Brew Ha Ha: what’s all of the fuss about beer?

July 3rd, 2008

This Bud shouldn’t leave you blue

I’ve not been inclined to blog about one of the biggest bits of beer news around, the attempted purchase of Anheuser-Busch by InBev. It’s big news, it’s beer news, and this is a beer blog.
Then I read this article in the Economist and the reason hit me. The loss of Bud to a foreign company […]

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June 29th, 2008

More Beer Trivia: Oldest Brewery

Which is the oldest still-operating brewery in the US?
1) Stoudts
2) Boston Beer Company
3) Yuengling
4) FX Matt Brewery
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June 8th, 2008

Blatz Beer

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Jon wasn’t fooled by our beer trivia!
He knew that Blatz was the real beer.
Blatz Brewery was originally called City Brewery of Milwaukee and was run by John Braun. After John Braun died, his neighbor and fellow brewer, Valentin Blatz married his widow and subsequently took over operations.
Blatz produced Milwaukee’s […]

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June 5th, 2008

Jerry Brigitte K … oh, I give up

For anyone who cares, I did in fact crack open my bottle of La JBK from Kohler Rehm, and it’s neither dark nor a Maibock. To be honest, I have no idea what it was, but it was reasonably tasty, if a little on the sweet side.
I still have no idea what the name […]

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June 1st, 2008

Do the French even brew beer?

So, today I arrived in Germany - and promptly decided to go to France! More correctly, I decided to take a quick day trip to the Alsace region of France to see what’s left of the once proud brewing heritage of this past pawn in the power struggles between Germany and France
Now, I had a […]

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May 30th, 2008

FX Matt Brewery Burns and Burns

As of this morning, firefighters were continuing to battle a fire at the historic F.X. Matt brewery in Utica, New York.
Utica fire officials said that hotspots remain in the brick building more than 12 hours after the fire began. Flames were first discovered around 5pm Thursday during a weekly outdoor concert hosted by the […]

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May 29th, 2008

Worship at the altar of beer

The Stanley Cup Playoffs have put Pittsburgh on my mind anyway, and this post reminded me of the Church Brew Works, a truly unique brew pub right up the street from the venerable Iron City Brewery. This really is a brewpub in a church, and a very attractive church at that, so if you’re in […]

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May 18th, 2008

Beer Makes Women Beautiful

Well, of course it does.
But if you need further proof, check out this commercial from Tuborg Brewery:

Tuborg is a Danish brewing company founded in 1873 by Carl Frederik Tietgen. Tuborg merged with United Breweries in 1894 and in 1970, United Breweries was acquired by Carlsberg. Due to a number of similar […]

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May 4th, 2008

Schlemiel, Schlemazal

I recently stumbled across this webpage from the Wisconsin Historical Society profiling an original Schotz brewery smock from the Laverne and Shirley show, a 70’s sitcom hit set in Milwaukee. For those who don’t recall, the show revolved around two bottle-cappers from the fictional Shotz brewery, Laverne and Shirley, and their two foils, Lenny and […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Names are funny

Naming conventions for beer are a little peculiar to say the least. The Märzen, or March beer, is brewed in March but drunk in fall of the next year. The Maibock, or May bock, is a strong, malty lager beer which is also brewed in March (or earlier these days) but drunk in May. Michael […]

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