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Limited-edition beers the hot new thing

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 6th, 2008

The News Review:

- Limited-edition beers the hot new thing
- Feds clear beer merger
- Imported beers take top honours at Kiwi awards

Limited-edition beers the hot new thing
Dallas Morning News – Jun 6, 2008
beer lovers line up once a year to throw down serious cash for six big bottles of Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout. In Texas the once- or twice-a-year release of the latest Saint Arnold Divine Reserve brew is eagerly anticipated and then snatched up by only those who time their visit to just the right store at just the right time using intelligence-gathering techniques that stop short of warrantless wiretaps. Across the pond in Belgium the rush to get one of the world’s best regarded beers caused the monks at Westvleteren who produce it to keep it all to themselves for a time while they revamped their purposely archaic distribution system to one even more stringent.

Feds clear beer merger
Denver Post – Jun 6, 2008
Jon Suby of Denver buys several 12-packs of Coors Light for a trip he is taking to Utah. Suby says Utah only sells 3.

Imported beers take top honours at Kiwi awards
stuff.co.nz – Jun 6, 2008
This year's NZIBA attracted 137 entries a little down on last year's tally but with Lion backing the Wellington-based BrewNZ event and DB electing not to enter any home-based competitions hardly surprising. However Kiwi beers aside entries were received from as far away as Holland Romania the US Japan Singapore Thailand and Australia. After three days of judging the results were announced at a formal awards dinner last Wednesday evening. Unlike BrewNZ where trophies are awarded to category winners the NZIBA goes one step further and puts all gold medal category-winning beers head to head to determine a best-in-show supreme champion brew.