Thirst for Craft Beer Is Keeping Business Bubbling and Jobs Brewing
Written by Rick Leventhal for FOXnews.com
At New York City’s Brooklyn Brewery, where beer output and new hires are on the rise, there is no better example of how the appetite for craft beers pours strong, despite a flat economy.
Based in an old brick warehouse in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, just across the East River from Manhattan, the brewery cooks, ferments and sells more than 110,000 barrels of lager, ale and other craft beers every year. This includes beer the company brews at another facility upstate in Utica. (Most likely Matt Brewing- PGA)
The specialty suds are sold in kegs of all sizes along with bottles and cans — the equivalent of between 1.5 and 2 million cases was poured in 2010. The company says the production will grow far larger when an expansion project is complete.
“I think a lot of people aren’t guzzling beer the way they used to,†says owner Steve Hindy. “They’re looking for something they can savor and think about and talk about — and that’s Brooklyn Lager, or one of our other great beers.â€
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Beer Below 4% Alcohol Currently Outlawed in Restaurants, Bars in Colorado
Written by Charlie Papazian for Examiner.com
It’s a sad state of affairs when state legislators have to spend time and fight to get a bill passed that would permit restaurants and bars to sell beer that is less than 4% alcohol. Really? Really!
But that’s the way it is in Colorado, which isn’t the only state in the U.S. of A. that has some pretty convoluted beer laws. It seems like a no brainer, but debate, discussion and logic seems to be prevailing as Colorado Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Sens. Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood, and Jean White, R-Hayden slowly advances and gains support. According to a Denver Business Journal story Bill allowing low-alcohol beer sales in Colorado bars, restaurants advances, “The bill would reverse a law allowing only establishments with low-alcohol “fermented beverage†licenses, such as convenience and grocery stores, to sell beers less than 4 percent alcohol by volume.â€
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Club Update: Saratoga Thoroughbrews
Saratoga/Glens Falls/Albany area
News and Events
March Meeting:
Place: Olde Saratoga Brewery
Date: March 3, 2011
NOB Starts at 6:00 PM and ends at 6:45PM
Beer Judging Starts at 7:00PM
Judging styles:
Open Club Entries: (Any Style)
Club Only Competition: Category 5, Bock, (5A-5D)
Bring any home brew you would like judged.
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Winter Warmer Fest Offers a Break from the Weather and a Chance to Try Ohio Craft Beers
Written by Marc Bona for The Plain Dealer
Note: expect a column on Hoppin Frog sometime this spring, early summer from PGA writer Ken Carman- PGA
Beer aficionados: If you’re suffering from cold-weather doldrums and want a break, there’s a fest for you Saturday.
Or if you just like beer.
The Ohio Craft Brewers Association’s fifth annual Winter Warmer Fest offers more than 50 beers served in two sessions — 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Sachsenheim Hall, 7001 Denison Ave., Cleveland. Admission is $30 per session.
Tickets are available at the hall and participating breweries, such as Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Cleveland, Hoppin’ Frog Brewery in Akron and Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon in North Olmsted. Admission includes a glass, live music and 10 drink tickets. Extra drink tickets and German food will be available for purchase.
“I really enjoy it,” said Hoppin’ Frog’s Fred Karm, who said the event usually sells out. “It gives us a chance to talk with customers in an environment that isn’t so busy. . . . you get more elbow room, and the brewers know that.”
Karm has reason to enjoy it: His pumpkin ale and B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher oatmeal imperial stout won the people’s choice favorite-beer honors at the past two fests.
Oz Firms Develop First Beer That Can Be Consumed in Space
Two companies in Australia have developed a beer that can be safely consumed in space.
With space tourism preparing to take off as early as next year, Saber Astronautics Australia and the Four Pines Brewing Company came up with the thirst quenching beer.
Posted at SiFy.com. Author uncredited
Jaron Mitchell, the founder of Four Pines, said the creation of space beer was an event for the history books.
“Wherever humans have journeyed or conquest to throughout history in the last few thousand years, we first worry about water, food, shelter and clothing,” News.com.au quoted him as saying.
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The Beer Highway in Northern California (Part One of Three)
Written by Tom Becham for Professorgoodales.net
Due to some family considerations, January saw me and my wife traveling to Northern California by car. While I did not, and could not make this entire trip about beer, we did manage to visit a couple prominent breweries and/or their taprooms while on the road.
The first of these places was Firestone-Walker. Their actual brewery is in Paso Robles, but their taproom – with 
nice attached restaurant – is just off the highway in Buellton, California. As Firestone is located smack in the heart of Santa Barbara wine country (and since the Firestone family is also involved in wineries), the brewery’s fondness for barrel-aging beers seems natural. Combined with Firestone’s fondness for barrel-fermenting and aging beers, is their effort to make beers that are as English in character as possible. The results tend to be ales that one could easily find in a pub in Yorkshire or Kent, but with a unique twist.
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Club Update: Escambia Bay Brewers
I am leaving for the South Florida & the Keys tomorrow and will not be back till the 15th or so. Jim Martin, Rex and Gary have agreed to be at my shop this Saturday between 11:00am and 1:00pm to dispense grain orders for those that need their grain before I get back. That’s a 2 hour window so don’t be late or you’ll be out of luck. I’ll send out the pricing tomorrow when I get the grain so you can be ready when you pick it up. If you don’t have a check I can’t say if there will be any change available. Checks should be made out to EBH.
Pat Johnson
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Reminder!
St Pats party at Mark Robertsons place on Lakeview is Sat March 12th. Party starts at 2PM. Early Birds are OK. We need a head count for food prep. If you have not already done so, please RSVP to me ASAP. Bring Beer & bring a dish or snack food. Jim
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Gumbo cook off at Seville is March 19th. Club will buy your entry ticket if you sign up. head cooks are Sean & Jim. Please let me know if you can bring beer. We ran out at the chili cookoff. RSVP ASAP. If you RSVP and cannot come, please notify me so that club does not spent money for nothing. More details later. jim
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Athletes Quaff No-Alcohol Beer as Sport Drink
Written by David Sharp
This version is a variation from news.yahoo.com, another variation was published by Fox News. Origin: AP. Picture: Andrea Henkel, of Germany, poses with a large glass of Erdinger from AP file, 2/12/11.
PORTLAND, Maine – Beer. It’s not just for couch potatoes anymore.
A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its no-alcohol beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits.
Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head. And it comes in one color — a golden hue — unlike conventional sport drinks.
Several top athletes from Europe quaffed the beverage from giant mugs on the podium of the World Cup biathlons held this month in northern Maine.
The company touts the beverage as an isotonic, vitamin-rich, no-additive beverage with natural regenerative powers that help athletes recover from a workout. In other words, it’s carbohydrate-loaded refreshment without the alcoholic buzz of beer or the jitters caused by some energy drinks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Moron Attempt to Clone Moosehead Beer
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