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Home > 2007 February's Beer Report 2007 February's Beer Report
February's Beer News Stoudt's Brewing marks 20 year anniversary(February 28) - Pennsylvannia - I remember the first time I walked into Stoudt's Brewing Co., just off Route 222 in Adamstown. It was in fall 1990, and I was there because, at the time, it was the state's first and only microbrewery. Complete Story Tapping into the organic craze(February 28) - Florida - John Cheek is the man behind Orlando Brewing Co., the state's sole certified organic brewery. John Cheek is on the cutting edge with the world's oldest alcoholic beverage. Complete Story Saint Arnold Brewing's Much-Anticipated Divine Reserve No. 4 Coming March 1(February 28) - Texas - March will come in like a lion if Saint Arnold Brewing Company has anything to do with it. There is nothing timid about Saint Arnold Divine Reserve No. 4, the latest incarnation of the unique single-batch series from the oldest craft brewery in Texas, which is scheduled to begin appearing on store shelves on March 1st. Complete Story Hudy Bock Beer comes back(February 28) - Cincinnati - Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. is resurrecting another of Cincinnati’s historic beer brands for this weekend’s Bockfest celebration. Hudepohl Bock Beer will be available on draft at restaurants and bars participating in Bockfest beginning Thursday. Complete Story Thirsty Dog will brew in Akron, Ohio(February 28) - Ohio - Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. will open a production brewery in Akron later this year - the first brewery of its type to open in downtown Akron in 50 years. Complete Story Virginia professor is 2007 Beerdrinker of the Year(February 27) - Colorado - Diane Catanzaro, a Norfolk, Va., homebrewer, beer judge and college professor, has been crowned the 2007 Beerdrinker of the Year. Catanzaro, 48, won the title in the hotly contested Beerdrinker of the Year National Finals on Feb. 24 at Wynkoop Brewing Company. Complete Story Heineken makes heavyweight profits with new 'light' beer(February 27) - Amsterdam - Dutch brewer Heineken reported on Wednesday a hefty 59.0-percent rise in net profit in 2006 thanks to a boost from its new light beer brand, "Heineken Premium Light". Complete Story Beer Man: Take off the chill with a hearty stout(February 26) - New York - So what does the Beer Man do to take his mind off inclement weather? Pop open an Imperial Stout, this time courtesy of Odell Brewing in Colorado. Complete Story Have A Beer, Do Your Taxes(February 26) - Maine - Instead of an office, the northern New Jersey accountant meets some of his clients at bars. Complete Story Green Beer Arrives on Tipp Hill(February 26) - Syracuse - St. Patrick's Day is three weeks away, but on Syracuse's Tipperary Hill the celebration has already begun with the arrival of green beer at Coleman's Restaurant. Complete Story Beer on the wall(February 25) - Foxboro, MA - Whenever Paul Tavares visited a city, he made it a point to try out the local brews. Then he kept the cans. Tavares has more than 600 steel or aluminum beer cans from around the world displayed in his garage. At one point, he had more than 800, but he had to downsize when he moved from Foxboro, Mass., to The Villages. Complete Story A-B Keeps Pouring 'Here's To Beer' Effort(February 24) - Chicago - Skeptics and craft brewers in particular said that once Anheuser-Busch has wrung out whatever benefit it sought with "Here's to Beer," it would drop the category-promoting campaign and move on to corporate priorities. Complete Story Four Sons Brewery Sold for $323(February 24) - A sheriff's sale Thursday morning at Four Sons Brewery in Titusville resulted in an ownership transfer to the Titusville Redevelopment Authority. No potential operators bid on the abandoned business and the sale amount was $323, the cost of execution of the sale plus $1. Complete Story Brewing new interest in an old brand(February 24) - New Jersey - Pabst has always been a working man's brew. From the factory towns of the 19th-century Midwest to the boxing telecasts from Madison Square Garden in the 20th to the NASCAR tracks of the 21st, Pabst Blue Ribbon has proudly worn the mantle of producing good, honest, unpretentious beer. Complete Story Missouri Microbreweries and Brewpubs Draw a Crowd(February 23) - Missouri - Microbreweries are a growing trend across the nation. Offering hand-crafted ales, pilsners, lagers and stouts, these small brewpubs deliver the finest in the brewer's art, often combined with an eclectic menu of savory dishes to quell your thirst and your appetite. And there always seems to be a TV or two tuned to a sports channel. Complete Story Harpoon Welcomes Danish Brewers To Celebrate Brewing Tradition(February 22) - Boston - Today, the Refsvindinge Brewery of Denmark arrives at the Harpoon Brewery to celebrate a beer they helped brew from over 3,000 miles away. The Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Refsvindinge Private Stock Danish Farmhouse Ale is the 18th installment of Harpoon’s limited edition line of beers. Complete Story Lager with a kick is a reminder of old Brooklyn(February 22) - Toronto - Before Prohibition, there were 45 breweries in Brooklyn, and the New York City borough could lay claim to being one of North America's great brewing centres. Complete Story Students drive under the influence of beer goggles(February 22) - North Carolina - Students, piloting an Alcohol Law Enforcement golf cart, swerved through the Brickyard Wednesday while under the influence of beer goggles. Complete Story Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar may be put up for sale(February 21) - Prague - Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovic, whose ministry is in charge of the state-owned company, said Wednesday that the government would work to prepare Budvar for privatization. The process would depend on the outcome of the trademark dispute with Anheuser-Busch, he said. Complete Story Rogue's 10,000th batch(February 21) - Oregon - Rogue Ales master brewer John Maier has brewed his 10,000th batch. Maier brewed the first batch of Rogue Ales in a garage on the Yaquina Bayfront in Newport, Oregon, on May 18, 1989. Complete Story Craft Beer Growth — An American Success Story(February 21) - Boulder, CO - The continuing growth of craft beer entered double-digit territory in 2006, with sales by craft brewers up 11.7% by volume for the year. This comes on top of strong growth in each of the prior three years and illustrates the ongoing surge of consumer interest in craft beers. Complete Story Here's what's on tap for the next 10 year(February 21) - San Diego - Ask a simple question: Where will San Diego's beer industry be in 10 years? Get a simple answer: “Ten years?” repeated Jack White, the president and resident seer at Ballast Point Brewing. “I don't know that we think much past the next brew.” Complete Story The Celebrator Beer News celebrates its 19th Anniversary(February 21) - California - Leaders of the craft brewing industry join the party celebrating America's premiere brewspaper anniversary. Complete Story Beer Belly Championship Rules call for "a full-sized abdomen capable of holding 24 beers at a time." Are you up for it?(February 21) - Canada - "Appearance should be barrel-like with size, shape, hardness and suitability to body as factors. Complete Story Attorneys General of 21 States Lash Out at Bud.tv Age Checks(February 21) - National - Dealing a blow to the $40 million experiment hailed as ushering in a new era for marketer-generated media, the attorneys general of 21 states are attacking Bud's groundbreaking online TV network, charging that it's too easily accessed by people below legal drinking age. Complete Story Foster's Profit Rise 90 Percent(February 20) - Australia - Australian brewer and winemaker Foster's Group Ltd. posted a 90 percent rise in half-year net profits on Tuesday, but shares plunged when it missed analyst forecasts after a strategy to combine its beer and wine sales teams flopped. Complete Story Masham beer is Yorkshire's best(February 20) - UK - Theakston's famous Old Peculier ale has scooped the coveted title of Champion Beer of Yorkshire at the Rotherham Oakwood 2007 Real Ale Festival. The Masham family brewery triumphed over stiff competition from more than 60 other Yorkshire brewers to claim the top prize. Complete Story Latest round of beer mergers could fall flat(February 20) - MSN Money - Speculation that InBev, the Brussels-based brewer, has entered preliminary merger talks with Anheuser-Busch, its US rival, met an enthusiastic response from investors last week. Complete Story St. Pauli announces 2007 Poster Girl - This Poster Girl is not only beautiful but is also a certified trained firefighter and hazardous materials handler. Poster and Complete Story Terrapin Beer signs as official beer for the Tour de Georgia(February 19, 2007) - Atlanta – Terrapin Beer Company, makers of the award-winning Terrapin Rye Pale Ale and Golden Ale, has been named the Official Beer provider for the 2007 Tour De Georgia. The partnership complements Terrapin Beer's passion for the sport of cycling, which includes its involvement with several Athens-based cycling teams. Complete Story Beers pack a big punch(February 19) - Indiana - They're big. They're bad. They'll knock you on your fanny if you're not careful. Extreme and big beers, those with high alcohol content and colossal flavor, are all the rage among craft brewers and many beer drinkers nowadays. Complete Story Beer Giant, Others Eye Old Dominion's Territory(February 19) - Washington DC - A group of partners that includes the beer giant Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis has applied for a new brewery license at Old Dominion Brewing Co. in Ashburn, another sign that the popular pub near Dulles International Airport is close to changing ownership. Complete Story Big Nugget from Alaskan Brewing takes 1st Place at Toronado Barley Wine Festival(February 19) - San Francisco - Results Banging back brews at Bockfest(February 19) - New Ulm, MN - Four hundred kegs of beer. That’s how much beer was readily available for people to drink at this year’s Bockfest, the August Schell Brewery’s annual festival in New Ulm. Complete Story Beer By the Year - Vintage Brews(February 17) - Newsweek - Forget 'born-on dates.' Vintage suds are becoming a popular pour at fine dining joints. But is any bottle of beer really worth it? . Complete Story Two New Seasonal Brews from Pelican(February 17) - Oregon - The Pelican Pub and Brewery has added Grand Cru de Pelican and Saison du Pelican to its bottling line. Complete Story Website A Pint of Yona Yona Ale, Please! (February 17) - Japan - Of the 23 varieties of beer at the Tokyo Real Ale festival last weekend, Tomo Onuki recommended the Yona Yona Scottish Ale. But then, judging by his kilt and the thistle tattooed on his neck, it's possible he was biased. Complete Story Minhas to brew Dixie beer brands(February 16) - Wisconsin - Minhas Craft Brewery said Thursday that it has signed a contract with Dixie Brewing Co. to brew and package Dixie beers at its Monroe brewery. The contract will result in the reintroduction of Dixie Brewery's brands following Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the New Orleans area on Aug. 29, 2005. Complete Story Oregon beers grow by hops and bounds(February 16) - Oregon's craft brewing industry, dismissed by some as "that microbrew fad", did more than survive a mid-'90s shakeout, a post-Sept. 11 slowdown and a more recent flattening out of beer consumption nationwide. It thrived. Complete Story Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a sampling of Asian brews(February 16) - While most of us have already embraced the new year and accepted the sad reality of our inability to maintain resolutions, people on the other side of the world are just gearing up for the arrival of the new Chinese year. Complete Story Anheuser-Busch, InBev merger talks(February 16) - St. Louis - Anheuser-Busch Cos. is in merger talks with the world's largest beer producer, Belgium's InBev SA, a published report said Thursday. Complete Story Tiger Beer expanding in Canada(February 16) - Tiger Beer is expanding its reach in Canada after its successful entry into the United States last year, Asia Pacific Breweries said Thursday. Complete Story Walters Brewery brew pub gets final OK(February 15) - Colorado - The Historic Arkansas Riverwalk will soon become home to a Walters Brewery brew pub/restaurant and a two-restaurant complex to include Angelo's Pizza. The Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority approved development agreements for the two ventures Tuesday. Complete Story Bavarian beer festival comes to London(February 15) - Germans might not be renowned for their great sense of humour, but when it comes to beer festivals, they're in a league of their own. Complete Story Nothing says romance like pink beer(February 15) - Miami - Forget about roses and chocolate. At Miami University, some students treated their Valentine’s Day sweethearts to a mug of pink beer. Complete Story Changes eyed for the FiftyFifty Brewing Companay(February 15) - Owners of the microbrewery/ restaurant planned for Truckee have a few changes in mind before opening for business. FiftyFifty Brewing Co., located at 11197 Brockway Road in the Rock commercial center, is now slated to open within the next couple of months, slightly delayed by a project amendment that would increase the restaurant’s square footage and make exterior modifications to the building. Complete Story Sad News About The Beer King(February 14) - Vermont - Alan Eames, known to the beer world as “The Beer King” and “The Indiana Jones of Beer,” passed away Saturday, February 10. He was 59 years old. Complete Story Budvar now using same yeast to make beer for over a century(February 14) - Czech Republic - Enjoying a glass of chilled beer one would hardly think of the complex biochemical process that is beer production. The prime ingredients are malt, hops, water and also yeast which helps turn sugar into alcohol and also influences the flavour of the beer. Complete Story Sam Adams unveils ultimate beer glass(February 14) - Wine lovers have long used crystal stemware to help experience the exquisite nose of a French merlot or a frisky Australian vin ordinaire, and now the Boston brewer thinks beer connoisseurs have achieved a similar level of discernment when it comes to appreciating state-of-the-art advances in lager delivery-systems. Complete Story Charity, chocolate and charm: A beer for what ails you(February 14) - Sometimes, the right beer can have just about everything. Consider Reunion Imperial Brown Ale from Bison Brewing in Berkeley. The beer itself is delicious, strong, dark, hoppy. It's 7.5 percent alcohol by volume. Complete Story Liquor shop churns out beer from milk(February 14) - Tokyo - Great news for beer and milk lovers: A liquor shop owner in Japan's largest dairy farming region has stopped crying about local spilt milk and started making beer from it instead. Complete Story Hoppin Good Ale'(February 13) - The brewing geniuses at Dogfish Head Brewery have bottled poetry with their Indian Brown Ale. Dogfish Head is one of the best and most creative craft brewers on the East Coast. Complete Story Heineken Targets The Teetotaler(February 13) - Moscow - Heineken, the third-biggest beer company in Russia by sales, will start selling a non-alcoholic version of its Bochkaryov beer as part of a plan to boost its market share in Russia. Complete Story VALE Brewery has produced their first new beer this millennium(February 13) - U.K. - Vale Pale Ale, V.P.A. is brewed in the style of the famous India Pale Ales, where a strong hop and high alcohol content was needed to keep the beer fresh in the three to five month journey to India. Complete Story Brewery puts the magic in organic(February 12) - Vermont - Magic Hat Brewing Co., makers of beer marketed on mysticism and mischief, has launched a subsidiary that promises to appeal to a whole new batch of beer and ale drinkers. Complete Story And she owns a brewery(February 11) - Ontario - C'mon guys, admit it: You fantasize about dating a smart, beautiful babe who runs her own brewery. Complete Story Playboy's Top Ten Microbrews - Playboy beer experts name their top ten American craft beers. Seattle’s Tom Schmidlin won 2006 “Beerdrinker of the Year”. Who will take the 2007 Title?(February 10) - Denver - Tom Schmidlin, a 36-year-old University of Washington graduate student, devout homebrewer and yeast enthusiast, won the 2006 Beerdrinker of the Year title in Denver, but who will this years title? Complete Story Home-brews win the LongShot label(February 10) - Boston - Boston Beer, brewer of the Samuel Adams line, has brought back the LongShot label. Mixed six-packs will be available later this month. LongShot, last brewed in the mid-1990s, highlighted prize-winning home-brew and gave amateurs a taste of pro brewing fame. Complete Story Michelob Going Back To All-Malt, Teardrop Bottles(February 10) - St. Louis - Anheuser-Busch's high-end Michelob family of beers is returning to an all-malt recipe and bringing back the familiar teardrop bottle that was eliminated five years ago. Complete Story Cayman Islands Brewery bottles success(February 10) - Caymans - As part of its preparations to launch a new national beer for the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands Brewery has completed the installation of a sophisticated new bottling line. Complete Story Brewpubs Seek to Make Distilled Spirits(February 9) - AP - Zach Triemert wants to bring what he learned in Scotland to Nebraska, and it isn't how to play bagpipes. 'We hope to use Nebraska grains and fruits to make world-class spirits,' Triemert, who earned a master's degree in brewing and distilling while in Scotland, told a legislative committee recently. Complete Story Beer Belly Protects Man During Car Wreck(February 9) - UK - When a hijacker jumped into his milk delivery van, Andrew Creed chased after it and grabbed on to an open window, the U.K. Sun reported. But Creed lost his grip when the thief started zig-zagging to shake him loose, and he got thrown under. Complete Story Yerba Mate Beer & More(February 8) - California - It seems that yerba mate is all the rage these days. So it was probably only a matter of time before someone came up with yerba mate beer. Complete Story Beer: Friends' beer society celebrates new brews(February 8) - Pittsburgh - Shaun Gilmour and Coby Sunderland don't just go to a bar to have fun and drink beer. No, they convene as the Pittsburgh Beer Society at a bar to have fun and drink beer. Complete Story Terrapin will set up local brewery(February 7) - Georgia - Athens-based Terrapin Beer Co., which for years has had other companies make its signature beers, plans to open its own brewery this summer in Athens. Complete Story Find Real Ale Made the Old-fashioned Way(February 7) - Ashville, NC - There are lots of great beers made and sold in Asheville. But just one of the local breweries makes a treat that is known as cask-conditioned ale. Complete Story Lagunitas introduces “Sonoma Farmhouse” beers(February 7) - California - Lagunitas is introducing a new line of beers in 22 oz. bottles under the name “Sonoma Farmhouse.” The idea according to Lagunitas owner Tony Magee is to be able to do different kinds of beers than the usual Lagunitas fare under the new label. Complete Story Design your own beer label(February 7) - Europe - It was only a matter of time that the whole selfish idea of mass-customisation would leap from luggage tags and bank cards to beer. Complete Story Reunion Beer to Benefit Bone Cancer Research(February 6) - California - Once upon a time, Pete Slosberg created Pete’s Wicked Ale. And the brown ale was good. He had help spreading the word, of course, and in the early days Alan Shapiro and Virginia MacLean also helped Pete’s become a nationally known microbrewery. Complete Story Henry Weinhard's Offers Organic Amber Premium Ale(February 6) - Oregon - Born from locally grown organic barley and natural hops, Organic Amber Premium Ale is USDA-certified organic to meet the strict standard that more than 95 percent of its ingredients are grown without the use of pesticides and chemicals. Complete Story Dear, you're very beer to my heart(February 6) - New York - There's only one week until Valentine's Day and the pressure is on to come up with a dynamite plan. You want to cook a gourmet meal for your significant other, but the refrigerator opens to a familiar scene: lots of beer, some condiments and not much else. Complete Story Miller To Launch Mexican-Style Beer(February 6) - Milwaukee - Se habla Miller? Miller Brewing Co. is hoping Hispanics speak its name next month when the company introduces a beer flavored with lime and salt. Complete Story Best Superbowl Beer Commercials(February 5) - BeerInfo's Favorite Commercials AB hopes Bud.TV will be must-see on the Web(February 5) - St. Louis - In the new "reality" show "Truly Famous," an actor poses as "Crisanto," a fictional Spanish film star who tricks the unwitting into treating him as a celebrity. Complete Story Website 'Nano brewery' keeps beer flowing(February 5) - Washington - After four months bumping about Europe, they decided to make beer and new friends in Waitsburg, about 55 miles east of the Tri-Cities. We are a nano brewery, not a microbrewery," Court said of the small establishment. Complete Story Plzen brewery sends message to future generations in beer bottles(February 5) - Prague - About a dozen special hermetic cases with beer bottles and cans hiding archive material, including daily press and notes of respected personalities, such as President Vaclav Klaus, were today walled up in the historical cellars of the Plzen brewery as a message to future generations, brewery spokesman Vladimir Jurina told CTK. Complete Story It's 300 bottles of beer on the wall(February 4) - Amsterdam - Do you crave a bottle of the legendary Westvleteren 12 beer from the Belgium Abbey of St. Sixtus? Got a yen for British-brewed Young's Double Chocolate Stout with its "slightly sour tinge and hint of bread?" Complete Story Interesting beer dates in United States beer history(February 4) - The development of beer brewing and the industry of fermentation behind it is an intriguing story. Here are just some of the high and low points. 1607 - First shipment of beer arrives in the Virginia colony from England. Complete Story Beer Company Gives Workers Day Off After Big Game(February 3) - Indianapolis - Employees of the Monarch Beverage Co. will be enjoying a long football weekend. The Indianapolis beer-and-wine distributor is making Monday a paid holiday for all of its more than 600 workers. Complete Story Drinking Beer In Class(February 2) - New York - Underage students at a Rochester college get to drink beer and wine during class -- and it's legal. That's if they're enrolled in a pair of courses at Rochester Institute of Technology titled Wines of the World and Beers of the World. Complete Story 'Beer Drinker's Diet' Allows A Little Fun(February 2) - Chicago - There's a new diet just in time for the Super Bowl. But don't worry, this one is different, and perfect for people with game day plans. Complete Story Labatt bids $201.4M for Lakeport, smaller rival that led cheap-beer trend(February 1) - Toronto - Discount beer leader Lakeport Brewing, after chipping away at the profits of Canada's biggest brewers, has attracted a $201.4-million takeover bid from market leader Labatt Brewing Co. Complete Story Gambrinus Sells Moosehead Brand Back to Brewery(February 1) - Canada - The Gambrinus Co. has agreed to sell back the U.S. distribution rights for the Moosehead brand of Canadian beer to the brewery. Complete Story Briefs: Craft beer school begins in March(February 1) - Pittsburgh - Beer enthusiasts can expand and sharpen their palates at a Craft Beer School sponsored by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, an addition to its Cabaret series of fun tastings and light fare. Complete Story Beer and the Bible(February 1) - St. Louis - Theology at the Bottleworks Brewpub is run by a wildly successful congregation of young St. Louisans called The Journey. The Schlafly program is part of the church's outreach ministry. And it works. Complete Story
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