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Home > This Week's Brew News - May 25, 2007

This Week's Brew News - May 25, 2007

NEW BOOK: The Beer Guide by RateBeer(May 25) - National - No other guide has covered so many ales and lagers – more than 2,700. Descriptions by Rate.Beer's 30,000 members were painstakingly selected by the website's long-time editor, Josh Oakes. Complete Story Amazon.com
Sam Adams hopes to decide before summer on whether to open a brewery in Freetown(May 25) - Boston - Company officials, including president and CEO Martin Roper, met with selectmen this week explaining that they were seeking grants to pay for water and sewer lines upgrades on the property where a plant would be located.Mr. Roper was optimistic and presented a posterboard-size picture of the 250,000-square-foot "Freetown Brewery." Complete Story
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Beer of the Week
Old Slugger Pale Ale |
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Bar Ticketed For Serving Beer Out Of The Wrong Tap(May 24) - Wisconsin - Port Washington bar has been slapped with a ticket for selling beer out of the wrong tap. The American Legion Bar usually sells Miller, but had some Coors Light left over from a wedding reception they'd recently hosted. Complete Story
Dogfish Head Brewery Get National Attention(May 24) - Delaware - Dogfish Head Brewery is featured on the Travel Channel this week.The segement is part of the show, "Taste of America." It airs next Saturday at 2 pm.
For malty golden treat, try Mendocino wheat(May 23) - California - IN 1983, I listened to the World Series all the way up U.S. 101 on my way to a brewpub -- the first in California since Prohibition. While I'm a big baseball fan, I can't remember who was playing. What I do remember, like it was yesterday, is the old tin ceiling at Mendocino Brewing Co. in Hopland and my first sip of Red Tail Ale. Complete Story
Portsmouth vote blocks Smuttynose brewery plan(May 23) - New Hampshire - The city council voted Monday night to kill a zoning amendment that would have allowed a campus-style Smuttynose Brewery complex at 1900 Lafayette Road. Complete Story
Cayman Islands Brewery Launches Caybrew(May 22) - Cayman Islands - The Cayman Islands Brewery recently launched its new beer, Caybrew, after a year of preparation including a multi-million dollar overhaul to the brewery and the installation of bottling and canning facilities. Complete Story
Lagunitas Brewing's Ales for May(May 22) - California - Sirius Ale now in 6 packs and Undercover Ale available in 22oz. Beer Reviews: Sirius Ale and Undercover Ale
Former Rolling Rock brewery in western Pa. now making Sam Adams(May 22) - Pennsylvania - Boston Beer Co. signed a deal in April to brew Samuel Adams beer at the former Rolling Rock brewery in Latrobe. City Brewing Co., of La Crosse, Wis., bought the facility last year after its former owner sold the Rolling Rock brand to Anheuser-Busch for $82 million. Complete Story
On a German Beer Trail, One More for the Road(May 22) - New York Times - In the former East Berlin, directly across from the Marx-Engels-Forum — where immense statues of Karl and Friedrich seem to sit in stern judgment of the city — you might stumble across the Alt-Berliner Weissbierstube, a cozy cafe specializing in Berliner weisse, the city's classic local beer. Complete Story
Anchor brewing for better beer(May 21) - California - As most of you probably know, Anchor Brewing Company is one of the most prevalent and well-liked breweries in Northern California. Complete Story
Should Brewpubs Bottle Their Beer?(May 21) - Connecticut - Any of the five beers served in the sampler at the Cambridge House Brew Pub in Granby would make a perfect six pack to serve to beer snobs looking for Connecticut flavor. Complete Story
Local brewery's custom beer now ‘Kentucky Proud'(May 21) - Kentucky - A Bowling Green-based regional brewery entered the month of May as a new Kentucky Proud product, according to Bowling Green Brewing Co. President Ellen Selig. Complete Story
Redhook Ale focused on merger(May 20) - Washington - Redhook executives announced on a midday Thursday conference call that talks regarding a previously announced possible merger with Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., a privately held brewery, are taking “center stage.” Complete Story
Free beer has arrived(May 20) - Wisconsin - For years, Wisconsin has allowed food and beverage vendors, including wine, to distribute free samples of their products in grocery stores. But one of the state’s best known products, beer, had been left off that list until Friday. Complete Story
St. Louis celebrates rich heritage of beer making(May 20) - Missouri - Historians can trace the city's brewing roots to John Coons, who was brewing there in 1809 when St. Louis was only a village of about a thousand people. And as the city grew, the brewing industry grew with it. Complete Story
Deschutes Celebrates 19 Years with Golden Ale(May 19) - Oregon - "We felt we had to do something special to mark our 19th Anniversary," said brewmaster Larry Sidor, "so we took a vow of silence and brewed our first Belgian style ale ever to be bottled." Complete Story
800 Homebrewers Expected in Denver at the World’s Largest Homebrewers Conference(May 19) - Colorado - Denver, home to the Great American Beer Festival sm, is going to also be home this year to 800 hombrewers. Avid homebrewing hobbyist will be in town June 21-23 for the American Homebrewers Association’s 29th National Homebrewers Conference. Complete Story
Suburban Hobbyist Puts New Spin On Beer And Pizza(May 19) - Illinois - Beer and pizza are tastes that, for many of us, just seem to go together. But, beer that tastes like pizza? Complete Story
Oceanside Ale Work’s 1st Anniversary on Tap(May 19) - California - Oceanside Ale Works is proud to announce its 1st Anniversary. This event will take place at Oceanside Ale Works, Saturday, May 26th from 11am – 4pm., 3800 Oceanic Drive, Suite #105 in Oceanside. Complete Story
This Weekend's Beer Festivals
Atlantic Beer Festival - Moncton, NB - May 26 Two tasting sessions; more than 70 beers from 30 different breweries, live bands and food. Hundreds of beers from more than 20 local breweries; local wins; music by two band, plus live animal appearances; vendors and artisans; festival ticket includes free admission to the zoo. Beautiful outdoor setting; more than 100 beers from over 50 microbreweries; live music provided by two local bands. Location: Lake George Forum, Lake George, NY New York State microbrewed beer; rib and wing cook-off; music; "Kidz Korner," with root beer and crafts. Products of Virginia's finest microbreweries and wineries, food vendors, wine and beer tasting, children's activities. Festival of the Brew Pubs/ Memorial Weekend Beach Party - Keystone, CO - May 27
Beer from a variety of Summit County brewpubs, including Pug Ryan’s, Breckenridge, Dillon Dam, Backcountry, and Great Northern Tavern; springtime skiing; music by Jubal. Free admission; beer from nearly 100 breweries, Quebec cider, and food items for sale; beer seminars and workshops; cooking demonstrations; a variety of entertainment; popular vote for festival's favorite beer.
Featured Beer of the Week 
| Copperstown Brewing's "Old Slugger" Pale Ale - Website "Old Slugger" is a hearty Pale Ale, copper in color, crisp malty fullness on the front of the palate and lingering hop bitterness on the back with a dry finish. It is brewed with four barley malts, including two-row English pale and crystal malts, balanced with Mt. Hood, Cascade and Fuggle hops, and fermented in open vessels by Ringwood Yeast, a true top-fermenting ale yeast. "Old Slugger" is the flagship beer of the Cooperstown Brewing Company and was first brewed in July 1995 and bottled in November 1995.
Original Gravity 1.054 / Final Gravity 1.012 / 5.5% abv.s |
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