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

July 15th, 2008

Another look at the A-B Acquisition

The news of the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by InBev is all over the blogosphere. I’ve mostly been thinking about the beer side of things. Over at Doing Biz Abroad, Jean offers some insight into the business side of things - check it out.
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July 14th, 2008

Hallo Budweiser!

Say “hallo” to the new face of Budweiser: the Belgian brewer InBev has confirmed that it will purchase Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion, creating the world largest brewer. The purchase will result in the fourth-largest consumer product company worldwide.
The Missouri based Anheuser-Busch was America’s largest brewer and the world’s second largest. Its brands […]

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July 11th, 2008

Win her weight in beer

So, how would you like to have your wife’s weight in beer? Or, if you don’t have a wife, someone who’s willing to pretend? If you win an “international” contest in Finland you may in fact get just that.
Now, before you pick out the largest lady in the crowd, let it be known that the […]

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July 7th, 2008

InBev Gets Tough With Anheuser-Busch

InBev, the Belgian brewer, in talks to buy American brewer Anheuser-Busch, has indicated to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will replace all of the current serving board members of A-B. The proposed board includes Adolphus Busch IV, who has encouraged A-B to negotiate with InBev.
InBev has offered 35% over the current share […]

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June 24th, 2008

The Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival

One of my favorite cities in the world is Cardiff, Wales. It’s really lovely, the people are just wonderful and they make a good beer.
Check out this video of the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival:

Am frantically Googling now for a list of Welsh breweries that distribute in the US… Any suggestions?
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June 23rd, 2008

Are Smoking Bans Killing the Beer Industry?

Chris claims that the British lager is dead. Maybe he’s right. But is there something more happening?
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) reports that UK beer sales have fallen through the five billion litre mark for the first time since 1975. This represents a decline of 1.7% for the year. […]

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June 18th, 2008

The Death of British Lager

Last week I spent some time in London with a friend and, needless to say, we enjoyed ourselves a very nice pub crawl or two. Now, after years of drinking lager beers in Germany I’ve become accustomed to ales here in the US, so I am perfectly happy with either (most of the time, anyway). […]

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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 4th, 2008

Beer and asparagus, perfect together

Yesterday I wrote about Vogelbräu, a brewpub in Karlsruhe Germany. I had neglected to mention that, not only was it an evening with perfect biergarten weather it was asparagus season, as you can see from the above photo.
Now, for those of us who grew up with green asparagus, those funny looking white things in […]

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June 3rd, 2008

A bird’s eye on Karlsruhe beers

Vogelbräu is a brewpub on the outskirt’s of Karlsruhe’s city center. Being the selfless fellow I am, I checked it out for you in the lovely (and surprisingly large) beergarden which is hidden in the interior court of the brewpub building. The pils was delicious, but not in the classic sense. When I think of […]

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