February 2008

A Big Week for Shipyard Brewing Co.

by Luke

Some big news was forwarded to me today from the folks at Shipyard Brewing Co. First, their Royal IPA (shipyard “Brewer’s Choice” spring seasonal for ’08) received a 5 check-mark review (the highest honors) from Modern Brewery Age. The review reads: Amid a rising tide of West Coast-inflected American IPAs, Shipyard’s Alan Pugsley hews to [...]

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Brewery in The Other Portland Going Green

by Luke

Nipping at the heels of the announcement for the topic for the March Session, the news surfaced today that The Lucky Lab Brew Pub in the other Portland (anyone who doubts that Portland, OR is the other Portland – remember that it was named after Portland, Maine!) is now brewing solar beer. The brewpub has [...]

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The Next Portland Beer Dinner: February 23rd at Bull Feeney’s

by Luke

Click to enlarge I know those of you living in the Portland Metro Area have been deprived of great beer-and-food-opportunities lately (ahem…) so I figured I’d pass along the news of another one: On February 23rd from 6:00-8:00pm join Bob Cannon (the bald, woolly brewmaster from the Sam Adams commercials) and Lee Gardiner, Bull Feeney’s [...]

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Schlitz Ad: Some Day All Beer Cans Will Open This Easy!

by Luke

A co-worker of mine sent me the following ad this morning and it was too good not to share. A Schlitz ad from the 1930s featuring the “the new aluminum Softop can”! …Some day all beer cans will open this easy! [tags]beer, advertising, beer ad, Schlitz[/tags]

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Sunday Beer Briefs

by Luke

Just a few briefs to get you through the painstakingly slow hours between now and the game tonight. For starters, Jay Brooks at the Brookston Beer Bulletin has posted a link to a map of the USA made from beer labels, each representing the state of its origin. While some of them are hard to [...]

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Vitamin B Enhanced, For Your Drinking Pleasure

by Luke

Philippine inventor Billy L. Lalang has created a beer which he is marketing as one which “takes some of the guilt out of drinking” (which confused me because I certainly never feel guilty having a pint!) – a beer he is claiming is the first Vitamin Beer. While that claim isn’t actually true (case in [...]

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