Who consumes the most beer per capita? It breaks down like this. Beer is 85% of the total volume of alcoholic beverages sold in the United States. [TownHall]
The Drunk Diet. Seems like a fantasy, but Lüc Carl did it. He’s a heavy metal musician that’s more recently known for being Lady Gaga’s ex-boyfriend. He found himself at 31 to be fat, bloated, and miserable. He was pretty Continue Reading →
Who’s paying the most per gallon of beer in the United States? The Tax Foundation has figured that out for you. The states with the highest excise tax include Alaska, Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, & South Carolina. A excise tax is Continue Reading →
The 5th Annual SAVOR will be held in Washington DC June 8th & 9th from 7:30-11:00pm EST. Limited presale tickets will go on sale April 3rd at 12pm EST exclusively to American Homebrewer Association members. For everyone else tickets will Continue Reading →
Seven chardonnay barrels just arrived at Dry Dock Brewing Co. and are waiting to be filled with beer to be aged for six months. The end result after adding some Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus during the brewing process will be a Continue Reading →
Not only has Denver Beer Company expanded production by adding two new seven barrel fermenters, but they have also somewhat secretly been bringing in barrels from around the world to begin barrel aging some of their beers. One of these is Continue Reading →
Mississippi is finally making some headway with their antiquated beer laws. Three bills that will make for a better beer situation in the state passed the state senate. Next stop, the house.
The bills are:
Senate Bill 2878 – Allows the alcohol Continue Reading →
Who consumes the most beer per capita? It breaks down like this. Beer is 85% of the total volume of alcoholic beverages sold in the United States. [TownHall]
The Drunk Diet. Seems like a fantasy, but Lüc Carl did it. He’s a heavy metal musician that’s more recently known for being Lady Gaga’s ex-boyfriend. He found himself at 31 to be fat, bloated, and miserable. He was pretty miserable over the split, and decided to make a change. His change was running marathons and cycling. He developed a better understanding of how the body works. Instead of giving up his beloved alcohol, he changed his eating habits from late night processed meals to natural foods and exercising.
His new book started out as more of a journal of his activities. Over time he developed a love for running and attributes that to his quitting smoking and losing almost 60 pounds. All the while, he was still drinking. In fact, the tagline for his book is “How I Lost 40 Pounds… Wasted.” His true love? Craft beer. This one’s for you beer geeks – upon being asked if he would switch to Light Beer, Carl’s answer? “Not in public”.
The book is available for purchase & digital download at Amazon.
Who’s paying the most per gallon of beer in the United States? The Tax Foundation has figured that out for you. The states with the highest excise tax include Alaska, Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, & South Carolina. A excise tax is an indirect tax levied by the government to support itself. The southeast has some of the highest taxes (Bible Belt), as does Alaska & Hawaii (tourism). The bourbon belt (Tennesse & Kentucky) have among the lowest.
The 5th Annual SAVOR will be held in Washington DC June 8th & 9th from 7:30-11:00pm EST. Limited presale tickets will go on sale April 3rd at 12pm EST exclusively to American Homebrewer Association members. For everyone else tickets will go on sale on April 5th at 12am EST via Ticketmaster.
A few important points to note:
Seven chardonnay barrels just arrived at Dry Dock Brewing Co. and are waiting to be filled with beer to be aged for six months. The end result after adding some Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus during the brewing process will be a sour apricot brew.
More than likely the sour apricot will not be bottled but it will be served on tap at Dry Dock’s tasting room and at some local establishments. They plan to brew limited batches at first to figure out what works best. Dry Dock is currently looking for a new facility to expand their production and bottle these sour beers on a separate bottling line in the future.
Not only has Denver Beer Company expanded production by adding two new seven barrel fermenters, but they have also somewhat secretly been bringing in barrels from around the world to begin barrel aging some of their beers. One of these is a cognac barrel from France that is currently aging their barleywine. There are also two wild turkey barrels aging Denver Beer Co.’s Russian Imperial Stout. A French chardonnay barrel holds a Belgian Pale Ale. After the first round of use with the barrels, co-founder Charlie Berger hopes to use them to make sours.
Mississippi is finally making some headway with their antiquated beer laws. Three bills that will make for a better beer situation in the state passed the state senate. Next stop, the house.
The bills are:
Senate Bill 2878 – Allows the alcohol by weight to be raised from 5% to 8%.
Senate Bill 2370 – Allows beer with greater than 5 percent alcohol by weight to be brewed. The beer could also be sold over Mississippi state lines.
Senate Bill 2600 – Allows breweries to provide samples of the beer.
Raise Your Pints is doing a lot of great work to help push through the barriers of Mississippi’s pretty strict alcohol laws. Sadly, the home brewing beer (to legally allow home brewing in the state) died in committee recently.
