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beer stories: 108 news summaries

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 Beer Gets Boozier 

States allow drinks up to 16% alcohol to be called beers

Nov 4, 09 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - States are raising caps on the alcohol content of beer, setting limits as high as 16% by volume in moves to appease the microbrew industry. Alabama and West Virginia raised their limits this year, while Vermont and Montana adjusted theirs last year; and lobbying is under way in Iowa and... More »

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Iowa • alcohol • Montana • Vermont • beer • Mississippi

(Newser) - People tend to be picky about beer, so "psychographic" research firm Mindset Media conducted surveys to match brands to personality trends. Here's what researchers found, according to Ad Age :
  • Budweiser: Sensible and practical drinkers, but with an anti-authoritarian streak.
  • Bud Light: Unlike regular Budweiser fans, these imbibers
... More »

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alcohol • beer • Budweiser • Heineken • light beer • Bud Light • Blue Moon

SOCIAL LUBRICANT DEPT.

 Prof. Gates, Cop Crowley 
 Have Another Round 

Pair at center of racial incident spotted at Cambridge bar

Oct 29, 09 9:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The black college professor and the white cop at the center of a racial firestorm this summer, and who later famously had beers on the White House, were spotted last night having a round at a bar in Cambridge, Mass. Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley chatted over suds... More »

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beer • Harvard • racial tension • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • beer summit

Americans Skip Bar, Buy Booze at Grocery Store

Sales of beer, wine surge at convenience shops, drug stores

Oct 29, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recession-strapped Americans are hitting the bar less and less, but they’re not giving up drinking: sales of beer and wine at grocery and convenience stores have ballooned, prompting many shops to start offering alcohol. Between September 2008 and last month, the number of stores selling beer shot up by... More »

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alcohol • beer • drinks • Walgreens • grocery stores

david sirota

Drug Policy Hypocrisy:
Hero Lance Is Selling Beer

And yet Phelps is vilified for smoking pot

Oct 24, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps smokes a bong at a private party and becomes Public Enemy No. 1. Lance Armstrong signs a deal to hawk beer for Anheuser-Busch and—nothing. Therein lies a lesson about our nation's "absurd drug policy," writes David Sirota. Alcohol is the demonstrably more dangerous drug, yet... More »

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Michael Phelps • alcohol • beer • marijuana • marijuana legalization • Lance Armstrong

bottoms up

 Town Fights 
 Public Boozing 
 With Warm Beer 

Hope is drinkers won't crack a can on the street if it's not frosty

Oct 23, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlington Heights, Ill., is tackling its public drinking problem with a novel weapon: beer. Warm beer. Starting in January, stores won't sell single-serving bottles or cans of beer cold. You can still buy that tallboy, but the town is betting problem drinkers will be less likely to crack open... More »

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Chicago • alcoholism • beer • drinking • homeless • Illinois • public drinking • alcoholic • Arlington Heights

At Aussie Auto Race, Fans Allowed Just 24 Beers a Day

Limit jumps to 36 light brews for 4-day Bathurst 1,000

Oct 7, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans headed to a four-day event that’s a highlight of the Australian auto-racing calendar will only be allowed one case of beer per day—or 36 cans if it’s light beer. “Wine lovers have not escaped the heavy hand of the law either,” the Guardian notes... More »

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Australia • alcohol • wine • beer • binge drinking • auto racing • light beer • Bathurst 1,000

 Conn. Ad Aims 
 to Curb Underage 
 Drinking Early 

Billboard featuring baby, beer bottle draws some attention

Oct 6, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut health authorities are using a tried-and-true advertising technique to get their point across: use a baby. What’s got people talking, though, is that the baby is in an anti-underage-drinking billboard, and is being given a sip from a beer bottle. The photo of the baby is paired with... More »

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advertising • beer • Connecticut • baby • underage drinking • NBC Local

 Oktoberfest 
 Hikes Security 
 After al-Qaeda 
 Warnings 



Beer tents busy despite terror group's threats

Sep 30, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's biggest beer festival now resembles a beer fortress after al-Qaeda videos hinted that the Munich Oktoberfest would be a target. Armed policemen now guard all the entrances to the festival, and fighter jets are patrolling overhead. People have been warned not to bring in large bags, and the... More »

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Germany • beer • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Oktoberfest

PBR Raises Price, Doesn't Advertise—and Sales Soar

'Ironic downscale chic' keeps brand selling

Sep 17, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s a good time to be a cheapo beer, but that alone can’t explain the ridiculous year Pabst Blue Ribbon is having, Advertising Age reports. PBR’s sales are up a whopping 25%, making it by far the fastest growing cheap beer, which is especially astounding because... More »

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marketing • beer • Pabst Blue Ribbon

 Winning Teams Juice 
 Ballpark Beer Prices 

On average; there are some steals, and some outrages

Sep 11, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of winning baseball franchises pay for their bragging rights with more expensive beer, the Wall Street Journal reports. On average, a team that wins 6 out of 10 games charges $1.30 more for a 16-ounce beer than a club with a .400 winning percentage. There are, of... More »

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MLB • Philadelphia Phillies • Boston Red Sox • beer • Pittsburgh Pirates • stadium • Washington Nationals • baseball • concessions

Alleged Beer Thief Won't Go to Jail Before Finishing Drink

Now faces charges of shoplifting and battery

Sep 11, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Florida man who wanted to go to jail for "three hots and a cot" walked into a store, grabbed a beer, and told the clerk to "call the law" because he had no money. All went according to plan until the deputy who responded tried to... More »

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alcohol • theft • beer • jail • stealing • store

OPINION

 Vodka Tampons? 
 A Ridiculous Myth 

Most teens won't bother with anal beer bongs, either

Aug 28, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet’s been all atwitter with talk of vodka-soaked tampons and anal beer bongs, supposedly new fads in teenage intoxication. The talk stems from an Arizona TV news piece in which a rehab spokeswoman, Stephanie Siete, said teens were shoving liquor into their unmentionables to hurry it into the... More »

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beer • vodka • teen drinking • tampon • urban legend

 Beer Prices Going Up 


Aug 25, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nation’s largest brewers plan to raise beer prices in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reports. Anheuser-Busch InBev—maker of Budweiser—and MillerCoors will further test the notion that beer is generally recession-proof. “The environment is very favorable, we think,” says an Anheuser exec. Both... More »

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beer • beverages • retail sales • price increases • MillerCoors • brewery • Anheuser-Busch • brewing • InBev

(Newser) - Bud Light is rolling out cans in the colors of the nation's big colleges just in time for football season—and that has some schools fuming, the Wall Street Journal reports. Colleges worried about binge drinking think they'll be seen as sponsors of the “Fan Cans” campaign, which boasts... More »

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beer • college • Budweiser • Anheuser-Busch • Bud Light • team • color

(Newser) - A Malaysian model sentenced to caning for drinking beer wants her punishment carried out in public, CNN reports. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, will be the first woman to be flogged for alcohol consumption in the Muslim-majority nation. "Let's be transparent" about the punishment, Kartika has insisted. Her father... More »

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Islam • beer • Islamic Sharia law • Malaysia • alcohol consumption • caning • models

(Newser) - A Cubs fan suspected of dousing Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino with beer at Wrigley Field Wednesday night has turned himself in to police, the Chicago Tribune reports. The fan—who escaped detection when the wrong fan was ejected and hauled off for questioning immediately after the incident—got in touch... More »

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Philadelphia Phillies • Chicago Cubs • beer • Wrigley Field • baseball • Shane Victorino • baseball fans

OPINION

 It's Time to Start 
 Taking Hillary Seriously 

She's still trivialized as she fights to empower women

Aug 13, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s trip to Congo was meant to help fulfill a promise to focus on women’s issues, but it seems to have turned on one woman's issues. Though “there could have been no more dramatic setting,” writes Judith Warner in the New York Times, “back... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • women's rights • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • beer • Congo • Dana Milbank • women's issues

 Drinkability Bad—for Sales 

Bud Light sales down 3% thanks to confusing campaign

Aug 10, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - From “I Love You, Man” to “Real Men of Genius,” Bud Light is known for its memorable—and funny—ad campaigns. Not so with its latest: The “Drinkability” campaign has brought with it a lack of laughs, as well as the brand’s first negative sales... More »

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advertising • beer • Budweiser • advertisements • advertising campaign • Bud Light • ad campaign • ads • Jay-ZTV

Brewers Relieve Recession With Cheap Beer

Natural Light, Busch, High Life see sales jump

Aug 7, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the recession drying up cash flow, thirsty Americans are seeking out “sub-premium” beers, and brewers are marketing accordingly, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Anheuser-Busch is creating its first-ever ad campaign for Natural Light, whose sales are up 4% this year; MillerCoors is pushing Miller High Life, whose sales... More »

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advertising • marketing • beer • recession • MillerCoors • Anheuser-Busch • Natural Light • Miller High Life

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