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Iron City a deadbeat beer?

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

The News Review:

- Iron City a deadbeat beer?
- Tackling race one beer at a time
- Now you can tap into draft beer in your fridge

Iron City a deadbeat beer?
Baltimore Sun
The brewery has closed its old plant in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Lawrenceville moving its brewing operations to Latrobe where Rolling Rock was once brewed. Iron City also left town owing the city a hefty amount of money for its water and sewage bill. How big a bill is in dispute. The brewery claims the amount is close to $400000 the city says it more like a million dollars.

Tackling race one beer at a time
Los Angeles Times
I’m not talking about the “teachable moment” nonsense. Nor am I particularly impressed by the idea that people of different backgrounds should get together to talk about their backgrounds. What’s new here and what I think might just stick is the idea that people in conflict should sit down and throw back a few beers. I’m not suggesting that Budweiser should sponsor a Middle East summit but in the case of intra-national squabbles which are essentially family squabbles — Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Crowley actually share distant Irish ancestors — casual get-togethers might be more productive than formal “dialogue. ” As simple as that sounds it’s actually heresy in the world of professional human relations which is partial to statistics mediation and the tit-for-tat airing of grievances. The other day Yale University Press sent me the newly published report of President Clinton’s 1997 Initiative on Race.
Related from Trerose: Cape biking group to ride Tour of Missouri route before race begins

Now you can tap into draft beer in your fridge
Chicago Sun-Times
initArticle(“1696136CST-NWS-beerbox02″ contenthead document. The Chicago-based company recently debuted the “Home Draft” — a $20 1-gallon box of its biggest brands — Miller Lite and Coors Light — that fits upright in a refrigerator and stays fresh for 30 days. The nation’s second-largest brewer began testing the draft-beer system — designed to be consumed periodically rather than for one-time use — in a half-dozen cities. The new product in a recyclable container costs about 15 percent more than an 18-pack of the same beer according to the company and is among new products and package innovation coming from beer companies battling for market share in a crowded industry that has seen slowing sales.