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Senate panel’s alcohol sweet drink tax proposal

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 3rd, 2009

The News Review:

- Senate panel’s alcohol sweet drink tax proposal
- Actor surprised by Italians’ reaction to beer spot
- With Every Beer a Tweet
- SAVR Craft Beer Festival: Too Much of a Good Thing
- Brooks on Beer: San Francisco’s Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
- Chasing beers with a Fox and Hound

Senate panel’s alcohol sweet drink tax proposal
The Associated Press
5 trillion over the next decade. _Alcohol tax: Federal alcohol taxes currently differ by type of beverage and are higher for distilled spirits than for beer and wine. The proposal would charge all beverages the same tax rate based on their alcohol content in effect eliminating the lower rate that beer and wine have had. Under the plan the federal tax on a six-pack of beer would rise from 33 cents to 81 cents. The tax on wine would increase from 21 cents per bottle to 70 cents. The tax on hard liquor would rise from $2.
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Actor surprised by Italians’ reaction to beer spot
Chicago Sun-Times
initArticle(“1605346frank-vincent-miller-coors-ad-campaign-060309″ contenthead document. com>LEWIS LAZARE Media and Marketing Columnist. The same in his opinion goes for brewing giant MillerCoors. Vincent found out that the Miller Lite “Protection” ad campaign in which he stars was being pulled because of complaints from the Italian-American community when he received a Google alert about Wednesday’s exclusive Sun-Times story. He said he had not heard from either MillerCoors or DraftFCB about the decision.

With Every Beer a Tweet
Switched
So the folks at 360i a New York-based digital company decided it was about time their office beer tap had a voice on the popular microblogging site too. Every time a frothy beer is poured from the tap data is sent to a computer beneath the bar which then displays a tweet on a monitor above the bar.

SAVR Craft Beer Festival: Too Much of a Good Thing
DCist.com
h no you’re no Charlie – you’d be seconds behind Augustus Gloop into the pool and up the tube. And damn would you be happy. Last Saturday the Brewers Association hosted the second annual. It was quite an experience with roughly 150 beers to sample paired with a variety of appetizers entrees and desserts. It’s a surprise that anyone made it out alive.

Brooks on Beer: San Francisco’s Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
Contra Costa Times
A speakeasy was an illegal bar that one needed to “speak easy” to gain admittance into usually with a password. Inside these dark seedy dens flowed bathtub gin homemade hooch and beer of questionable quality. They also usually served food and had entertainment often jazz bands and even burlesque shows. The police either were paid to look the other way or did so willingly especially in big cities where the speakeasy flourished. Before and during Prohibition the nation was split along urban and rural lines. At that time America was still mostly agrarian so a rural majority was able to get Prohibition passed.

Chasing beers with a Fox and Hound
Examiner.com
The Denver metro area has four of these establishments while Colorado Springs has one. This chain of higher end beer bars is owned by Fox & Hound Restaurant Group which also owns Bailey’s Pub & Grille (mainly located on the Eastern Seaboard). Both share a common design operational principles and menus.