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Beer by the beaker for the academic crowd

Posted by admin | News | Posted on March 30th, 2009

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- Beer by the beaker for the academic crowd
- Riding high at Six Flags then downing beer
- No wine in NY grocery stores but state excise tax on beer to rise
- Clerk Injured Trying To Stop Beer Thieves
- Greenleaf tries to get beer-keg bill rolling
- Brick Brewing Company launches new Laker Lager and Laker Light 18 …

Beer by the beaker for the academic crowd
Los Angeles Times
A scruffy college student in baggy jeans and baseball cap walks into a new bar called the Lab Gastropub just off the USC campus. He takes in the chalkboard tables the white-tiled walls the beakers full of beer the leather study chairs and bookshelves packed with science texts. Then he turns his attention to a formula written on a chalkboard on the wall. He erases part of it grabs chalk and begins to rework it.

Riding high at Six Flags then downing beer
Dallas Morning News
com Bill Mertz and his wife enjoy trying new experiences. So during a visit to Six Flags ver Texas on Saturday they each bought a beer – the first day the park has allowed alcohol sales inside its gates. nm_29Beer1_Product.

No wine in NY grocery stores but state excise tax on beer to rise
The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com
“We strongly urge legislators to reject this proposal when it comes to a vote before the Assembly and Senate. Legislative leaders agreed in a three-way budget proposal unveiled today to keep wine out of New York grocery stores. But they approved an excise tax hike on beer — albeit a smaller one than originally proposed. The beer tax now will rise from 11 cents per gallon to 14 cents per gallon. David Paterson had proposed increasing it to 24 cents per gallon. “I would have preferred to see nothing but it is substantially lower” said Assemblyman Will Barclay R-Pulaski.

Clerk Injured Trying To Stop Beer Thieves
KFDA
It was just before ten Saturday night when police were called to the 2200 block of S. The 22-year-old male clerk told police tried to keep the three suspects from stealing several cases of beer but was then pushed from behind by one of them. All three of the suspects are described as hispanic males one wearing a lot of dallas cowboys clothing another in a brown coat and another with black and white pants. Information on the robbery can be given to police at 378-3038 or CrimeStoppers at 374-4400.

Greenleaf tries to get beer-keg bill rolling
phillyBurbs.com
Stewart Greenleaf has lived the saying – and then some. For the 17th straight year the District 12 Republican has sponsored legislation to register beer kegs hoping to place another barrier in the way of underage alcohol consumption. Greenleaf’s bill would require each purchaser to complete a numbered form listing his or her name and address. The beer distributor would attach an identification tag to the keg that corresponds to the numbered form. "Kegs hold a large amount of alcohol and are relatively inexpensive" Greenleaf said. "Young people often try to get a hold of them and they do so by getting someone above the age of 21 to buy it for them.

Brick Brewing Company launches new Laker Lager and Laker Light 18 …
FXBusiness
Laker Lager and Laker Light 18 pack bottles are now available and value priced at $19. “Brick Brewing Company has been long known for offering ntario beer drinkers great quality and value. We’re proud to launch Laker Lager and Laker Light 18 pack bottles which are brewed for ntario beer drinkers by a 100% Canadian wned ntario brewer” said Sean Dennis Director of Marketing for Brick Brewing Co Limited. “The beer drinker has started to purchase alternative pack sizes” said George Croft President and Chief Executive fficer. “By making our new 18 pack bottles available at the same price as what other brewers normally price their 12 packs for ntario beer drinkers will quickly realize that this is a deal that is hard to pass up” added Croft. About Brick Brewing Brick Brewing Co.
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