Beer News

Hydrofracking A Hot Button Issue For Ommegang

A fight is breaking out in New York.  Ommegang is taking issue with a natural gas drilling method called “hydrofracking.”  Ommegang says it could cost them the brewery.

Hydrofracking  aka hydraulic fracturing, is a method of horizontally fracturing rock Continue Reading →

Join In The Coast To Coast Toast Today

Vanberg & Dewulf has teamed up with Untappd, and various fine beer bars around the United States to have the “single largest one-day national celebration of Belgian beer culture held in the USA this millennium.”

An estimated 350 bars, restaurants, and Continue Reading →

Pyramid Bottling Discord

Pyramid mentioned a couple of months ago that they were going to get back to their roots a bit more. See: We Hefe’d Up That means new batches, and larger market presence for their current brews. Discord has previously only Continue Reading →

British Police Use Free Beer To Catch Suspects

Sometimes criminals can be really dumb.  Derbyshire Constabulary (England) offered a case of free beer to those with outstanding warrants/wanted criminals.  The individuals were instructed to call a number to arrange delivery of the beer, only to be arrested instead. Continue Reading →

Batch 19 Launches To Honor Repeal Day

Batch 19, brought to you by MillerCoors, is a pre-Prohibition style lager. Batch 19 is derived from a recipe found in an old logbook discovered in brewery archives dating back to before 1919, when Prohibition banned beer.  This lager contains a Continue Reading →

Bud Light Platinum: Slightly Sweeter Taste

The official press release….

(St. Louis, MO) — Bud Light, the world’s best-selling beer, will add to its portfolio when the brand debuts Bud Light Platinum in early 2012. With a slightly sweeter taste, higher alcohol by volume (6%) and signature Continue Reading →