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Home > This Week's Brew News and 2008 Top Ten Barley Wines This Week's Brew News and 2008 Top Ten Barley Wines Today's Top Beer Stories
Old Hat introduces gluten-free beer(Jan. 10) - Vermont - Freda Osborne, co-owner of the Old Hat Brewery in Lawton, said she heard from a customer that his wife wouldn't be coming to the pub anymore because she suffered from celiac disease, a nutritional disorder caused by faulty absorption of gluten. Complete Story Organic beers? Hey, the sipping is nice and easy(Jan. 10) - Baltimore - Sipping organic beers seemed like a dream come true. I got to be a beer drinker and a do-gooder at one sitting. The reality of the organic-beer scene turned out to be slightly more complicated. Complete Story BEER SNOB: MAKE MINE A BARLEY WINE(Jan. 9) - Connecticut - Since the 18th century, the English have turned to barley wine to heat themselves, so I've decided to try one from the mother country, and four feisty American variations on the theme. Complete Story Tabletop Beer Dispensing Machine(Jan. 9) - California - Krups and Heineken have teamed up to produce the BeerTender, a tabletop beer dispensing machine. Made just for Heineken -- it doesn't work with any other kegs -- it keeps the beer cool and tracks the temperature of the beer, how much is left and how long it's been sitting there. Complete Story Strange Brew?(Jan. 9) - Romania - A man from Romania was rushed to hospital after finding a dead mouse in his bottle of beer. Mihai Stanescu, 32, from the town of Bacau, ended up in an emergency hospital with food poisoning. Complete Story Widmer helps Oregon home brewers bring beer to market(Jan. 7) - Oregon - Oregon is justly famous for its beer culture, between the thousands of home brewers experimenting in their basements and the handful of large breweries who sell the state's beers around the world. Complete Story New Zealand's Golden Bay microbrewery 'hot' travel destination(Jan. 7) - NZ - Last year, a "beer bounty" offered by the Mussel Inn assisted the cull of thousands of possums. The inn exchanged a handle of beer in return for every possum tail delivered. Complete Story World's First Remote-Control Beer Cooler(Jan. 6) - Gadgets - If you wander by the Interactive Toy Concepts booth at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, there is a good chance you'll be greeted by a friendly bump from a drink (beer) bearing device called the RC Cooler. The RC Cooler is exactly what it sounds like -- a radio-controlled cooler. Complete Story Beer: ‘proof that God loves us’(Jan. 6) - Colorado - Evolution of a brewer: From a style and/or technique standpoint, where did you start? Where are you now? Complete Story Terrapin Beer Company Rallies for Fans to Grow a 'Stache Until Licensed(Jan. 5) - Georgia - There are no picket lines in this rally. There are no plans for sit-ins or marches. The symbol for this demonstration is right under your nose, silently and slowly growing in support: your mustache. Complete Story ‘Beer for My Horses’ to be filmed in New Mexico(Jan. 5) - NM - Beer For My Horses tells the story of two best friends that work together as deputies in a small town. The two defy the sheriff and head off on an outrageous road trip to save the protagonist’s girlfriend from drug lord kidnappers. Complete Story Deschutes Organic Ale and the Abyss(Jan. 4) - Oregon - Deschutes Brewery's latest release in the Bond Street Series, Green Lakes Organic Ale, hit the shelves right around Christmas. "Green Lakes is a classic amber ale," said Deschutes brewer Paul Arney. Complete Story One man's quest to turn the Treasure Valley into 'Beer Valley'(Jan. 4) - Idaho - Pete Ricks of Beer Valley Brewing wants to fill that gap. OK - Beer Valley is in Ontario, so it's the loosely-defined Treasure Valley. But Ricks is from Meridian and is moving back to the area from sunny Arizona for one purpose - to make killer craft beer. Complete Story Hops shortage a bitter reality for brewers, beer lovers(Jan. 4) - Arizona - The hops shortage threatens to boost prices, cut into profits and close down brewpubs. It could change the taste and consistency of treasured local ales. Complete Story Voodoo brew: How a local brewer's $9-a-bottle beer can satisfy your thirst(Jan. 4) - Pennsylvania - He bottles them at the back of an old Meadville funeral home. He stamps caps on Black Magicks and Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, and he boxes tall bottles of Wynona's Big Brown Ale, a chocolate-and-Marris Otter malt that takes its name from an off-color Primus song. Complete Story New Belgium Brewing’s wastewater to feed fish(Jan. 3) - Colorado -The New Belgium Brewing is joining forces with three Colorado entrepreneurs to turn the brewery’s wastewater into high-protein fish food, according to a local report. Complete Story Beer could supplant sacramental wine in historic church(Jan. 3) - Canada - A local businessman wants to convert the Ottawa Valley's oldest Protestant house of worship, a deconsecrated Anglican church, into an industrial brewery and brew pub with nightly entertainment. Complete Story Tapping into Japanese craft beers(Jan. 2) - Los Angeles - So where are the Japanese craft beers? A few have been showing up, including some excellent examples, but they've had a late start. It's not the brewers' fault. For many years, Japanese law made craft breweries illegal -- you had to make more than half a million gallons a year to be licensed. Complete Story Flying Dog Brewery has new show-stopping styles and packages for 2008(Jan. 1) - The brewery continues its tradition of offering award-winning beers in 2008 with the release of a Biere de Garde as their new spring seasonal and a Tripel as the fourth member of its Canis Major Series of high gravity beers. Complete Story An American pale ale that's refreshingly tasty(Jan. 1) - Wisconsin - I can tell that Capital has made a well-balanced example -- clean-tasting, nice clarity and well -- integrated hops that don't strangle your taste buds, but mingle well with the malt flavor. It had a nice body to it -- not too thin, not too heavy. Complete Story St. Pauli Girl Readies 2008 Poster for January Debut - Beeradvocate - Irina Voronina, the 2008 St. Pauli Girl spokes model, poses for photographer Jay Silverman during a recent photo shoot in Hollywood, Calif. St. Pauli Girl Beer is in the final stages of developing its new St. Pauli Girl poster, which will debut in spring 2008. Complete Story Google Photos of Irina Voronina 2008 January Beer Festivals Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Beer Festival - Vail, CO, January 12 Events include a homebrew competition Friday afternoon; a brewmasters' dinner Friday evening; an Experimental Brewing Seminar with some of the nation's leading brewers Saturday morning (new this year); and a public tasting session with more than 125 beers Saturday afternoon. Great Alaska Beer & Barleywine Festival - Anchorage, AK, January 17-18 More than 200 barleywine-style ales, winter warmers, and other beers from more than 50 breweries, most from Alaska and the West Coast; event benefits the American Diabetes Association. Chicagoland Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout - Chicago, IL, January 19 Beer from Chicago-area microbreweries and brewpubs, food, voting for favorite beer of the festival. Sleeman International Beer Festival - PQ, Canada, January 19-20 A selection of Sleeman Brewery products; free apres-ski show at the Summit Pub on Saturday. WinterHop Brewfest - Ellensburg, WA, January 19 Ten historic downtown businesses will be hosting 20 Washington microbreweries, with beer tasting and live music. Winter Brew Fest 08 - Denver, CO, January 25 Winter beer, plus entertainment by Danny Vegas, and classic movies, and headline act "The Reals" (included in admission); theater was voted "best up and coming venue in Denver. Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting - Atlanta, GA, January 26 Fifteen cask-conditioned ales from homebrewers and local microbreweries; live Celtic music; free pint glass to take home; tours of Sweetwater's tasting room and brewery. This event is sold out. Beer Summit Winter Jubliee - Boston, MA, January 26 Last year's event featured beer 7% ABV or stronger from 35 breweries from around the world, two tasting sessions, and live entertainment. Details of this year's event will be posted on the festival website. Belgium Comes to West Chester - West Chester, PA, January 26 Annual event, which includes three-course beer dinner hosted by head brewer Chris LaPierre with dishes paired with a variety of Belgian beers; and a tasting of Belgian-style beers by Iron Hill's six locations and other microbreweries. 2007 Monthly Beer Festivals Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Weekly Brewsletters 2007 If you have a brew news story or would like to promote your beer festival, competition, or brewery openning, please contact: Dow Scoggins at info@beerinfo.com |
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