Beer News
Looks like the State of Georgia may have revised its opinion on growlers. It has been recently discovered that there is a certain situation that would allow growlers to be sold in the state of Georgia. I have obtained a Continue Reading →
You may have seen this on the shelves. Moonshoot Beer, a beer with 69mg of caffeine, faces ban by the FDA in the wake of Four Loko’s recent banning. Moonshot is brewed by New Century Brewing Company in Hingham, Massachusetts. They are also known for one other beer – Edison Light.
Four Loko is an alcoholic energy drink that has been in the news as of late due to the high about of caffeine mixed with alcohol. The FDA has deemed the beverage and others like it potentially dangerous. In response, Four Loko stated they will be removing the caffeine from the drink and continue producing it. This opens up the are larger question whether beer with caffeine falls under the same restrictions. Moonshot Beer is a light lager boasting a good bit of caffeine on the label.
Today Rhonda Kallman, Founder of New Century Brewing issued a press release regarding the situation. Read on for the press release…
If you come to this site, you are probably a craft beer fan. As much as you and I love it, you can’t get it everywhere. Especially if you frequent sporting venues. So you are at a Thrashers game, Continue Reading →
Bell’s Brewing’s epic & tasty IPA – Two Heart Ale keg cans get a new label. The fish label that you have come to know and love will still be featured on the backdrop of a book. Volume Continue Reading →
Looks like 21st Amendment ‘s (San Francisco, CA) signature IPA in a can has gotten brand new, snappy artwork. Looks pretty good huh? Drink! Abe Lincoln says so! And he doesn’t lie.
Label:
Like Abe, we believe in freedom. Freedom from Continue Reading →
Heavy Seas Brewing is celebrating their 15th year of brewing. To mark the occasion, Heavy Seas is releasing a special beer dubbed “Thank you, Thank you very much. It’s an imperial IPA. It’s a gotten a few people excited for Continue Reading →
Another reason to love beer. From LiveScience.com –
May beer have helped lead to the rise of civilization? It’s a possibility, some archaeologists say.
Their argument is that Stone Age farmers were domesticating cereals not so much to fill their stomachs but to lighten their heads, by turning the grains into beer. That has been their take for more than 50 years, and now one archaeologist says the evidence is getting stronger.
Signs that people went to great lengths to obtain grains despite the hard work needed to make them edible, plus the knowledge that feasts were important community-building gatherings, support the idea that cereal grains were being turned into beer, said archaeologist Brian Hayden at Simon Fraser University in Canada.