Posted in miscellany, beer, beer news on December 12th, 2007 No Comments »
The Barley Blog has announced a new brewery search site, BrewerySearch.com. It looks pretty cool. Not only can you search by location, but by beer styles, or even specific beer names. They’ve also set up a mobile version so you can access it from your cell phone or other web-enabled wireless device. This would be […]
Posted in miscellany, beer, beer news on June 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Ok, so like my wife went to this Ivy League University (Princeton), and every year they throw this HUGE reunions bash which pulls in like $35 million in underdirected annual giving from alumni. One of the reasons Princeton is able to haul in this kind of cash is that they put every five years of […]
Posted in miscellany, beer news on November 29th, 2006 2 Comments »
Computer game developer Virtual Playground has released a new game: Beer Tycoon. The idea is that you get to build a microbrewery from the ground up. You choose the equipment and staff the brewery. You develop the recipes using your choice of 50 different ingredients. As the game progresses, you can build up to a […]
Posted in beer, beer news on November 18th, 2006 No Comments »
The Four Points by Sheraton hotel chain is looking for a CBO: Chief Beer Officer. Details are kind of sketchy, but apparently it involves travelling to various breweries to check out new beers to add to their menu, as well as writing a beer blog. I could do that. Hell, that’s pretty much what I’m […]
Posted in miscellany, beer news on November 6th, 2006 1 Comment »
Budweiser is launching a new website, Bud.tv, and is hiring an outside firm to verify the age of visitors to the site. Most breweries currently use an honor-system method to assure that visitors are age 21 or older.
This is stupid on two fronts: First, instead of just entering a birthdate, visitors will have to enter […]
Posted in miscellany, beer news on October 26th, 2006 No Comments »
This gives me a great landscaping idea for our backyard.
Posted in brewing, beer news on October 23rd, 2006 3 Comments »
Anheuser-Busch and Miller are both producing chocolate beers for the upcoming holiday season.
This is not really a surprise, as most of the big breweries have for several years been offering more specialized beers to compete with the craft brewing market. Blue Moon Belgian White, made by Coors, is a good example. There are plenty […]
