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Hank Blalock gets first beer shower

Posted by admin | News | Posted on May 15th, 2009

The News Review:

- Hank Blalock gets first beer shower
- Alabama Senate Approves Stronger Beer Law: ‘Sheer Disaster’ Is Nigh
- STCKS NEWS UK SMALL-Pub groups fall on beer profit fears
- ESCNDID: New schedule beer garden coming to downtown street fair
- Portland State’s very own beer

Hank Blalock gets first beer shower
Dallas Morning News
And he didn’t care. The left-handed DH had a huge double in the 11th inning to give the Rangers a 6-5 win. The dramatic victory had the Rangers’ fired up and they dumped beer on Blalock as he entered the clubhouse door as tradition for walk-off wins. “Brandon Morrow has one of the best fastballs in the league he’s throwing in the upper 90s so the approach is to try to make sure the ball is down” Blalock said.

Alabama Senate Approves Stronger Beer Law: ‘Sheer Disaster’ Is Nigh
Wall Street Journal Blogs
Convention has it that Louisianans have never seen a drink they wouldn’t imbibe while Alabamans think alcohol is the devil’s brew. (Are Mississippians trying to work out a happy medium? Wine spritzers perhaps?)But things are starting to loosen a little in the Heart of Dixie according to the following report from WSJ reporter David Kesmodel. Thursday afternoon in Montgomery the Alabama Senate passed a bill that would raise the amount of alcohol allowed in beer for sale to 13. 9% by volume from 6%. The measure which now goes to Republican Gov. Bob Riley for signing would permit sales of a wide range of upscale brews currently banned in Alabama including many Belgian ales and hundreds of American small-batch “craft” beers. The legislation is the result of a dogged five-year effort to change the state’s beer laws by a group of beer junkies called.

STCKS NEWS UK SMALL-Pub groups fall on beer profit fears
Reuters
L) is down 16 percent and Marston’s (. L) is down 5 percentafter the Business and Enterprise Select Committee in the Commons says thetenant tie-in system should be referred to the Competition Commission. The tie-in system prevents pub tenants from taking beer supplies from othercompanies.

ESCNDID: New schedule beer garden coming to downtown street fair
North County Times – Californian
Despite the later start time the fair’s traditional pancake breakfast will still run from 8 to 11 a. rganizers also decided to add a beer garden to the usual lineup of children’s activities and 600 vendor booths which stretch from Centre City Parkway to Ivy Street along Grand Avenue. “The beer garden will be right next to the bands” said Mitchell referring to some live music that has also been added to the event. Chamber officials hope extra revenue from the beer garden will cover the extra money they are spending on bands Mitchell said.
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Portland State’s very own beer
PSU Daily Vanguard
Rogue Brewery and the Portland State Alumni Association unveiled a repackaging of Rogue’s Brutal Bitter beer Thursday afternoon in a happy hour event aimed at young alumni. The beer is “Portland State IPA” and features two images that have become synonymous with the university: a bicycle and the PSU pinwheel logo. The event featured free samples of several Rogue staples including Shakespeare Stout and Dead Guy Ale as well as free food. Several members of ASPSU including Vice President Kyle Cady Zach Martinson Collin LaVallee and Christopher Proudfoot as well as administrators such as Portland State lobbyist Jesse Cornett stopped by to sample the beer and snacks.