Peggy and her mate Peter used to be regulars at the Alexandra Hotel pub in Jarrow, England. She was fond of nursing a John Smith’s bitter with some chips.
But the owner had to finally say enough’s enough. Peter was still welcome to come in but after having the pub refurbished the landlady had […]
Filed under: Beer on September 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
It should come as no real surprise that Inbev shareholders have approved the deal to buy Anheuser-Busch. Only two more hurdles remain - approval by Anheuser-Busch shareholders and regulatory clearance – but there’s little doubt that the big beer buy will go through.
It’s interesting that this was the year Anheuser-Busch starting pushing the idea […]
Filed under: inbev, anheuser-busch on September 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
Estonian police have arrested a ruthless gang of vodka smugglers. The cabal of Russian and Estonian criminals was sneaking hundreds of gallons of vodka across the border from Russia to Estonia via an underwater pipe.
My first thought when I saw this story was how good could it be after going through those pipes? […]
Filed under: Vodka, bootleg on September 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
In the past I’ve been rather impressed with the British for enforcing the proper pint. Law enforcement agents have actually gone out into the field (pubs) to make sure that the landlords were serving a full Imperial pint.
But such standardization can be taken too far. For example consider the case of Nic Davison. […]
Filed under: Beer on September 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
A-B and I don’t always see eye-to-eye on what’s good beer. I could live a life-time without having another Budweiser lager and die a happy man. But they’re releasing three new brews this month that are forcing me to reconsider my opinion of Anheuser-Busch beer. You should check them out.
First is the […]
Filed under: Beer, anheuser-busch on September 7th, 2008 | No Comments »