News on Brews 16 March 2009
Greetings,
It looks like the good-beer folks in Colorado are fine with homebrewing, fine with microbreweries (the mayor of Boulder founded a microbrewery), and even brewpubs… but real beer in a grocery store? No way!
Colorado’s HB 1192 defeated
March 13, 2009 8:54 AM
“Colorado’s HB 1192 was defeated yesterday. The House Business Affairs Committee killed the bill by a vote of 7-4. This bill would have allowed full strength beer to be sold in grocery stores. Many local brewers rallied to combat this bill and they were successful. It’s nice to know the Colorado craft beer lobby has some clout. No word yet if there is any victory micro brewing away in someone’s vat. I’ll keep my eye out.”
http://www.examiner.com/x-3456-Denver-Microbrews-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Colorados-HB-1192-defeated
In New Orleans, Louisiana you don’t even have to know how to brew beer to open a brewery. The “Big Easy” gets another brewery while the “Big Apple” has only one, the Chelsea Brewing Company. (The other three city breweries are in Brooklyn.)
New Orleans newest microbrewery adds to the region’s beer options
Posted by Todd A. Price, Contributing writer, The Times-Picayune
March 12, 2009 11:32AM
“In 2006 Kirk Coco left the Navy and came home to start a brewery in New Orleans. He faced the hurdles of any new business: finding investors, lining up loans and untangling red tape.”
“His fledgling microbrewery, though, had an extra challenge: Coco didn’t know how to make beer.”
http://blog.nola.com/brettanderson/2009/03/a_new_new_orleans_microbrewery.html
The following good news is presented for your consideration…
Boylan Bridge Brewpub Now Open
By C. Gregg 27.FEB.09
“When you first meet Andrew Leager, owner of the Boylan Bridge Brewpub, you feel welcome and comfortable, much like the atmosphere he’s aiming for at his new pub. You feel no sense of urgency, even though plans have been in progress for nearly five years. “It’ll open when it’s ready,” he says. For the many impatient Brewpub fans, that time has finally come.”
St. Helens pizzeria hops into microbrew world
After years of speculation, the city’s Olde Towne finally has its own brewery
By Darryl Swan
The South County Spotlight, Mar 11, 2009,
“The rumor that an honest-to-God brewpub would set up shop in Olde Towne St. Helens has, at times, reached mythic status.”
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/print_story.php?story_id=123678888751741300
Brew pub looks for May debut in Talkeetna
By ZAZ HOLLANDER
zhollander@adn.com
Published: March 3rd, 2009 05:26 PM
Last Modified: March 3rd, 2009 11:30 PM
“TALKEETNA — Years in the making, a brew pub is finally coming to downtown Talkeetna — just in time for what could be a rough summer season.”
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/709506.html
And that’s the news for now…
Cheers!
Peter LaFrance
