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Irving grocers convenience stores begin selling beer wine

Posted by admin | News | Posted on January 8th, 2009

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- Irving grocers convenience stores begin selling beer wine
- Bartenders hop up cocktail flavors with beer
- Vegas beer pong competition gets (almost) serious
- Rep. Doyle Bets Primanti Bros. Iron City Beer n Steelers …
- Teen gets probation for giving beer to friend who died
- InBev Belgium to hike beer prices

Irving grocers convenience stores begin selling beer wine
Dallas Morning News TX 
com Irving grocery and convenience stores are clearing their shelves to make room for two of the city’s newest residents – beer and wine. This week three Kroger stores became the first supermarkets to offer beer and wine in what used to be North Texas’ largest dry suburb. Gary Huddleston a Kroger director of consumer affairs said several shoppers couldn’t be happier. “Many of our customers have wanted the convenience of buying beer and wine in a supermarket in Irving for a number of years” Huddleston said. Irving residents approved the sale of beer and wine in the city in November after two previous attempts failed at the polls in 2004 and 2006. But the margin of victory the third time around was slim.

Bartenders hop up cocktail flavors with beer
San Francisco Chronicle  USA 
tmpl –>Decisions can be difficult: aisle or window? Scallops or chicken? Go to law school and buy a condo or join a nomadic tribe of goatherds and wander the distant plains? When ordering a drink the decision is usually straightforward: beer or a cocktail (we’ll conveniently ignore wine for now) but in a number of bars and restaurants the decision is getting easier as bartenders blur the lines between beer and spirits by serving drinks that combine the two. tmpl –> Images.

Vegas beer pong competition gets (almost) serious
Asbury Park Press NJ 
Some dare say a sport. Granted they tend to be grinning and drinking when they say it. There was plenty of both going on last weekend at the World Series of Beer Pong IV a loud and sloshy annual tournament that elevates a college fraternity house staple that includes ping pong balls and beer to an (almost) serious competition. With a $50000 prize on the line more than 400 teams flocked to the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip for a chance to bring their skills out of the bar and into the big time.

Rep. Doyle Bets Primanti Bros. Iron City Beer n Steelers …
WPXI.com PA 
Brian Bilbray on the outcome of the upcoming Steelers-Chargers AFC divisional playoff game. Doyle and Bilbray agreed that the congressman whose team loses will buy lunch for their staffs. If the Chargers win Doyle will buy Primanti Brothers sandwiches and Iron City beer for Bilbray’s staff. If the Steelers win Doyle’s staff gets Rubio’s Mexican food and Stone Brewery beer from Bilbray. “With Big Ben and Willie Parker on the field and the strongest defense in the league led by NFL Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison the Steelers will run over the Chargers on their way to the AFC championship game” Doyle said. “I know the weather was great last week in San Diego but it’s January and we’re in Pittsburgh — the Chargers don’t stand a chance” he said. “f all the teams left in the playoffs the Pittsburgh Steelers have scored the fewest points and committed the most turnovers” Bilbray responded.
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Teen gets probation for giving beer to friend who died
St. Louis Post-Dispatch  United States 
was sentenced today to 30 months probation and fined $2000 for providing beer to a friend who became intoxicated and was fatally injured in a highway crash. Inman now 19 was 17 when he hosted an impromptu party at his home in ctober 2007 and provided beer to Christopher J. Dungan 17 of Edwardsville. Dungan died after his car left Prairie Town Road north of Edwardsville and hit two trees. Prosecutors charged Inman and another defendant Keith A.

InBev Belgium to hike beer prices
Reuters 
BR) the world’s largest brewer will raise beer prices by 3. 5 percent from March 15 the group said in a statement on Wednesday. ”In light of the increasing.