Okay, here is your Surly Darkness Day 2011 update.
A bunch of people have been lined up since before dawn. They are drinking awesome beers, many already buzzing. The line by 8:45 am was 2x as long as it was last Continue Reading →
Leinenkugel is experimenting with a barrel aging program. The first experiments have been with Big Eddy Imperial Stout. Eddy has spent time in bourbon and rye bourbon barrels. Here’s the kicker, these releases don’t really exist. Well, they Continue Reading →
More Miller news. CEO Tom Long admits that the “Man Up” campaign failed to lift the company from slumping sales. Their ad agency is working on new advertising. What’s to blame? Not rain this time. It’s unemployment among blue collar Continue Reading →
New Belgium Brewing works hard at being “Green.” The but with anything in nature, breaking things down is a stinky job. Some residents of Fort Collins are finding this out the hard way.
The biomass sludge, bacteria rich material that New Continue Reading →
Tom Long of Miller Coors made a pretty interesting speech last week at the National Beer Wholesalers Conference in Las Vegas. To sum up his thoughts, the beer industry is slumping. Spirits are up. (To the tune of 1.5% Continue Reading →
Notch Brewing’s Saison has been promoted to year round status. This saison (or Worker’s Beer) is a mere 3.8% ABV. Starting in 22oz bottles was a way to test the demand for a low abv session saison. 6-packscarry Continue Reading →
Miller has one, Heineken has one. Home draft systems. Packaging you buy and take home (in larger formats, multiple liters of beer) to your fridge. The system keeps the beer pressurized so as not to go flat. Seriously, I’m sure you get Continue Reading →
