Thursday’s ad is from 1950, and is for Meister Brau beer. The slogan for this billboard is “You can’t serve a finer glass of beer.”
Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For June 2011
The June 2011 standings will soon be released for Wikio’s Beer Blogs. Machuca at Craft Austin got a sneak peak at the new rankings, so here’s what happened to the Top 20 over last month:
Wikio June 2011 Beer Blog Rankings
| 1 | Beervana (+1) |
| 2 | Brookston Beer Bulletin (-1) |
| 3 | The New School (+/-0) |
| 4 | Brewpublic (+/-0) |
| 5 | A Good Beer Blog (+/-0) |
| 6 | Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home (+/-0) |
| 7 | The Stone Blog (Not in Top 20 for May) |
| 8 | Washington Beer Blog (+3) |
| 9 | The Daily Pull (+/-0) |
| 10 | Oakshire Brewing (+/-0) |
| 11 | Lost Abbey Brewer’s Log (Blog) (Not in Top 20 for May) |
| 12 | KC Beer Blog (+1) |
| 13 | I Love Beer (Not in Top 20 for May) |
| 14 | Seattle Beer News (+/-0) |
| 15 | The Not So Professional Beer Blog (+5) |
| 16 | The Brew Lounge (Not in Top 20 for May) |
| 17 | It’s Pub Night (-2) |
| 18 | Craft Austin (Not in Top 20 for May) |
| 19 | The Session Beer Project (-7) |
| 20 | Beer-Stained Letter (-1) |
Ranking made by Wikio
As usual, I added the relative movements of each blog from last month. This month, 25% of the blogs are either new or have re-emerged in the Top 20. And a few of the dropouts were surprising, including such heavy hitters as Beer Therapy, Drink With The Wench and Lew Bryson’s Seen Through a Glass.
For the third time in as many months, Beervana and I switched places again. Congratulations to Jeff. I expected as much this time, as I was in South America for at least a third of the month, and access to WiFi was spotty at best and free time even less so. Over half of the top 10 stayed put, too. 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 ….
Beer In Ads #382: Gimme Gold Label Acme
Wednesday’s ad is from 1951, and this one is for San Francisco’s Acme Gold Label Beer. The Gold Label Beer is described on the billboard as being “the new lighter, drier beer.”
Hoppy St. Lupulin’s Day
Today, two years ago, Odell Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado released a new seasonal beer, an Extra Pale Ale they called “St. Lupulin.”
From the press release:
A mystical legend in the Odell brewhouse, St. Lupulin (loop-you-lin) was the archetypal hophead. He devoted endless summers to endless rows of hops, tending to the flowers and the beloved resin within — lupulin. Extraordinary oils in this yellow resin provide this dry-hopped extra pale ale with an undeniably pleasing floral aroma. “St. Lupulin is our way of honoring the hop plant,” said brewer Jake O’Mara. “The beer has incredible hop character, but it’s balanced and very drinkable.”
I mention all this because I absolutely love the label artwork they came up with and just the idea of having a St. Lupulin. He looks to me like the Johnny Appleseed of hops. So since June 1st is the release date, I’m declaring that June 1 also be the feast day for St. Lupulin, patron saint of American hops. No reason we can’t have yet another beer saint, even a fictional one. We should come with our own myth for him, a tall tale. Happy St. Lupulin’s Day everyone. Enjoy a hoppy beer to celebrate.
The Street Picks The “10 Best Craft Beer Vacation Destinations”
The Street is a financial media company that covers the business world. Apparently they noticed that craft beer is doing well and put together a list of the
10 Best Craft Beer Vacation Destinations. Here’s the list below, though it’s not clear to me if the destinations are in any particular order or not.
- Full Sail Brewery, Hood River, OR
- Stone World Bistro and Gardens, Escondido, CA
- Highland Brewery, Asheville, NC
- Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
- D.G. Yuengling & Sons brewery, Pottsville, PA
- Portland, Maine
- Samuel Adams Brewery, Boston, MA
- Sierra Nevada Brewery, Chico, CA
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton/Rehoboth Beach, DE
- Wisconsin
I love Yuengling, and it is a great tour, but it’s hard to lump America’s oldest brewery in with the more recent craft brewers. And the new owners of Anchor Brewery will be surprised to learn that they’re owned by North American Brewing, as incorrectly cited in the article.
Overall, it’s not a bad list. I’ve been to seven of the ten destinations and can attest to those, and I’ve heard great things about the other ones. But it seems weird that Colorado, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon are all noticeably absent. What places do you think are missing?
Tennessee Beer
Today in 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
Tennessee
Tennessee Breweries
- Battle Ground Brewery
- Big River Grille and Brewing Works
- Black Horse Pub and Brewery
- Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery
- Blues City Brewery
- Boscos Brewing
- Calfkiller Brewing
- Calhoun’s Microbrewery
- Chattanooga Brewing
- Cool Springs Brewery
- Craftworks Restaurants Corporate Office
- Depot Street Brewing
- Downtown Grill & Brewery
- Ghost River Brewing
- Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group
- Jackalope Brewing
- Jubilee Craft Beer Co.
- Marble City Brewing
- Mayday Brewery
- McHale’s Brewhouse
- Moccasin Bend Brewing
- Naked Lion Brewing
- Smoky Mountain Brewing
- Terminal Brewhouse
- Woodruff Brewing
- Yazoo BrewingNashville
Tennessee Brewery Guides
Guild: Tennessee Brewers Guild (TBG)
State Agency: Tennessee Department of Revenue
- Capital: Nashville
- Largest Cities: Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville
- Population: 5,689,283; 16th
- Area: 42146 sq.mi., 36th
- Nickname: Volunteer State
- Statehood: 16th, June 1, 1796
- Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 19
- Rank: 29th
- Beer Production: 4,114,564
- Production Rank: 19th
- Beer Per Capita: 20.5 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 38.8%
- Cans: 55%
- Kegs: 5.7%
Beer Taxes:
- Per Gallon: $0.14
- Per Case: $0.31
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $4.29
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $4.29
- 17% wholesale tax for use of the counties and municipalities
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $15,107,865
- Direct Impact: $1,069,412,196
- Supplier Impact: $474,906,880
- Induced Economic Impact: $975,718,114
- Total Impact: $2,520,037,191
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No
- Sale Hours: On Premises: Mon-Sat: 8 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Sun: 12 p.m. to 3 a.m. Hours of alcohol sale can be modified by local jurisdictions if approved by the alcohol control commission.
Off Premises: 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Mon–Sat - Grocery Store Sales: Yes
- Notes: Wine is only sold in liquor stores. Sales of liquor are limited to on-premises in restaurants on Sundays. Beer above 5% ABW / 6.3% ABV must be sold in liquor stores. Open container law only applies to drivers, not passengers.
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.
Kentucky Beer
Today in 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state.
Kentucky
Kentucky Breweries
- BBC Brewing Co.
- Beer Engine
- Better Days Brewing
- BJ’s Restaurant Brewery
- Bluegrass Brewing
- Browning’s Brewery
- Cumberland Brews Restaurant & Brewery
- Hofbräuhaus Newport
- Lexington Brewing and Distilling
- Red Ear Brewing
Kentucky Brewery Guides
Guild: None Known
State Agency: Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Capital: Frankfort
- Largest Cities: Louisville, Lexington – Fayette, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Covington
- Population: 4,041,769; 25th
- Area: 40411 sq.mi., 37th
- Nickname: Bluegrass State
- Statehood: 15th, June 1, 1792
- Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 13
- Rank: 39th
- Beer Production: 2,625,938
- Production Rank: 27th
- Beer Per Capita: 19.1 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 38.4%
- Cans: 58.4%
- Kegs: 6.6%
Beer Taxes:
- Per Gallon: $0.08
- Per Case: $0.18
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $2.50
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $2.50
- 11% wholesale sales tax; 6% on premise sales tax. Wholesale tax changed in 2005 from 9% to 11%.
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $124,158,766
- Direct Impact: $769,002,906
- Supplier Impact: $337,841,508
- Induced Economic Impact: $433,361,880
- Total Impact: $1,540,206,295
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No
- Sale Hours: On Premises: 6 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Monday through Saturday
Off Premises: 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Sundays - Grocery Store Sales: Yes
- Notes: Local ordinance may vote to permit Sunday sales at restaurants. Sales from 2–4 a.m. only in Louisville. As of 2005 Sunday sales were allowed per state law, but may still be prohibited in some areas by local ordinance (as of early 2006, such a situation existed with smaller cities within Louisville Metro, though these cities have since changed local ordinances).
Alcohol sale restriction and wet/dry (both by drink and package) allowed by both county and city local option. Approximately 53 counties in the state (mostly eastern and southern counties) are dry, all alcohol sale and possession prohibited; 16 “moist” counties (with “wet” cities allowing package liquor sales in counties otherwise dry); 21 counties that are otherwise dry but have communities with local option that allow sales of liquor by the drink or under special exemptions allowing sales at wineries. Majority of wet counties around major metropolitan areas in state (Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Owensboro, Paducah).
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.
Beer In Ads #381: Hamm’s Pouring Billboard
Tuesday’s ad is a 1951 billboard for Hamm’s, “From the land of sky blue waters.” A giant beer bottle pouring into a giant pilsner glass must have been quite a sight from the side of the road.
Beer In Ads #380: Hi Neighbor, Have A ‘Gansett
Monday’s ad begins a week of billboard ads from the 1940s and 50s. The first is from 1950 and is for Narrgansett Lager Beer, a Rhode Island brand that was founded in 1890 but closed shop in 1981, only to be re-established in 2005.
The Roman Coliseum In Beer Bottles
I stumbled in this fun little project, a model of the Roman Coliseum made entirely of beer bottles. It was the Telegraph’s Picture of the Day back in May of 2009.
A model of the Colosseum made of 1,500 bottles of Heineken is displayed at Rome’s Termini Station to celebrate the final of the Champion’s League. The sculpture has a diameter of 11.5 feet and a height of 4.6 feet.