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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

(Newser) - Washington Post political writers Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza are taking a drubbing over a video spoof in which they suggest brands of beer for the top names in politics—including "Mad Bitch" for Hillary Clinton. When bloggers drew attention to that line, in particular, the Post pulled the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Washington Post • beer • video • reporters • Dana Milbank • Chris Cillizza

(Newser) - It's happy hour at the White House. President Obama, Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and James Crowley are clinking beer glasses in the White House Rose Garden, but alas, the media isn't invited to listen in. Earlier, the president sought to tamp down expectations, noting that he's "fascinated... More »

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police • White House • beer • race relations • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

(Newser) - President Obama's next round of peacemaking beers at the White House might have to include US brewery owners, reports the Wall Street Journal. The cooling off confab today will be providing busted Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates and cop James Crowley's favorite brews Red Stripe and Blue Moon, and some... More »

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White House • beer • Budweiser • brewery • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • James Crowley

(Newser) - MillerCoors is trying out a novel presentation of its Miller and Coors Light beers with the “Home Draft,” a 1.5-gallon mini-keg that stays fresh in the fridge for a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The set-up is similar to boxed wine. Amid a drop-off in... More »

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beer • MillerCoors • brewery • keg • refrigerator • packaging • Miller Light • Coors Light

A President, a Prof, and a Cop Walk Into the White House ...

Trio will have that beer Thursday evening

Jul 27, 09 9:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has set a date for a conciliatory beer with a Cambridge police sergeant and the Harvard professor he arrested, ABC News reports. James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates will visit the White House Thursday for a frosty brew and some racial reconciliation. On the menu, according to CNN,... More »

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White House • beer • race relations • Budweiser • President Obama • Harvard University • Red Stripe • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • Beck's • Blue Moon

(Newser) - A Malaysian woman will be flogged for drinking a beer in a nightclub, reports the AP. A judge ordered the part-time model, 32, to be struck six times with a rattan cane and fined $1,400. She pleaded guilty in a religious court to consuming alcohol, but now plans to... More »

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prison • religion • beer • Muslim • Malaysia • Muslim women • Shariah • flogging


  Plant Your Own Beer Garden 

Even if you don't drink, hop vines can be an attractive garden addition

Jul 2, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, anyone can buy a home beer-making kit. But why not go one step further and grow the hops yourself? That’s what Ben Granger, owner of a specialty beer shop, decided to do when he turned to home brewing. “I wanted to know what I was working with,... More »

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beer • plants • gardening • home garden • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Best Cheap, Canned US Beers 

National Bohemian tops list of cheap crowd pleasers

Jul 1, 09 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's no small task to find a robust, canned American beer for less than $1, but these six passed the bar—albeit just barely—in a blind taste test conducted by the Washington Post:
  • Baltimore's National Bohemian tops the list with its secret strategy: "Actually tastes like beer.
... More »

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budget lifestyle • alcohol • beer • list • Bud Light • Pabst Blue Ribbon • Miller High Life • National Bohemian • Schaefer • Schlitz

(Newser) - The ever-adventurous US microbrewing community has embraced a new flavor, the Los Angeles Times reports, and it’s sour. Brewers are taking a page from the Belgian playbook and turning out tart lambics and gueuzes aged in oak barrels. “Sour beers are our connection to the ancient history of... More »

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Belgium • alcohol • beer • brewery • microbrewing • Jay-ZTV • sour • lambic

Beer's New Role: 
Cocktail Mixer 

New drinks throw away rules about mixing alcohol

Jul 1, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of keeping your beer and liquor separate are over, with bartenders crafting crossover drinks that mix beer with other spirits—even wine. “Other countries have been doing this for a long time,” one beer connoisseur tells the New York Times. Creations range from the “Muddy... More »

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alcohol • beer • liquor • cocktails • trend • Jay-ZTV • food trends • bartender

(Newser) - Diddy may be mixing beer with his vodka soon. Rapper-pitchman-entrepreneur Sean Combs is in talks to help market Guinness and Red Stripe, sources tell Advertising Age. Combs has already worked with Diageo, the British company behind the brews, on its Ciroc vodka brand. If the deal goes through, Combs would... More »

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marketing • beer • Kanye West • Diddy • Smirnoff • Diageo • Absolut • Guinness • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Red Stripe • KRS-One • Bud Select

(Newser) - Things are tough all over. Retirees from Molson brewing in Canada are up in arms after learning that their lifetime supply of free beer is running out, the Toronto Star reports. The company told pensioners it will gradually cut their allotment from the current 72 dozen bottles per year to... More »

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Canada • beer • retirement benefits • Molson

 8 Funky Boozing Trends 

Esquire lists the hottest trends you'll be seeing at a bar near you

May 30, 09 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re going to consume conspicuously, you may as well imbibe in style. Esquire distills eight drinking trends coming to a bar near you:
  • The Enomatic, a high-end wine vending machine. This auto-sommelier pours a perfect glass every time, leading some bars to cut out the middleman (in
... More »

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wine • beer • restaurant • absinthe

GLOSSIES

 Get Fired Up for Grill Season 


May 24, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the outdoor cooking season kicking off this week, barbecue guru Steven Raichlen offers some grill tips in Esquire you shouldn’t have gone so long without:
  • Get the grill screaming hot: Put your hand 3 inches off the grate, and if “ouch” comes in 2-3 seconds,
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cooking • beer • meat and poultry • grilling • Memorial Day weekend

 Bargain Brewskies 
 Buoy Breweries 

Cheap beer sales are rising faster than pricier options

May 7, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cheap brews are giving breweries just the boost they need during tough times, reports the Wall Street Journal. Economy suds such as Busch, Miller High Life, and Pabst Blue Ribbon are rising faster than the nation's overall beer sales and helping companies weather the economic storm. A short time ago,... More »

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beer • brewery • Busch beer • Anheuser-Busch • economy • drinkers • fiscal crisis • Pabst Blue Ribbon • Miller High Life • Miller-Coors

Beer Review

 Suds Suck at 
 New Yankee Stadium 


Apr 29, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can get steak and sushi at the new Yankee Stadium, yet somehow beer fans are slumming it with the likes of Heineken, Stella Artois, and—God help us—Pabst Blue Ribbon? “I want some beers worthy of the team,” writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times.... More »

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beer • Yankee Stadium • Heineken • pilsner • Pabst Blue Ribbon

 More Americans Brew at Home 

Recession spurs Americans to make their own beer

Apr 21, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Home brewing has grown in popularity as Americans with increasingly sophisticated taste in beer look to cut costs, Time reports. Despite layoffs and bankruptcies nationwide, a couple in Connecticut just opened Maltose Express, a beer-brewing supply shop, and are already doing brisk business. Home brewers also gather there to share... More »

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alcohol • beer • recession • microbrewing • home brewing • thrift

 Guinness Readies New Stout  

Beer is first new Guinness since the 1960s

Apr 7, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Guinness will sell a new beer in honor of its 250th anniversary, the AP reports. The Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout, due in US stores April 24, will be the first new stout Guinness has exported to America since the famous Guinness Draught debuted in 1960. The anniversary brew is carbonated,... More »

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alcohol • beer • anniversary • brewery • Guinness

(Newser) - Guinness may be synonymous with Ireland, but Nigerians down more of the stuff than the Emerald Isle, GlobalPost reports. Nigerians also out-Guinness the US—their country is second only to the UK in its consumption of the beer and is home to the first Guinness brewery outside the British Isles.... More »

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Africa • advertising • Nigeria • beer • sex • sexuality • Ireland • Guinness • potency

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