At this year’s Phoenix’s Great Arizona Beer Festival, among the 100-plus breweries pouring samples this weekend, there are a few new tastes on tap, thanks in large part to Valley upstart Little Guy Distributing. The year-old company will have three booths representing six breweries, which make up two-thirds of its list of suppliers. Little Guy… Read More…
7-Eleven to challenge imports
7-Eleven convenience stores, part of the largest such chain in the United States, will sell their own label of imported beer. They plan to undercut prices charged by major import brands. 7-Eleven will introduce the Santiago brand beer in June, and company spokeswoman Dana Manley said about half the 5,300 stores nationwide are expected to… Read More…
Stronger beer for Georgia?
The Georgia House of Representatives has approved a bill that would raise the maximum alcohol content of what is defined as beer from 6% to 14%, sending the measure to the Senate. The legislature has twice failed to pass such legislation, but the overwhelming House vote — 125-26 — gives the consumer group Georgians for… Read More…
German beer blues
The introduction of a 25-cent deposit on throwaway cans has dealt the struggling German brewing industry another blow. Beer sales have fallen 10% since the deposit was introduced in January. “I would never have thought that the average German beer drinker would be put off by an extra 25 cents a can, but they have… Read More…
German beer blues
The introduction of a 25-cent deposit on throwaway cans has dealt the struggling German brewing industry another blow. Beer sales have fallen 10% since the deposit was introduced in January. “I would never have thought that the average German beer drinker would be put off by an extra 25 cents a can, but they have… Read More…
Alaskan Brewing Adds Tanks to Accommodate Growth
New tanks were installed at the Alaskan Brewing Company last week to meet growing demand in the Pacific Northwest. The large stainless steel tanks were manufactured in Missouri, shipped across the country to Seattle then barged up to Juneau. “The success of the Seasonal Alaskan Summer Ale in addition to increased demand for our year-round… Read More…
Lion Brewery Gets Organic Certification – Brews Organic Soda
The Lion Brewery Inc. in Wilkes-Barre has become the first Pennsylvania brewery to be certified organic under the new rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last October. In March the brewery began producing its first organic product, a green tea-flavored soft drink called Steap Soda. According to spokesperson Amy Sorber, the Lion had… Read More…
Better with age
Imperial Eclipse Stout from Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. won Best of Show during judging for the first Illinois Brewers Guild Barrel-Aged Brew Fest. The festival — held April 1 at Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Chicago — featured 40 beers from 11 states across the country, indicating growing interest in wood- and barrel-aged beer…. Read More…
French give up on surcharge
Bowing to pressure from the European Union Commission, the French Finance Ministry said Wednesday it has scrapped a special tax on strong beer. The French had suspended the tax in February. The French government introduced the tax of 2 euros ($2.19) per liter (2.1 pints) of beer with an alcohol content of 8.5% or more… Read More…
Beer tax protest
Wasatch Brewery owner Greg Schirf will step back in time this week to protest a tax bill that raises already high beer taxes in Utah. He plans to dress up as founding father Ben Franklin on Thursday, and in an updated version of the Boston Tea Party, pour the first kegs of his new 1st… Read More…