Beer and Food http://beerbasics.blog.com The ramblings of a journalist who covers the beer news Sat, 02 May 2009 13:57:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 San Quentin Beer http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/05/02/san-quentin-beer/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/05/02/san-quentin-beer/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 13:57:33 +0000 Peter LaFrance The following is a transcript of a Merle Haggard interview done by Larry King (cite below):

“KING: Did you ever get to see death row prisoners?

HAGGARD: I couldn't see them, but I could hear them. We were on a silent system on the shelf and I was there for seven days for making beer. And while I was there I could hear prisoners such as Carol Chessman, I heard him talking about getting a life insurance policy in the mail and that was interesting.”

“KING: Carol Chessman was later executed. Do you say you made beer in San Quentin?”

“HAGGARD: We made beer in San Quentin, just like they make beer at Budweiser, only it was a little better.”

“KING: And for that, you had to be quiet for seven days?”

“HAGGARD: Well, they caught me drinking some of my own beer, and I fell in the restroom and they figured I was drunk, so they took me and locked me up in a jail inside of San Quentin. And that was where I decided to change directions in my life.”

“KING: Merle, before we go to break and then we'll be taking calls from viewers, how did you make beer?”

“HAGGARD: Well, in the kitchen, you have everything you need. And we had milk cartons in there that we could buy at the canteen, and you just take the ingredients and put it in the milk cartons, and wait a while, and hope somebody doesn't smell it.”

“KING: And in your case, somebody did.”

“HAGGARD: Somebody did.”

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0412/16/lkl.01.html

 

 

 

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The following is a transcript of a Merle Haggard interview done by Larry King (cite below):

“KING: Did you ever get to see death row prisoners?

HAGGARD: I couldn’t see them, but I could hear them. We were on a silent system on the shelf and I was there for seven days for making beer. And while I was there I could hear prisoners such as Carol Chessman, I heard him talking about getting a life insurance policy in the mail and that was interesting.”

“KING: Carol Chessman was later executed. Do you say you made beer in San Quentin?”

“HAGGARD: We made beer in San Quentin, just like they make beer at Budweiser, only it was a little better.”

“KING: And for that, you had to be quiet for seven days?”

“HAGGARD: Well, they caught me drinking some of my own beer, and I fell in the restroom and they figured I was drunk, so they took me and locked me up in a jail inside of San Quentin. And that was where I decided to change directions in my life.”

“KING: Merle, before we go to break and then we’ll be taking calls from viewers, how did you make beer?”

“HAGGARD: Well, in the kitchen, you have everything you need. And we had milk cartons in there that we could buy at the canteen, and you just take the ingredients and put it in the milk cartons, and wait a while, and hope somebody doesn’t smell it.”

“KING: And in your case, somebody did.”

“HAGGARD: Somebody did.”

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0412/16/lkl.01.html

 

 

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/05/02/san-quentin-beer/feed/ News and Views… http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/25/news-and-views/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/25/news-and-views/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:57:30 +0000 Peter LaFrance After a quick search of the news, it seems that there is a great deal of battle about beer these days. The first news item tells of the happy folks of South Sudan… who fought a war to be able to drink beer.

South Sudan brewery shows distance from Khartoum

Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:41pm EDT

By Skye Wheeler

“JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - The south Sudanese like to joke that alcohol has a special meaning for them: they fought a bloody two-decade long war so they could enjoy a cold beer at the end of a long, hot day.”

“This year -- the fourth since a peace deal between the mostly Christian south and the north, where alcohol is forbidden under Shariah law -- southerners will get their own beer from the region's first factory, being built by brewer SABMiller.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE52N0JI20090324

 

Beer war in Texas…

Here in the United States a brewery in Texas is taking on the holy “three-tier” system of beverage alcohol distribution instituted after “Prohibition” in the United States. The system was supposed to insure that booze and beer businesses would not be able to run “tied houses” where only one brand would be sold. The resulting middle-men would be the only way for producers to get product to market. What this did was create an interesting social/economic class. The Beer Distributor (organized into the National Beer Wholesalers Association - NBWA) is clannish group of multi-millionaires who lean to the right with a social conscious that tilts to the left. It could be said that they form the most powerful commercial lobby in most state governments, and the national legislature.

The following two items tell the tale from the Texan point of view…

Beer drinkers could purchase direct from local breweries under compromise plan

By Matt Pulle | Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

“On a chilly Saturday in South Fort Worth, a large, boisterous crowd gathers to drink cold beer inside an old warehouse.”

“They’re at a Rahr Brewery tasting, which includes a tour of their operations, a live set from a blues and country band, and, best of all, three pints of the brewer’s finest and a glass for $5. The attendees here, who gushingly speak of the microbrewery like fans of an iconic rock star, sit on picnic benches or spill out onto the concrete floor, drowning barbecued sandwiches with a good Texas beer.”

http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/03/a-distributors-theory-of-warfare/

 

Heads up: Microbreweries want Legislature to clear the way for sales on site

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009

Posted on Mon, Mar. 23, 2009

By BARRY SHLACHTER
barry@star-telegram.com

“Texas law allows boutique wineries to sell their vintages directly to visitors, but folks who stop by a microbrewery can’t go home with a six-pack, says Tony Formby, managing partner of Fort Worth-based Rahr & Sons Brewing Co.”

“Now, Rahr and the states’ seven other small breweries, including St. Arnold’s of Houston and Real Ale of Blanco, are trying to get the law changed in the current session of the Legislature, saying such a six-pack might inspire follow-up sales at supermarkets and liquor stores.”

 

And the never-ending battle for “Budweiser”…

US brewer loses latest battle over Budweiser name

Times Online

March 25, 2009

“The American brewery giant behind Budweiser beer today lost the latest round in a 100-year old dispute with a tiny Czech rival over the trademark rights to the legendary name.”

“EU judges said the commercial right to use the term “Budweiser” as a Europe-wide trademark already belongs to the small, state-owned Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar.”

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5974289.ece

 

And that’s the way it is… Wednesday 25 March 2009.

 

 

 

]]> Greetings,

After a quick search of the news, it seems that there is a great deal of battle about beer these days. The first news item tells of the happy folks of South Sudan… who fought a war to be able to drink beer.

South Sudan brewery shows distance from Khartoum

Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:41pm EDT

By Skye Wheeler

“JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - The south Sudanese like to joke that alcohol has a special meaning for them: they fought a bloody two-decade long war so they could enjoy a cold beer at the end of a long, hot day.”

“This year — the fourth since a peace deal between the mostly Christian south and the north, where alcohol is forbidden under Shariah law — southerners will get their own beer from the region’s first factory, being built by brewer SABMiller.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE52N0JI20090324

 

Beer war in Texas…

Here in the United States a brewery in Texas is taking on the holy “three-tier” system of beverage alcohol distribution instituted after “Prohibition” in the United States. The system was supposed to insure that booze and beer businesses would not be able to run “tied houses” where only one brand would be sold. The resulting middle-men would be the only way for producers to get product to market. What this did was create an interesting social/economic class. The Beer Distributor (organized into the National Beer Wholesalers Association - NBWA) is clannish group of multi-millionaires who lean to the right with a social conscious that tilts to the left. It could be said that they form the most powerful commercial lobby in most state governments, and the national legislature.

The following two items tell the tale from the Texan point of view…

Beer drinkers could purchase direct from local breweries under compromise plan

By Matt Pulle | Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

“On a chilly Saturday in South Fort Worth, a large, boisterous crowd gathers to drink cold beer inside an old warehouse.”

“They’re at a Rahr Brewery tasting, which includes a tour of their operations, a live set from a blues and country band, and, best of all, three pints of the brewer’s finest and a glass for $5. The attendees here, who gushingly speak of the microbrewery like fans of an iconic rock star, sit on picnic benches or spill out onto the concrete floor, drowning barbecued sandwiches with a good Texas beer.”

http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/03/a-distributors-theory-of-warfare/

 

Heads up: Microbreweries want Legislature to clear the way for sales on site

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009

Posted on Mon, Mar. 23, 2009

By BARRY SHLACHTER
barry@star-telegram.com

“Texas law allows boutique wineries to sell their vintages directly to visitors, but folks who stop by a microbrewery can’t go home with a six-pack, says Tony Formby, managing partner of Fort Worth-based Rahr & Sons Brewing Co.”

“Now, Rahr and the states’ seven other small breweries, including St. Arnold’s of Houston and Real Ale of Blanco, are trying to get the law changed in the current session of the Legislature, saying such a six-pack might inspire follow-up sales at supermarkets and liquor stores.”

 

And the never-ending battle for “Budweiser”…

US brewer loses latest battle over Budweiser name

Times Online

March 25, 2009

“The American brewery giant behind Budweiser beer today lost the latest round in a 100-year old dispute with a tiny Czech rival over the trademark rights to the legendary name.”

“EU judges said the commercial right to use the term “Budweiser” as a Europe-wide trademark already belongs to the small, state-owned Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar.”

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5974289.ece

 

And that’s the way it is… Wednesday 25 March 2009.

 

 

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/25/news-and-views/feed/ Happenings at A-B http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/23/happenings-at-a-b/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/23/happenings-at-a-b/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:02:41 +0000 Peter LaFrance Greetings,

The following items popped up on my Google search engine this morning and I foud them of particular interest.

The first is a rather short, dry morning report from an investment organization which has been in the news lately. The good folks at “Goldman” have placed Anheuser-Busch InBev on their “conviction sell” list for the reasons noted below.

When I first heard of the merger my first question was about that financing package. With the down-turn in the world economy that deal might not smell as malty-sweet as it once did. However, the economy of scale makes A-B a lot less significant than it once was.

Goldman sees risk, opportunity in Europe consumer staples

By Barbara Kollmeyer

Last update: 5:07 a.m. EDT March 23, 2009

“…Anheuser-Busch InBev remains a conviction sell as risks from financial gearing, rising costs of capital aren't fully priced in.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/goldman-sees-risk-opportunity-europe/story.aspx?guid={6945579F-7617-4761-9D86-0E84DF41371B}&dist=msr_3

 


As a Brooklyn, NY resident for over twenty years, my appreciation of NASCAR is limited. In the deep receses of memory, say adolescence, there are fragments of thoughts associated with NHRA… Ed “Big Daddy” Roth… Don Garlits… Rat Fink… and then it all fades out to college daze…

Thus, this one almost slipped under the radar because it mentions both NASCAR and the NHRA in the same sentence.

Why is the following piece significant? Because it tells me that A-B is not only cutting its advertising budget, it is acutely aware of image. It seems the “outlaws” of the NHRA are long remembered.

 

Budweiser expected to stay on with Kahne

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009

“CONCORD, N.C. - NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne said Wednesday he expects to continue his partnership with Anheuser-Busch even though the beer distributor is ending its sponsorship with the NHRA.”

“The St. Louis-based division of Anheuser-Busch InBev said this week it is ending its 30-year relationship with Kenny Bernstein Racing's NHRA team, and Budweiser will no longer be the official beer of that series.”


http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2009/03/23/ap/sports/auto-racing/d970md480.txt


And that’s the way I see things… through beer goggles eh?

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]>

Greetings,

The following items popped up on my Google search engine this morning and I foud them of particular interest.

The first is a rather short, dry morning report from an investment organization which has been in the news lately. The good folks at “Goldman” have placed Anheuser-Busch InBev on their “conviction sell” list for the reasons noted below.

When I first heard of the merger my first question was about that financing package. With the down-turn in the world economy that deal might not smell as malty-sweet as it once did. However, the economy of scale makes A-B a lot less significant than it once was.

Goldman sees risk, opportunity in Europe consumer staples

By Barbara Kollmeyer

Last update: 5:07 a.m. EDT March 23, 2009

“…Anheuser-Busch InBev remains a conviction sell as risks from financial gearing, rising costs of capital aren’t fully priced in.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/goldman-sees-risk-opportunity-europe/story.aspx?guid={6945579F-7617-4761-9D86-0E84DF41371B}&dist=msr_3

 

As a Brooklyn, NY resident for over twenty years, my appreciation of NASCAR is limited. In the deep receses of memory, say adolescence, there are fragments of thoughts associated with NHRA… Ed “Big Daddy” Roth… Don Garlits… Rat Fink… and then it all fades out to college daze…

Thus, this one almost slipped under the radar because it mentions both NASCAR and the NHRA in the same sentence.

Why is the following piece significant? Because it tells me that A-B is not only cutting its advertising budget, it is acutely aware of image. It seems the “outlaws” of the NHRA are long remembered.

 

Budweiser expected to stay on with Kahne

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009

“CONCORD, N.C. - NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne said Wednesday he expects to continue his partnership with Anheuser-Busch even though the beer distributor is ending its sponsorship with the NHRA.”

“The St. Louis-based division of Anheuser-Busch InBev said this week it is ending its 30-year relationship with Kenny Bernstein Racing’s NHRA team, and Budweiser will no longer be the official beer of that series.”

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2009/03/23/ap/sports/auto-racing/d970md480.txt

And that’s the way I see things… through beer goggles eh?

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/23/happenings-at-a-b/feed/ From the wires http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/19/from-the-wires/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/19/from-the-wires/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:53:52 +0000 Peter LaFrance Greetings,

Today I’m announcing some new brewpubs…

First – In Pennsylvania…

Easton officials expected to announce plans for new brewpub in Weller Center building

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

By Edward Sieger

The Express-Times

“EASTON | City officials are expected to announce today that the co-owner of the Emmaus-based Farmhouse restaurant and Victory Brewing Co. will partner to bring a brewpub to the Weller Center building, according to sources.”

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-0/123605672996980.xml&coll=3

 

Second - The folks in Gloucester, MA are happy to have a new brewpub…

 

Entertainment scene expands on Gloucester's West End

By Leslie Friday/Correspondent

Fri Mar 13, 2009, 12:03 PM EDT

“Gloucester - Picture the perfect night out. Grab an early dinner, no winces when the bill arrives. Pop in for a cold and frothy at a nearby brewpub. Maybe catch a short play by a local director. Then cap it off with a late-night concert.”

“Do it all within a couple city blocks. Sounds good? Sounds like Boston. Wrong, think Gloucester.”

http://www.wickedlocal.com/rockport/fun/entertainment/dining/x108124533/Entertainment-scene-expands-on-Gloucesters-West-End

 

Third - The good folks in North Carolina have reason to celebrate…

 

Another New Brewery Opening In Downtown Raleigh

By R. Gregg, Raleigh Telegram 23.FEB.09


“RALEIGH - The Boylan Bridge Brewpub, which is located on Boylan Street right next to the railroad tracks in downtown Raleigh, is ready to open as Raleigh's newest brewery. The new brewpub is locally owned and all of the beer is brewed on-site with several different varieties available.”

http://www.raleigh3.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1776&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2724&hn=raleigh3&he=.com

(How is that for a ridiculously long http:?)

 

And that’s the good news for now…

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

 

 

 

]]>

Greetings,

Today I’m announcing some new brewpubs…

First – In Pennsylvania…

Easton officials expected to announce plans for new brewpub in Weller Center building

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

By Edward Sieger

The Express-Times

“EASTON | City officials are expected to announce today that the co-owner of the Emmaus-based Farmhouse restaurant and Victory Brewing Co. will partner to bring a brewpub to the Weller Center building, according to sources.”

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-0/123605672996980.xml&coll=3

 

Second - The folks in Gloucester, MA are happy to have a new brewpub…

 

Entertainment scene expands on Gloucester’s West End

By Leslie Friday/Correspondent

Fri Mar 13, 2009, 12:03 PM EDT

“Gloucester - Picture the perfect night out. Grab an early dinner, no winces when the bill arrives. Pop in for a cold and frothy at a nearby brewpub. Maybe catch a short play by a local director. Then cap it off with a late-night concert.”

“Do it all within a couple city blocks. Sounds good? Sounds like Boston. Wrong, think Gloucester.”

http://www.wickedlocal.com/rockport/fun/entertainment/dining/x108124533/Entertainment-scene-expands-on-Gloucesters-West-End

 

Third - The good folks in North Carolina have reason to celebrate…

 

Another New Brewery Opening In Downtown Raleigh

By R. Gregg, Raleigh Telegram 23.FEB.09

“RALEIGH - The Boylan Bridge Brewpub, which is located on Boylan Street right next to the railroad tracks in downtown Raleigh, is ready to open as Raleigh’s newest brewery. The new brewpub is locally owned and all of the beer is brewed on-site with several different varieties available.”

http://www.raleigh3.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1776&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2724&hn=raleigh3&he=.com

(How is that for a ridiculously long http:?)

 

And that’s the good news for now…

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

 

 

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/19/from-the-wires/feed/ From The Wires… http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/18/from-the-wires%e2%80%a6/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/18/from-the-wires%e2%80%a6/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:06:53 +0000 Peter LaFrance Greetings,

The Wall Street Journal reports that microbreweries and brewpubs are doing quite well thank you…

In Lean Times, a Stout Dream

March 18, 2009, 9:32 A.M. ET

By David Kesmodel

“The economic crisis has stifled entrepreneurial activity in many industries. But it's done little to dent the ambitions of those who dream of brewing their own beer and offering it to the world.”

 

It’s not just beer they are brewing anymore. They are saving the world…

Beer Reduces Greenhouse Gases

Tuesday, 17 March 2009 GreenMuze Staff

“You walk into a brewpub and it’s like visiting an old friend. The servers are familiar, the ambiance is neighborly and you know the locally made suds are cold. Visitors to Vancouver Island rave about them, but they have long been the discerning drinker’s locale.”

http://www.greenmuze.com/nurture/local/197-beer-reduces-greenhouse-gases.html

 

San Francisco Brew Pub Goes Green

“San Francisco (KCBS)  -- One San Francisco brewery went "green" for St. Patrick's Day Tuesday and we don't mean green beer.”

“Shaun O'Sullivan, co-owner and brewmaster at 21st Amendment Brewery, says the beer may not have been green, but the container was. He put two of his craft beers in a can, in part to help save the environment.”

http://www.kcbs.com/San-Francisco-Brew-Pub-Goes-Green/4036845

And that the good news for now…

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]>

Greetings,

The Wall Street Journal reports that microbreweries and brewpubs are doing quite well thank you…

In Lean Times, a Stout Dream

March 18, 2009, 9:32 A.M. ET

By David Kesmodel

“The economic crisis has stifled entrepreneurial activity in many industries. But it’s done little to dent the ambitions of those who dream of brewing their own beer and offering it to the world.”

 

It’s not just beer they are brewing anymore. They are saving the world…

Beer Reduces Greenhouse Gases

Tuesday, 17 March 2009 GreenMuze Staff

“You walk into a brewpub and it’s like visiting an old friend. The servers are familiar, the ambiance is neighborly and you know the locally made suds are cold. Visitors to Vancouver Island rave about them, but they have long been the discerning drinker’s locale.”

http://www.greenmuze.com/nurture/local/197-beer-reduces-greenhouse-gases.html

 

San Francisco Brew Pub Goes Green

“San Francisco (KCBS)  — One San Francisco brewery went “green” for St. Patrick’s Day Tuesday and we don’t mean green beer.”

“Shaun O’Sullivan, co-owner and brewmaster at 21st Amendment Brewery, says the beer may not have been green, but the container was. He put two of his craft beers in a can, in part to help save the environment.”

http://www.kcbs.com/San-Francisco-Brew-Pub-Goes-Green/4036845

And that the good news for now…

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/18/from-the-wires%e2%80%a6/feed/ News on Brews 16 March 2009 http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/16/news-on-brews-16-march-2009/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/16/news-on-brews-16-march-2009/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:28:54 +0000 Peter LaFrance 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.”

 

http://raleigh2.com/uvalidate.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=1441&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2502&hn=raleigh2&he=.com

 

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, Updated Mar 12, 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

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]>

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.”

 

http://raleigh2.com/uvalidate.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=1441&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2502&hn=raleigh2&he=.com

 

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, Updated Mar 12, 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

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/03/16/news-on-brews-16-march-2009/feed/ Brewpub News 16 February 2009 http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/02/16/brewpub-news-16-february-2009/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/02/16/brewpub-news-16-february-2009/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:42 +0000 Peter LaFrance Oregon breweries and brewpubs open Saturday for Zwickelmania

by John Foyston, The Oregonian

Wednesday February 11, 2009, 10:59 AM

From the fertile minds of the Oregon Brewers Guild comes Zwickelmania, a free, statewide brewery-and-brewpub open house on Oregon's Sesquicentennial weekend.

http://www.oregonlive.com/events/index.ssf/2009/02/oregon_breweries_and_brewpubs.html

 

REHOBOTH BEACH: Dogfish Head brewpub re-opens

The News Journal • February 13, 2009

REHOBOTH BEACH — The Dogfish Head brewpub in Rehoboth Beach was closed for renovations for the last several weeks, leaving fans of its off-center music and beer out in the cold. It will re-open today, however, with a performance by Philadelphia hip-hop act Da Rezarekt.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20090213/DW01/90213030

 

A brew-pub in Providence?

By Kim Burgess

Published: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:03 AM CST

PROVIDENCE — Customers at Iron Gate Grill will soon be able to order the house beer if this community’s City Council allows the business to obtain a brewery license.

At a Tuesday evening City Council meeting, Mayor Randy Simmons said that he would ask the town’s lawyer to look into ways it could craft an ordinance allowing the restaurant to make the beverage.

http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/news03-02-11-09.txt

And that’s the way it is for 16 February 2009…

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

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Oregon breweries and brewpubs open Saturday for Zwickelmania

by John Foyston, The Oregonian

Wednesday February 11, 2009, 10:59 AM

From the fertile minds of the Oregon Brewers Guild comes Zwickelmania, a free, statewide brewery-and-brewpub open house on Oregon’s Sesquicentennial weekend.

http://www.oregonlive.com/events/index.ssf/2009/02/oregon_breweries_and_brewpubs.html

 

REHOBOTH BEACH: Dogfish Head brewpub re-opens

The News Journal • February 13, 2009

REHOBOTH BEACH — The Dogfish Head brewpub in Rehoboth Beach was closed for renovations for the last several weeks, leaving fans of its off-center music and beer out in the cold. It will re-open today, however, with a performance by Philadelphia hip-hop act Da Rezarekt.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20090213/DW01/90213030

 

A brew-pub in Providence?

By Kim Burgess

Published: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:03 AM CST

PROVIDENCE — Customers at Iron Gate Grill will soon be able to order the house beer if this community’s City Council allows the business to obtain a brewery license.

At a Tuesday evening City Council meeting, Mayor Randy Simmons said that he would ask the town’s lawyer to look into ways it could craft an ordinance allowing the restaurant to make the beverage.

http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/news03-02-11-09.txt

And that’s the way it is for 16 February 2009…

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/02/16/brewpub-news-16-february-2009/feed/ Obama Bashes Brooklyn Brewery http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/02/13/obama-bashes-brooklyn-brewery/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/02/13/obama-bashes-brooklyn-brewery/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:13:37 +0000 Peter LaFrance Obama Bashes Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn-brewed Obama beer falls flat with feds

BY Sergey Kadinsky and Dave Goldiner
Daily News Staff Writers

Friday, February 13th 2009, 12:41 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/02/12/2009-02-12_brooklynbrewed_obama_beer_falls_flat_wit.html

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/6/32_6_bm_hop_obama.html?comm=1

British Brewery Burned and Burgled

Tip Inn brewery in Brighouse raided by thieves

Feb 13 2009 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/02/13/tip-inn-brewery-in-brighouse-raided-by-thieves-86081-22918372/

 

And that’s what’s brewing this Friday 13th of February!

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

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Obama Bashes Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn-brewed Obama beer falls flat with feds

BY Sergey Kadinsky and Dave Goldiner
Daily News Staff Writers

Friday, February 13th 2009, 12:41 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/02/12/2009-02-12_brooklynbrewed_obama_beer_falls_flat_wit.html

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/6/32_6_bm_hop_obama.html?comm=1

British Brewery Burned and Burgled

Tip Inn brewery in Brighouse raided by thieves

Feb 13 2009 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/02/13/tip-inn-brewery-in-brighouse-raided-by-thieves-86081-22918372/

 

And that’s what’s brewing this Friday 13th of February!

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

( http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

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The Welland Tribune reports that Sam Adams “has long-dreamed of owning a restaurant on East Main St.”… The full story: http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1432511

 

Pepsi Warehouse Home of  Award Winning Brewery

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the whole story: http://www.star-telegram.com/business/columnists/shlachter_perotin_fuquay/story/1199707.html

 

How Far Will Brewpubs Go?

For more on where, and how far, brewpubs will go on the face of the earth to slake thirsts read the following: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/02/12/33005_ntnews.html

And that’s the way it is… 12 February 2009.

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

(http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

 

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The Welland Tribune reports that Sam Adams “has long-dreamed of owning a restaurant on East Main St.”… The full story: http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1432511

 

Pepsi Warehouse Home of  Award Winning Brewery

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the whole story: http://www.star-telegram.com/business/columnists/shlachter_perotin_fuquay/story/1199707.html

 

How Far Will Brewpubs Go?

For more on where, and how far, brewpubs will go on the face of the earth to slake thirsts read the following: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/02/12/33005_ntnews.html

And that’s the way it is… 12 February 2009.

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

(http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

 

]]> http://beerbasics.blog.com/2009/02/12/sam-adams-opens-restaurant-in-welland/feed/ Is Beer “Recession-Proof”? http://beerbasics.blog.com/2008/12/01/is-beer-%e2%80%9crecession-proof%e2%80%9d/ http://beerbasics.blog.com/2008/12/01/is-beer-%e2%80%9crecession-proof%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:56:08 +0000 Peter LaFrance In times of bad economy there has traditionally been a slight rise in beer consumption. This has occurred as far back as the time of the Holy Roman Empire.

Let’s take a look at how beer is doing during the present state of affairs. The following are reports from California (USA), Guelph (Canada), and New Zealand.

Bar business bearing up – Bucking national trend, Sonoma County bellying up despite -- or because of – economy

By Paul Payne – at Paul.payne@pressdemocrat.com

The Press Democrat

Published: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 8:33 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 3:32 p.m.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081128/COMMUNITY/811280285?Title=Bar_business_bearing_up


Beer affordable luxury: Sleeman

Rob O'Flanagan – Mercury Staff
Guelph, OT (Canada)

Published: November 29, 2008

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/410100


Full impact of recession still to be felt

By Phil Hamilton - The Press / New Zealand

Saturday, 29 November 2008

(Scroll to the end for the good news…)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4776491a13.html

 

And from Victoria, BC (Canada)...

Victoria celebrates 150 years of brewing
By Rebecca Aldous - Victoria News
Published: November 27, 2008 5:00 PM
Updated: November 27, 2008 5:53 PM

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/lifestyles/35201114.html

 

More good news posted as it becomes available!

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

(http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

 

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In times of bad economy there has traditionally been a slight rise in beer consumption. This has occurred as far back as the time of the Holy Roman Empire.

Let’s take a look at how beer is doing during the present state of affairs. The following are reports from California (USA), Guelph (Canada), and New Zealand.

Bar business bearing up – Bucking national trend, Sonoma County bellying up despite — or because of – economy

By Paul Payne – at Paul.payne@pressdemocrat.com

The Press Democrat

Published: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 8:33 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 3:32 p.m.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081128/COMMUNITY/811280285?Title=Bar_business_bearing_up


Beer affordable luxury: Sleeman

Rob O’Flanagan – Mercury Staff
Guelph, OT (Canada)

Published: November 29, 2008

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/410100


Full impact of recession still to be felt

By Phil Hamilton - The Press / New Zealand

Saturday, 29 November 2008

(Scroll to the end for the good news…)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4776491a13.html

 

And from Victoria, BC (Canada)…

Victoria celebrates 150 years of brewing
By Rebecca Aldous - Victoria News
Published: November 27, 2008 5:00 PM
Updated: November 27, 2008 5:53 PM

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/lifestyles/35201114.html

 

More good news posted as it becomes available!

 

Cheers!

Peter LaFrance

(http://www.beerbasics.com )

 

 

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