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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 →

Cyborg Beer Yeast Controlled By Computers

Scientists at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute In Zurich have found a way to control beer yeast using computer controlled light and genetically engineered molecules.

Simply put:  the scientists took yeast – in this case saccharomyces cerevisiae (s.cerevisiae) and Continue Reading →

Genesee Cream Ale Going Old School

Genesee Cream Ale cans are going old school.  Back to the artwork from the 1960’s.  Cream Ale was first introduced in 1960.   They marked the the beer’s 50th anniversary last December.  Cream Ale, 12 Horse, and regular Genessee are Continue Reading →