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This Week's Brew News and Top 50 Beer Bars

Capones Restaurant in Pennsylvania is Rated #1 Beer Bar in the World(Jan. 27) - RateBeer - RateBeer has just come out with its Best Beer Bars for 2008. Here's their list of the top 50 Beer Bars in the World. Complete List
Carlsberg puts $400 beer on menu(Jan. 26) - Copenhagen - The brewer, Scandinavia's biggest, introduced a beer yesterday that costs $396.47. The Vintage No. 1 brew will be sold at three Copenhagen restaurants, including Noma, a holder of two Michelin stars and the world's 15th-best restaurant in 2007, according to S.Pellegrino. Complete Story
Dado Bier launches the first beer with yerba-maté(Jan. 26) - Beer Advocate - Brazilian brewery Dado Bier has found in one of the most traditional elements of South American culture the raw material for their Dado Bier Ilex, an innovative mixed brew which brings the flavor and characteristic aroma of yerba-maté to a surprising beer. Complete Story
Seattlest Beer of the Week: Baron Pils(Jan. 26) - The Baron Pils is a perfect break from the big, high alcohol Winter beers that we have been enjoying. After a few heavy beers at a bar the other day, we grabbed a Baron Pils to lighten up and were happy as can be. Complete Story
Oskar Blues Brewery Grows 51% in 2007(Jan. 25) - Colorado - The company -- the nation's first hand-canning craftbrewery and makers of canned Dale's Pale Ale, Old Chub Scottish Style Ale, Gordon, and Ten FIDY Imperial Stout -- produced 12,409 barrels of beer in 2007. Complete Story
Bruisin' Ales Rated as One of the World's Best Beer Retailers(Jan. 25) - North Carolina - Asheville’s Bruisin Ales beer specialty store has been ranked as the world’s number two beer retailer by the respected RateBeer.com Web site. The shop at 66 Broadway, has some 650 brews in stock. Complete Story
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival(Jan. 23) - Alaska - Pelican Pub & Brewery Stormwatcher’s Winterfest wins! Sleeping Lady Old Gander Barley Wine comes in second and Deschutes Super Jubale places third. America's best brew, Kate the Great Russian Imperial Stout(Jan. 23) - New Hampshire - In the December edition of Beer Advocate Magazine, the Port City's own Portsmouth Brewery received rave reviews for its Russian Imperial Stout called "Kate the Great." Judges deemed it the best beer in America and second best beer on planet Earth. Complete Story Cheeky Orlando brewer boasts organic beer is art(Jan. 23) - Florida - John Cheek is on the cutting edge with the world's oldest alcoholic beverage -- beer. Cheek is the man behind Orlando Brewing Co., one of a handful of certified organic breweries in the nation. Complete Story This extreme beer takes it to the limit one more time(Jan. 22) - Boston - "This is beer?" It's a question that's often heard after someone takes a sip of Samuel Adams Utopias; it's often accompanied by a disbelieving shake of the head. Complete Story Serving the perfect beer(Jan. 22) - AP Seattle - While American beer once meant light lager, today it encompasses a wide array of flavors concocted by innovative craft brewers whose varieties — and in some cases, alcohol content — approach the breadth of wine and spirits. Complete Story
Anheuser-Busch Pushes the Big Beers for the Super Bowl(Jan. 21) - New York Times - "Anheuser-Busch, which buys more commercial time each year in the Super Bowl than any other marketer, is likely to run seven spots in Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3, all of them for Budweiser or Bud Light. Complete Story
Try craft and imported beers for better flavor(Jan. 21) - Texas - The hottest move in beer drinking today is toward craft and imported beers and away from lager-style lights, according to representatives of Sigel's and Centennial, two of Dallas' largest retailers. Complete Story
The Great Beer Primer(Jan. 19) - Minnesota - “An ale is more fruity, more highly hopped,” agrees August Schell’s brewmaster Jeremy Kral. They also contain more alcohol. They’re more aromatic, fuller bodied, and carry a more pronounced hoppy tartness. Complete Story



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