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March 22, 2013
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Weekly Beer News Round Up
All the beer news that’s fit to reprint.by Eddie Glick
Now that everyone has recoverd from Scotchtoberfest, here’s what you missed in the beer world while you were sleeping off that bender:
Bang Go The Bell’s
No, I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t go ten years without a reference to Babylon A.D. If you need to click that link to know what I’m talking about, you are a cultural dullard. But no need to fret, because Bell’s Brewery is in good hands, or at least eccentric hands, as Larry Bell confirmed that full ownership of the rapidly growing company was transferred to the Bell’s family. Then he promptly announced a massive list of capital improvements and expansion plans.read the article
Mississippi, Welcome To The 21st Century
It’s only been more than 30 years since Jimmy Carter federally legalized home brewing, so it’s not much of a surprise that Mississippi is only now culturally catching up with the rest of America. The lone state to still outlaw home brewing is Alabama, the same state that’s trying to pass legislation letting every government entity publicly display the Ten fucking Commandments. What a shock, since religious zealotry and neo-prohibitionism go hand in hand.read the article
Kick. (Frog). Ass. In A Good Way
Hoppin’ Frog, the Ohio brewery kicking out extreme brews solely in bombers, announced plans for not just a tasting room, but a bar featuring their own beers alongside a world class tap list of guest offerings. Head brewer and owner Fred Karm put it thusly: “I’m hoping to rival some of the best beer lists in the area, if not in America.” Make no small plans, Fred, and keep brewing great beer.read the article
Banner Headline Of The New York Times: BEER IS AWESOME!
Actually, I made that one up, but the Times did run an opinion piece about how beer was and is an integral part of human civilization. Unlike most of the “beer is food” theories, the angle here is that alcohol provided a temporary release from the stringent rules of society that, while keeping our ancestors alive, made them grade A sticks in the mud when it came to the arts and innovation. Interesting read.read the article
Local News Team Thinks Beer Is Awesome
Um … I kind of made that headline up, too. I guess so many of these “news” outlets “breaking” the story that beer is good for you is starting to get a little mundane, so I spruced up the headline a bit. I shoulda been a copywriter. If only I could’ve hacked journalism school …read the article
The Chicago Beer Scene Goes Boom
This is a fascinating read: The Chicago Reader conducts an instant message interview with Metropolitan Brewing’s Jess Straka and former Goose Island brewer (and head of the new Off Color Brewing) John Laffler about the new wave of craft beer inundating Chicago. Includes some great observations, like how even a city the size of Chicago can’t sustain the massive number of breweries opening in the area, and the schadenfreude over the dumbass lawsuit claiming Budweiser is watered down is actually a bad thing for craft brewers.read the article