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Tastes of the Season: Summer Beers

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 5th, 2008

The News Review:

- Tastes of the Season: Summer Beers
- Roll out the beer fest barrel
- Uganda: Nile Club Beer Bottle Shapes Changed
- Beer cooler catches fire in pub
- This Is Work?
- Last Call’for Applications!!! Make 2007 a Happy ”Brew’…
- Nile Club beer bottle shapes changed

Tastes of the Season: Summer Beers
NPR – Jun 5, 2008
Michel Martin travels to a local Washington D. hot spot and speaks with bartender Aaron Copsey about beer tasting 101.

Roll out the beer fest barrel
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jun 5, 2008
htm –>Roll out the beer fest barrelThursday June 05 2008By Bob Batz Jr. Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThis is the month for two big local brew fests. This Saturday it’s the Pennsylvania Microbrewers Fest the annual outdoors blowout at Penn Brewery on the North Side. This event will allow attendees to sip from their souvenir glasses samples of some 100 beers and ales from 22 craft breweries from across Pennsylvania and beyond. Tickets are $37 for each of three three-hour sessions — noon 3:30 and 8 p.

Uganda: Nile Club Beer Bottle Shapes Changed
AllAfrica.com – Jun 5, 2008
The two beers are the Nile Breweries’ big flagship brands. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );"We are simply adding some excitement to our consumers’ drinking experience with the modern and elegant 500ml bottle. This will offer consumers a fresh choice that fits in with today’s modern lifestyle" Mike lsen the marketing and sales director told reporters in Kampala last week. He explained that across the global beer industry consumer choice was skewing towards products and brands that offer a more premium look and feel.

Beer cooler catches fire in pub
BBC News – Jun 5, 2008
Fire crews were called to the Marquis of Granby pub at ld Harlow where they found a beer cooler was alight. A combination of water jets and dry powder extinguishers were used to put out the fire which is believed to have started because of an electrical fault. Essex Fire and Rescue Service said no-one was hurt in the incident which took just over an hour to deal with. The fire was noticed at about 1300 BST on Thursday.

This Is Work?
Washington Post – Jun 5, 2008
To find out more about them read on. David Christman 31 AlexandriaDirector of state and industry affairs National Beer Wholesalers AssociationYes the office has a bar. The two dozen employees gather there every Friday at 4:30 for "beer education" which involves sampling Belgians pale ales or any other themed liquid buffet. "I don’t know if it gets a lot better than that" says David Christman who for the past seven years has worked his way up at the National Beer Wholesalers Association from assistant to coordinator to manager to director. "I use the line ‘I’m the envy of every fraternity brother I’ve ever had. ‘ Sometimes it’s negative because friends don’t think I do a lot of work. They think we’re drinking beer in our offices… ("It tastes more like an after-dinner drink" Christman reports. "It’s maple-syrupy. ")So with a vast knowledge of beers and brewers and a weekly beer education what is Christman’s favorite brew?This is a bad question to ask a guy who represents the entire industry. Though he’ll admit to an inherited affinity for Yuengling which is brewed a short drive from his home town of Hamburg Pa. he technically can’t play favorites. "ne of our first rules especially amongst our membership is drink it out of a glass" Christman says. "If you’re drinking a.

Last Call’for Applications!!! Make 2007 a Happy ”Brew’…
Business Wire – Business Wire (press release) – Jun 5, 2008
“I think that there are stereotypes out there about who would apply for this position but a really diverse group of people from every point of origin – from CE’s to MBA’s – have tossed their hats into the ring” said Four Points Senior Vice President Hoyt “Hops” Harper. “Not only is the number of applications incredible but the strength of the candidates – their passion for quality and depth of experience – will make this decision almost as tough as deciding on a hefeweizen pale ale or stout at the end of a long day. ” Aspiring CBs predictably enough come from beer capitals like St. Louis Milwaukee and Boston but South Korea? Dubai? The Maldives? Citizens of 31 different countries have so far applied for the CB spot which in the view of the folks at Four Points by Sheraton reflects the unifying love of lagers and the passions unleashed by pilsners. “We knew that Best Brews would be popular but the international response is beyond our expectations” said Harper. Four Points has received more applications for this opportunity than any other job in the brand’s history. Since the position was announced in mid-November over 5000 individuals have applied for the post… The diverse pool of applicants also represents six continents all 50 states Washington DC Puerto Rico. MBAs (both Masters of Business and Beer Administration) self-proclaimed beer snobs certified beer judges beer journalists and hundreds who have traveled the globe in search of the world’s best brews have all applied for the position. ver 50 percent of applicants have brewed their own beer and surprisingly five percent claim to have served as a beer mascot (which could make the interview process quite interesting!). Another interesting factoid it looks like women may have a better knowledge of what makes a perfect brew. While only 10 percent of the applicants to date have been women a higher percentage of them have received a perfect score on the beer knowledge component of the application. It’s Not Too Late to Step Up to the Bar and Send in Your Application It’s not too late for those who think they’ve got what it takes to step up to the bar Four Points by Sheraton is issuing a “last call” for applications for the CB position. The search is scheduled to continue until January 12th.

Nile Club beer bottle shapes changed
New Vision – Jun 5, 2008
The two beers are the Nile Breweries’ big flagship brands. “We are simply adding some excitement to our consumers’ drinking experience with the modern and elegant 500ml bottle. This will offer consumers a fresh choice that fits in with today’s modern lifestyle” Mike lsen the marketing and sales director told reporters in Kampala last week. He explained that across the global beer industry consumer choice was skewing towards products and brands that offer a more premium look and feel.