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January 2008
- Hops shortage threatens brewpubs
  
  Tucson Citizen | Jan 19, 08
  
  A global shortage of hops may drive up prices in brewpubs in the US.
- A Little Advice on Brewing Your Own
  
  Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | Jan 8, 08
  
  The Beer Buddies of Rochester, NY, offer some advice for those wanna-be home brewers out there.
November 2007
- Belgian Monks Balance Brewing and Benediction
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 29, 07 6:42 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Belgian monastery is struggling to balance the growing global craving for Westvleteren, the "holy grail of beers," with its devout way of life, the Wall Street Journal reports. Customers are limited to two cases per month of the St. Sixtus brew, which the monks neither label nor advertise. "We sell beer to live, and not vice versa," the brewmaster says. More »
- Manhunt on Tap After Massive Guinness Heist
  
  Associated Press | Nov 29, 07 5:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Taking the "My Goodness My Guinness" slogan quite literally, a thief stole 450 kegs from the landmark Dublin brewery today, the AP reports. Irish police say the thief entered by truck and took off with a trailer packed with kegs, the biggest theft in Guinness history. The kegs contained Guinness, Budweiser and Carlsberg beers totaling 39,600 pints, or $235,000 worth. More »
- Are Brits Less Stout of Heart?
  
  BBC | Nov 23, 07 3:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The champion of breakfast beers the world over, Guinness is facing stiff competition from more refreshing lagers targeting the after-work crowd. Sales in in Britain were off 13% in each of the last 2 years, the BBC reports, and in Ireland, where the black stout has been the best-selling beer for decades, sales have dropped 30% since 2001. More »
- Before It Was Chocolate, It Was Beer
  
  Reuters | Nov 13, 07 8:24 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chocolate had its origins at least 3,100 years ago in Central America not as a sweet treat but as a celebratory beer-like beverage, reported scientists yesterday after analyzing residues from ancient pottery vessels. The earliest beverages made from cacao—the source of chocolate—likely were produced by fermenting the sweet pulp surrounding the seeds, according to Reuters. More »
- America's Best Regional Brews
  
  Food & Wine | Nov 1, 07 12:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Beer isn't alcohol's second-class citizen any longer. To California chef and beer expert Sang Yoon, it's worthy of as much respect-—and connoisseurship—as any of its grape-based cousins. Food & Wine asked the "beer provocateur" for her five favorite regional brews: Alaskan Brewing Company Alaskan Amber (Juneau, AK) Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter (Bend, OR) More »
October 2007
- Five Worst Hangovers Ever
  
  CNN | Oct 27, 07 5:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Think you know how to tie on one? You're a piker compared to these historical debauches: Admiral Edward Russell's 17th-century throwdown. His punch had 250 gallons of brandy, 125 gallons of Malaga wine, 1,400 pounds of sugar, 2,500 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of nutmeg. More »
- Beer War Brewing in Europe
  
  Wall Street Journal | Oct 17, 07 1:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Trouble could be brewing as two European brewers draw a bead on one of the UK’s top suds makers, Scottish & Newcastle. Copenhagen-based Carlsberg and Amsterdam’s Heineken are negotiating to form a consortium to buy the brewer of Newcastle Brown Ale for as much as $14 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, though the bid isn't welcome news to S&N. More »
- Miller, Coors Merge US Ventures
  
  Wall Street Journal | Oct 9, 07 12:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Molson Coors Brewing Co. and SABMiller PLC today agreed to combine their US operations and form beer behemoth MillerCoors, which could dent the traditional dominance of Anheuser-Busch. The Budweiser manufacturer—which controls almost 50% of the US beer market, compared with Miller’s 20% and Coors’ 11%—may feel pressured to seek its own merger, the Wall Street Journal says. More »
- Suds Make You Smarter
  
  The Register | Oct 3, 07 5:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An apple a day, a daily vitamin, a pint of beer? New Zealand scientists who fed rats zero, modest and heavy amounts of ethanol learned that moderate daily alcohol intake will improve memory, reports the Register . The breakthrough, touted last week by Scientific American, is "similar to a glass of wine protecting against heart disease." More »
August 2007
- Start-ups Tap the Passion for Beer Pong
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 29, 07 4:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Weaving along the path more famously trod by Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, recent grads are cashing in on the popularity of the college drinking game beer pong, the Journal reports. With young alums bringing the pastime—which blends ping-pong and beer chugging—out into the real world, entrepreneurs are organizing tournaments and hawking special tables, balls and even clothing. More »
June 2007
- What Do You Get When You Mix Pizza and Beer?
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jun 18, 07 6:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a garage in the exurbs of Chicago Tom Seefurth has labored quietly to develop, refine, bottle, and bring to market the ultimate beverage – pizza beer. With a head redolent with oregano, basil, tomatoes and, yes, garlic, he believes he has finally succeeded. And Seefurth has even found an outlet, albeit a sole one, for his elixir. More »
May 2007
- Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens
  
  Slate | May 31, 07 8:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The American middle class has become connoisseurs of everything—coffee, '80s Japanese garage-rock bands, environmentalist toilet paper, and now wine, writes Slate 's Field Maloney. Fermented grape juice doubled its audience in the past decade, while consumption of lower-brow beer stagnated. And for the first time in history, Americans pollees prefer wine to beer. More »