowneBrewing’s new building off Leeman Ferry Road andexpects to start brewing again this month. The first fewruns will be draft only meaning that his specialty beerswill be available only in selected bars and restaurantsuntil the bottled product appears on store shelves again inearly August. A success story? Sure. A textbook example of anentrepreneur’s never-say-die attitude? Absolutely.
Biz Report
Greeley Tribune – Jun 15, 2008
Denning may be reached at (970) 744-0492 or elisadenning@comcast. PRTFLI «Pitchers Brewery of Greeley has won silver and bronze medals at the 2008 North American Beer Awards an international beer competition that recognizes the most outstanding beers produced in North America. The top three winners in the competition’s 76 beer-style categories were announced earlier this month at the Mountain Brewers Beer Festival in Idaho Falls Idaho. Pitchers Brewery was recognized in the Belgian Strong Pale Ale beer-style category with a silver medal for its Belgian-Style Golden Ale a straw colored ale brewed with a special Belgian yeast strain. This beer features a slightly spicy noble hop aroma and is full-flavored with a dry finish. This same beer was also awarded a bronze medal in the Belgain Saison beer-style category.
Brewers struggling to slake thirst for mergers
Economic Times – Jun 15, 2008
Aftersuccessive waves of mergers in recent years Belgian-Brazilian group InBevBritain-based SABMiller Anheuser-Busch of the United States and Dutch groupHeineken have emerged as the leading international brewers. However InBev announced plansto reduce the ranks of global brewing giants even further last week with a46-billion-dollar offer to buy Anheuser-Busch in a bid to create an unrivaledbrewing powerhouse. If thedeal closes the combined company would have annual sales of 36 billion dollarswell ahead of the next biggest brewer SABMiller with 21 billion dollars. SABMiller merged its USoperations with Molson Coors in ctober and in January Heineken and Carlsbergteamed up in a joint bid for British brewer Scottish and Newcastle which theyare divvying up among themselves… Analyst Wim Hoste at Belgianbrokers KBC Securities said that big brewers “all have an original presence invery mature markets Europe and Northern America. “If they want to grow involume they need to look towards emerging markets” he added. While beer consumption hasbeen in decline for years in many traditional big markets such as western Europeand the United States it is booming in Asia and South America where risingwealth has fuelled a growing thirst for a cold brew. “In these countries beeroften substitutes traditional low quality local spirits” according to a studyfrom research network ESN. “This is further triggered byurbanisation and exposure to more Western-style influences especially among theyounger generations” the study said. According to industryassociation the Brewers of Europe 31. 8 per cent of the beer consumed in theworld in 2007 was downed in Asia as much as in western Europe and the UnitedStates combined.
Quick Bite | Bloomfield Brew Tour From Kettle to Keg
New York Times – Jun 15, 2008
“ne reason we do these tours is so many people were coming in at odd times looking around” Mr. The tours ($5 with a souvenir glass) begin in the hospitality corner of the cavernous room by a dark sofa and several oak barrels. The barrels are topped by bowls of snacks — a homey touch in an otherwise austere setting of stainless steel tanks and cases of beer stacked floor to ceiling… The tours ($5 with a souvenir glass) begin in the hospitality corner of the cavernous room by a dark sofa and several oak barrels. The barrels are topped by bowls of snacks — a homey touch in an otherwise austere setting of stainless steel tanks and cases of beer stacked floor to ceiling. After four-ounce samples of four draft beers the tour begins with Mr. Mendyka leading the way from grain silo to mash tun to brew kettle stopping by the aging tanks to tap a sample of a rich chocolaty porter. “I’ll do this if the group is small enough” Mr. In all Hooker brews and packages nine beers including the smooth biscuity Munich Golden Lager; the dry aromatic American Pale Ale; and a bitter citric Hop Meadow I.
Donadoni sends message to Italian media denies involvement from…
International Herald Tribune – Jun 15, 2008
' Now they're saying Cassano” Donadoni said. “I wish there was some balance. ” ___ CZECHS AND BEER: Czech Republic striker Vaclav Sverkos who scored in the European Championship's opening game against Switzerland received a keg of beer as an award for what was his first international goal in the 1-0 win. Beer may not be considered a proper prize for an athlete but we're talking about the Czechs who call themselves the No. 1 beer lovers in the world. The award for the first Czech scorer at Euro 2008 was designed to motivate the players. Given the love of the nation for the golden drink Sverkos received a symbolic 5-liter keg at the team's base in the Alpine resort of Seefeld… “I wish there was some balance. ” ___ CZECHS AND BEER: Czech Republic striker Vaclav Sverkos who scored in the European Championship's opening game against Switzerland received a keg of beer as an award for what was his first international goal in the 1-0 win. Beer may not be considered a proper prize for an athlete but we're talking about the Czechs who call themselves the No. 1 beer lovers in the world. The award for the first Czech scorer at Euro 2008 was designed to motivate the players. Given the love of the nation for the golden drink Sverkos received a symbolic 5-liter keg at the team's base in the Alpine resort of Seefeld. As team officials fear the players could be tempted to finish it off ahead of the decisive group match against Turkey.
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