On Beer Report

The Second Annual BREW AT THE ZOO is taking place on OCTOBER 1 from 5 to 9PM at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.  Brew at the Zoo is a “beer tasting” event that features stations hosted by local breweries as well as an opportunity to stroll among the animals... Read More

Proving that they are an industry deserving of serious recognition, the Brewers Association recently announced that the Senate Small Brewers Caucus has been established. The formation of the Caucus was led by Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who support the role of America’s small and independent brewers... Read More

The battle for National Hockey League beer sponsorship between Molson Coors Brewing Co. and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s Labatt Breweries goes on. In late July an Ontario appeals court overturned a lower court’s ruling in favor of Labatt, which claimed it already had a Canadian sponsorship agreement in place with the... Read More

It seemed like the perfect summer libation: a blend of MGD 64 and lemonade. After all, it’s really just a lighter version of the summertime favorite shandy. But some innovations pop and then fizzle out before they ever make it big. MillerCoors announced in July that would be discontinuing its... Read More

Now this is a trend to get behind.  For several years chefs have increasingly been using craft beer as an ingredient in their dishes.  Now, a growing number of pastry chefs are baking with beer with delectable results such as chocolate stout brownies, porter cupcakes and salted beer caramels.  The... Read More

Londonderry, New Hampshire homebrewer Jim Prucha has been named the winner of the fourth annual Samuel Adams Patriot Homebrew Contest. Prucha bested entrants from all six New England states. His winning brew, a Baltic Porter, will be served at the Samuel Adams Brewhouse in Gillette Stadium during the entire 2O11/2O12... Read More

The UK has a problem with a capital P: Pint glasses. Bar brawls involving “glassings” (when an offender smashes a glass into a victim’s face) have gotten so bad they account for an estimated 55OO out of 87,OOO incidents of alcohol-related violence annually that involve glass and it’s costing the... Read More

Our neighbor to the north has earned itself quite a distinction. Home to 17 brewers, including an Anheuser-Busch facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire boasts the highest beer sales per person in the United States. In 2O1O, an average of 32.7 gallons of beer, the equivalent of nearly 35O 12-ounce cans,... Read More

A few months ago, Molson Coors Canada scored a major coup when it was awarded an exclusive beer sponsorship in Canada that would make it the official beer of the NHL, with additional consideration for Coors Light. That deal took the sponsorship away from Labatt’s (made by Budweiser). But the... Read More

Domestic beer seems to have lost its mojo. Wine and spirits may be holding their own these days but there’s still no love happening for the US mainstream beer industry. Beer makers have seen their domestic sales volume slump for some time as the tough economy took an added toll... Read More