Tag: Beer

New York pub crawls: Because your regular drinking dens are like following the spin-dry cycle

Coming to the UK: Shatter proof pint glasses?

87,000 are reported to getting “glassed” by unruly UK bar patrons (reported, I’m sure this rises above 100,000 a year) which is … well, a lot! Rather than reduce the cause of these incidents, some UK glass makers have decided to embrace their scrappy culture and just redesign pint glasses to reduce breakage. Margaret Ryan …

Pickle and Beer Tasting in Brooklyn

Rick Field from Rick’s Picks will be at Beer Table in Brooklyn to share and talk about his pickle. They’ll be pairing beers alongside the vinegary treats as Rick tells the tales of his business. Tickets are $35.00 on Monday, November 16th, 7:00-8:30pm. Check out Beer Table for other up coming events and beer pairings. …

Bud Light Lime offers Can Confessions

I just returned from a solid weekend at Lake George, and a cooler of this Bud Light flavor beer was on hand. I’m proud to say that it was the last to go (by default there was nothing else left). Here’s their latest marketing ad: Sorry guys, I prefer bottles with models to the can…

Beer lovers: What would Jesus brew?

In the beginning, there was a long line for Judgment Day ale. Shortly after the doors opened on the 27th Great American Beer Festival, a crowd congregated at the booth offering that and other pours from The Lost Abbey of San Marcos, California, where the tap handle is a Celtic cross and the legacy of …

New York City Craft Beer Festival – Sept. 12-21st

The guys at Heartland Brewery are kicking off a full 10 day of celebrating beer, starting with their Brewfest this Friday and ending with the 2nd Annual Manhattan Cask Ale Festival at the Chelsea Brewing Company, which features 45 cask-conditioned ales available per pour from noon to midnight the weekend of the 19th. In between …

Germans have seen cheaper, sunnier and smokier days

We just heard about this from the Brits and zee Germans are hurting for beer customers. Hotter days may call for more beer drinking but ultimately it’s the rising prices, the “health” factor and a few things not mentioned below, the trend to move expand drinkers pallets to other brews, wines and hard cocktails that …

Beer losing British Iconic appeal?

LONDON (AP) – The iconic British pint is fast losing ground as the national drink, with a report out Monday showing beer sales in pubs slumping to their lowest level since the Great Depression. Squeezed by a nationwide smoking ban, rising costs, competition from supermarkets and the economic downturn, beer sales fell 4.5 percent between …

Beer Distilled Whiskey

If you’ve never heard of Charbay on the east coast, it’s understandable. They’re a family run winery & distillery based in the Napa Valley, California. The interesting product today is their Whiskey, a craft whiskey made from hand-distilled bottle-ready beer. Normally referred to as “low wash” or “distiller’s beer,” it’s not something you’d reach for …

Wine Barrel Beer

While surrounded by fields of grapes and makers of some of the worlds finest vino, Russian River Brewing Company went the other way and created the first brewery in Sonoma to use wine barrels to produce beer. RRBC age the brews in wine-seasoned oak barrels with wild yeast and bacteria for a year or two, …