Beer in the news

[canuck]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns ... onage.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All I can say is.......

[mr x]

Words of wisdom Nelson. It's high time that these appointees start living in fear.

[mr x]

[mr x]

Beer Duopoly Averted

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/201 ... verted/?hp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jimmy]

Halifax man arrested after plan to steal beer backfires

A Halifax man is facing charges - and perhaps public ridicule - after a plan to steal beer from a transport truck backfired. A truck driver pulled up to the Oland Breweries distribution centre this morning, ready to unload his haul. When he came back to the truck after collecting some paperwork, he noticed a van was parked beside the trailer. One of the doors was open and a man was inside.

“Taking beer from a pallet and putting it on the floor of the trailer and he said, ‘what are you doing?’ and the guy said ‘taking beer.’ So the driver closed the door and locked the guy inside,” says Wade Keller, a spokesman for Oland Breweries.

Upset about being locked in the trailer, Keller says the man protested the situation. “You could hear bottles being thrown and pallets and so on,” he says.

The driver kept the man locked inside the truck until police arrived on the scene. “That actually makes our job pretty easy,” says Halifax Regional Police spokeswoman Theresa Rath. “We were able to arrest him very easily as a result and he is in custody at this time.” She says police had little trouble making the arrest because the intruder was calm when they arrived. “The gentleman had calmed down and was sitting up near the front of the trailer, enjoying a cold Budweiser.”
Police are still investigating but a 45-year-old Halifax man is expected to face charges in court tomorrow morning. “His charges are theft, possession, property damage, as well as six counts of breaching a court order and conditions,” says Rath.

The truckload of beer will need to be disposed of for safety reasons, which will cost the company tens of thousands of dollars, according to Keller.

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/mobile/halif ... -1.1157304

[LiverDance]

That is awesome!!! Maybe he was trying to get a jump on the new hopped beers

[mr x]

Expensive fuck up. Wonder how Mr. Bonehead got inside the gate?

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[mr x]

Jost brewery news on Cbc shortly.

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[mr x]

Pretty small, 700 or 800 square feet. Making for the local market, 2014. Could be nice, could be a money pit. They should run a Home Brewers contest...

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[mr x]

The beer belly is a myth, study claims

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http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/hea ... 66107.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[derek]

The beer belly is a myth, study claims

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http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/hea ... 66107.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well, Fuck! Now what am I going to blame it on?

[Dirt Chicken]

The beer belly is a myth, study claims

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http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/hea ... 66107.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well, Fuck! Now what am I going to blame it on?

... Doritos

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[derek]

Well, Fuck! Now what am I going to blame it on?

... Doritos

Nope, that doesn't work either. I'm probably just going to have to admit that I sit on my ass all day...

[hogie]

[dean2k]

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to hear a complaint against a restaurant chain that sells a beer called Albino Rhino, because a woman who suffers albinism considers it offensive, thus proving once again that society has lost all ability to solve small problems without turning them into big ones.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/201 ... and-wings/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I actually had some albino rhino on my one and only trip to Alberta so this caught my eye. Earl's caved.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the ... cle8834872

[derek]

7 or 8 years after calling for "craft beer" to never be sold in cans...
Never Say Never: Samuel Adams Boston Lager Cans

[derek]

Are We in Danger of a Beer Monopoly?

The case is not built on any leaked documents about some secret plan to abuse market power and raise prices. Instead, it’s based on the work of Justice Department economists who, using game theory and complex forecasting models, are able to predict what an even bigger AB InBev will do. Their analysis suggests that the firm, regardless of who is running it, will inevitably break the law.

Argh. Much as I despise AB InBev, and am sure they really do want to build a monopoly, the idea of penalizing even a corporation for a crime they haven't yet committed is pretty frightening. Is the US DOJ taking orders from Homeland Security these days?

[mr x]

It's standard consumer protection law. I don't see much wrong with it.

[mr x]

Buzzkill! Philadelphia pair sues Budweiser maker for $5 million, saying the company sells watered-down suds: report

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[derek]

It's standard consumer protection law. I don't see much wrong with it.

The anti-monopoly laws are fine - and AB InBev are probably already in violation of them. It's the idea that they haven't actually gathered evidence of that, but instead are using game theory to "prove" that they will break the law. That's very little different from throwing poor people in jail because, statistically, they're far more likely to commit a violent crime than wealthier people. Due process is pretty much mandatory in a democracy.

[mr x]

But anti-monopoly laws are applied before the crime, and are based on statistical data. The theories here are data based as well. And they are getting their due process, and they can well afford it.

[mr x]

Golden ale sales soar as lager drinkers turn their backs on the fizz

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... permarkets" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Golden ale is the UK's fastest growing beer variety, having lured increasing numbers of drinkers away from the dominant and heavily promoted lager brands.

Retail analyst Nielsen reports that sales of golden ale have soared by 26% in the last year across all retailers, while sales of lager fell by 3% over the same period.

At Tesco, the UK's biggest beer retailer, the trend is even more marked with year-on-year growth of 40%, far larger than for any other type of beer.

Industry experts say golden ale has become the stepping stone for younger drinkers as they switch from lager to ale.

Among the most popular golden ales are Thwaites Wainwright, Greene King Old Golden Hen, Greene King IPA, St Austell Tribute, Badger Fursty Ferret, and Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted.

Roger Protz, editor of the Good Beer Guide called the trend "a remarkable turnaround. A few small brewers in the 1980s launched golden ales because they didn't have the right equipment to make lager but wanted to introduce younger drinkers to the delights of paler beers.

"The beauty of golden ales is that they're made only with pale malt, so there are no roasted, darker malts to impede the hops. The result is a beer style that positively bursts with tangy, zesty and citrus hop flavours."

Tesco ale buyer Chiara Nesbitt added: "Over the last five years ale has made a resounding revival as a flavoursome beer that is now appealing to a younger generation of beer drinkers. Golden ale with its light and refreshing taste is playing a major role in this revival as it is the beer lager drinkers first generally try if they want to switch to ale."

[mr x]

This is fucking gross. Kokanee is without a doubt the shittiest excuse for a beer I've ever had in this country. I want it gone, and the people who drink it drawn and quartered.
http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/02 ... movie.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tim Gregory]

Lame. Remember those Keith's ads from the 90s with the Admiral who came to NS and never left because of Keith's, and then in the next one his commander came, then it was the Queen, etc. I remember they evolved into a really bad TV "movie".

[akr71]

This is fucking gross. Kokanee is without a doubt the shittiest excuse for a beer I've ever had in this country. I want it gone, and the people who drink it drawn and quartered.
http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/02 ... movie.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I saw the trailer on TV over the weekend. At first I thought it was an extended commercial, but no