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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For August 2011

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The August 2011 standings will soon be released for Wikio’s Beer Blogs. This month there’s a new sheriff in town, who leapfrogged over Jeff, from Beervana, and me as we were do si do-ing around the beer blogging dance floor earlier this year. Congratulations to the folks at The New School as they ascend to the top spot. Here’s what happened to the Top 30 over last month:

Wikio August 2011 Beer Blog Rankings

1The New School (+2)
2Brewpublic (+2)
3Beervana (-1)
4Brookston Beer Bulletin (-3)
5Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home (+2)
6Drink With The Wench (+4)
7A Good Beer Blog (-2)
8The Daily Pull (+1)
9Washington Beer Blog (-1)
10The Not So Professional Beer Blog (+6)
11The Stone Blog (-5)
12BetterBeerBlog (+11)
13Brewer’s Log (Blog) (+8)
14KC Beer Blog (=)
15The Brew Lounge (+2)
16The Brew Site (+16)
17Hoosier Beer Geek (+8)
18Oakshire Brewing (-5)
19Seattle Beer News (+9)
20The Session Beer Project™ (-5)
21It’s Pub Night (-10)
22Seen Through a Glass (-10)
23Craft Austin (-4)
24Top Fermented (+5)
25The Potable Curmudgeon (-3)
26San Diego Beer Blog (-8)
27Beer at 6512 (-3)
28Musings Over a Pint (-2)
29Beer-Stained Letter (+13)
30I Love Beer (+11)

Ranking made by Wikio

As usual, I included the relative movements of each blog from last month. Last month — and for the past few — movement among the top of the list was limited and things were fairly static. All that’s changed this month, as only one of the top 30 is in the same position as last month, and only three moved up or down only one spot. That means of the remaining 26, each one moved at least two spots along the continuum. Things are shaking up.

This month’s champion mover was The Brew Site, who jumped 16 places. As always, I continue to stress that this is just a bit of fun and that we shouldn’t take it too seriously. Until next month ….

Colorado Beer

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Today in 1876, Colorado became the 38th state.

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Colorado Breweries

Colorado Brewery Guides

Guild: Colorado Brewers Guild

State Agency: Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division

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  • Capital: Denver
  • Largest Cities: Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins
  • Population: 4,301,261; 24th
  • Area: 104100 sq.mi., 8th
  • Nickname: Centennial State
  • Statehood: 38th, August 1, 1876

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  • Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
  • Number of Breweries: 111
  • Rank: 3rd
  • Beer Production: 3,664,188
  • Production Rank: 21st
  • Beer Per Capita: 22.9 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 42.9%
  • Cans: 38.1%
  • Kegs: 18.7%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $0.08
  • Per Case: $0.18
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $2.48
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $2.48

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $6,773,554,452
  • Direct Impact: $7,846,276,902
  • Supplier Impact: $5,985,358,253
  • Induced Economic Impact: $4,730,296,138
  • Total Impact: $18,561,931,294

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • Sale Hours: On Premises: 7 a.m.–2 a.m.
    Off Premises: Beer, wine, and liquor: 8 a.m.–midnight
    3.2 beer: 5 a.m.-midnight
  • Grocery Store Sales: 3.2 beer only
  • Notes: Spirituous, vinous & malt liquor available in liquor stores and liquor-licensed drug stores only.
    Liquor stores closed on Christmas Day. Sunday sales restriction lifted on July 1, 2008. Liquor stores and liquor-licensed drug stores may have only one location, while 3.2% beer may be sold in gas stations, supermarkets, and convenience stores. Appropriately licensed businesses may also sell 3.2% beer for both on and off-premise consumption. A small number of grocery stores are licensed as drug stores and sell full strength beer, wine, and spirits.

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.

OBF Opening Ceremonies

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After we marched from McMenamin’s Crystal Ballroom to the Tom McCall Waterfront Park and the Oregon Brewers Festival, the ceremonial keg was brought into the park by the Hammerheads from this year’s parade host brewery, McMenamin’s.

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Hammerheads and the ceremonial cask.

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The Hammerheads and the Ruby Witches McMenamins’ folks positioned themselves in front of the stage.

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Then Art Larrance got things started.

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This year’s parade host represented by Brian McMenamin, took the ceremonial hammer.

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And passed it off to next year’s host, the Cascade Barrel House.

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Then Grand Marshall Fred Eckhardt had a few words for the crowd, before tapping the first keg.


Fred, tapping the keg.

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Fred drinking the first toast to OBF 2011.

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Fred and me catching up with a pint after the ceremonies.

Oregon Brewers Festival Parade 2011

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Although I missed last year’s Oregon Brewers Festival for the first time in many years, it felt like it had been at least five years since I’d been back. That’s how much I missed Portland, and I was thrilled to be there again. After the Brewer’s Dinner Wednesday night, I attended the brunch, this year held at McMenamin’s Crystal Ballroom, and helped setup for the event beforehand, as well. After everyone feasted and prepared their stomachs for the day’s drinking, what looked to be close to 1200 people lined up for the parade. That’s just a guess, but it was easily the biggest crowd I’d seen for the parade, and this was my third time, of the five so far. Many of the usual suspects were there, the band, the Rogue Friars, people in kilts, people wearing literal hopheads, etc. This year’s Grand Marshall was Portland legend Fred Eckhardt who led the parade via pedicab down to the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the annual home of the beer festival. Here are some photos from the parade. Enjoy.

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Pedicab leading the OBF Parade with Grand Marshall Fred Eckhardt and OBF founder Art Larrance.

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Here we come.

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… walking down the street,

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We get the funniest looks from …

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Everyone we meet.

After arriving at the festival grounds, it was time to tap the keg and officially start the festival. Look for the ceremonies coming soon in part 2.

New York Beer

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Today in 1788, New York became the 11th state.

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New York Breweries

New York Brewery Guides

Guild: New York State Brewers Association

State Agency: New York State Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control

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  • Capital: Albany
  • Largest Cities: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse
  • Population: 18,976,457; 3rd
  • Area: 54475 sq.mi., 27th
  • Nickname: Empire State
  • Statehood: 11th, July 26, 1788

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  • Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
  • Number of Breweries: 76
  • Rank: 8th
  • Beer Production: 10,620,762
  • Production Rank: 4th
  • Beer Per Capita: 16.9 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 49.6%
  • Cans: 40.3%
  • Kegs: 9.9%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $0.14
  • Per Case: $0.32
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $4.34
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $4.34
  • In addition, New York City assesses a tax of $3.72 per barrel

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $1,540,520,106
  • Direct Impact: $5,343,831,895
  • Supplier Impact: $3,224,460,192
  • Induced Economic Impact: $4,660,828,233
  • Total Impact: $13,229,120,321

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • Sale Hours: On Premises: 8 am–4 am. Some counties have more restrictive hours.
    Off Premises: Beer: Per state law, 24 hours/day.
    Wine & spirits: 9 am–midnight Mon–Sat, Noon–9 pm Sunday.
    Many counties have more restrictive hours, such as bans on beer sales overnight (hours vary).
  • Grocery Store Sales: Yes
  • Notes: Off-premises sale of wine and spirits is only at liquor stores, and beer is not sold at liquor stores; it must be sold at supermarkets and convenience stores. Exchanges for returned items are permitted (at store owners’ discretion).

    Some counties may retain the Sunday morning beer prohibition which the state discontinued as of July 30, 2006. Twelve dry towns, mostly in western region of state. All liquor stores must be owned by a single owner, who owns that store and lives within a certain distance of it — effectually banning chain liquor stores from the state. New York City law does not allow open containers of alcohol in public. Thus, having a beer on the stoop of a building may draw a citation. However, practically, bagged containers of alcohol are consumed in violation of the rule, since opaque bags conceal evidence necessary to prosecute a citation and it is difficult to warrant a search of the bag without other evidence (evidence discovered due to an improper search is inadmissible in court).

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.