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Canadian Iceholes

February 11, 2010

If you’re a regular viewer of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, then you’re probably already aware of his mock feud with Canada over ice time for the U.S. speed skating team, which the show sponsored after the team lost its long-time previous supporter due to the economy. The Colbert Nation stepped up and donated thousands of [...]

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Consecration In 375ml Bottled Today

February 2, 2010

I stopped by Russian River Brewing today, because my friend Pete Slosberg told me last week that he would be there for the first bottling of Consecration in the new proprietary 375ml bottles. Pete was there with a few volunteers, including Peter Estaniel, from A Better Beer Blog. The new bottle was developed for exclusive [...]

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Evolution Of A Beer Label

January 25, 2010

Below is, as far as I know, the most recent label for Budweiser, updated in 2000. We all know that labels change over time, sometimes dramatically, but usually more subtly with just small tweaks from time to time. But even small changes over a long period of time become dramatic in the long view. So [...]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Fictional Beers

January 5, 2010

For my first Top 10 list of 2010, I’ve decided on a decidedly unreal topic, Fictional Beers. By fictional, I mean beers that were created in literature, film, television or other similar media. I drive my wife nuts whenever we watch a TV show or film, trying to identify the beer on the screen to [...]

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Brookston Beer Quiz #3

January 4, 2010

Here is quiz number three. This one is like the first, using the first letter of a beer brand name or the brewery. Your job is simply to figure out which beer or brewery it’s from. Good luck. Let me know how you did. brookston_beer_quiz_#3 If you missed any previous quizzes, they can all be [...]

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Brookston Beer Quiz #2

December 28, 2009

Here is my second beer quiz. This one uses elements of brewery’s logos and labels. Your job is simply to figure out which brewery they come from. Good luck. Let me know how you did. brookston_beer_quiz_#2 If you missed any previous quizzes, they can all be found on the beer quiz page.

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Beer In Art #58: Randy Dillon’s Beer Bottles

December 27, 2009

Today’s works of art is by a young Texas ex-marine, who chose to serve his country before pursuing a career in art. Randy Dillon spent six years in the military and was stationed in the Middle East during Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom before returning to his art studies at the University of North [...]

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Emergency Opener Preparedness

December 26, 2009

Having been a hardcore Boy Scout when I was a kid, I always took to heart their motto: “Be Prepared.” As a result, I’m never without an opener. I keep it on my keychain. I used to go through two or tree of the cheap ones every year, because they kept wearing out. But around [...]

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A Blue Christmas Beer

December 25, 2009

I’d heard of this Christmas beer, but I don’t think I realized the packaging was in blue, but then I don’t live in Denmark. Tuborg Brewery, owned by the Carlsberg Group, releases their holiday beer, known as Tuborg Julebryg, on J-Day, the first Friday in November (though this year it was the last Friday in [...]

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1,000-Bottle Xmas Tree

December 24, 2009

I’m pretty sure Heineken has done this in year’s past, too, but this year the bottle tree they built in Shanghai, China is more massive, using 1,000 bottles to create the glass Christmas tree. On Nanjing Road, the giant tree was built with full bottles of Heineken, which frankly is probably the best thing they [...]

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I’m Virgin America, Fly Me & Drink Craft Beer

December 22, 2009

Though it’s been available on Virgin America for a little while now, 21st Amendment Brewery formally announced yesterday that their canned IPAwas being served on Virgin flights in the U.S. From the press release: Great craft beer on planes is finally reaching the blue skies, as the 21st Amendment Brewery is set to launch their [...]

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Brookston Beer Quiz #1

December 15, 2009

Here is the first of what will most likely be many beer quizzes. I’ll probably do a new one every few weeks. I have tons of similar graphics I’ve been collecting for another project and figured I’d put them to good use in the meantime. This first one is pretty easy, though I think having [...]

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Beer In Art #56: Mark Blanton’s Bohemia Pin-Up

December 13, 2009

This Sunday’s work of art is decidedly adult in nature, as much art often is, and is by Mark Blanton. Blanton is a modern artist, a hyper-realist it appears, and also has done a series of pin-up art, which he “created as a tribute to the Sixties’ art movement known as Pop Art and the [...]

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Beer In Ads #9: Regal Pale Skiing

December 10, 2009

Today’s ad is most likely from the 1950s or early 60s, and is for Regal Pale Ale, a beer that was at least distributed in California as late as the 1960s, though I’m not sure where it was brewed and I can’t find my copy of American Breweries II under the mess that is my [...]

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Bottle Openers Made By Blacksmiths

November 22, 2009

A few years ago, my friend Tom Peters, the co-owner of Monk’s Cafe in Philadelphia, celebrated a big anniversary, I can’t recall which one it was — five years maybe, ten? Anyway, he had a local blacksmith experiment with making the perfect bottle opener. Then, once he had the best design, he had 100 of [...]

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Pete Brown On Beer Marketing

November 15, 2009

While you should know Pete Brown from his books, especially what is arguably the best beer book of the year, Hops and Glory, he began his career in marketing and worked on several high-profile ad campaigns for well-known beer brands. On Wednesday in the UK’s Daily Mail, Pete had an interesting article giving his perspective [...]

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