The World Heart Foundation has won a significant battle in the fight to curb the frightening amount of children in the U.S. that are obese. Pepsi announced that it will pull all of their fully-sweetened beverages from schools by 2012.
At primary schools, Pepsi will only sell water, fat-free milk, low-fat milk and juice products that have no added sugar. Secondary schools will get the addition of Diet Pepsi and low-calorie soft drinks. Continue Reading »
Two weeks ago on March 9th, Jones Soda, signed a letter of intent to be bought by Los Angeles-based Reed’s, the publicly traded seller of Ginger Brew and Virgil’s Root Beer sodas, for about $10 million in cash and stock. Continue Reading »
Trey White (L) and Ken Allen (R)
HMB Holdings and the Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, recently announced a definitive purchase agreement by which HMB Holdings, LLC will acquire the Anderson Valley Brewery.
Terms of the transaction are undisclosed. Pending appropriate regulatory approvals, the deal will close in April, 2010.
Under the leadership of respected industry pioneer Ken Allen, Anderson Valley Brewery has been creating award winning craft beers in Boonville, CA since 1987. Continue Reading »
The Brewers Association recently released an Action Request to Beer Enthusiasts, Homebrewers, Breweries & Beer-Allied Companies. The request is rather simple: Help increase your access to craft beer from America’s small brewers.
And how does one take such action?
According to the Brewers Association, “We are asking you to support America’s small brewers by making a very simple request of your U.S. Representative to become a co-sponsor of H.R. 4278.” Continue Reading »
Firestone Walker Brewing Company has announced the upcoming release of a seasonal beer called Solace. This is the brewery’s first bottled release of a seasonal ale. It is scheduled to debut on April 1st.
“Seasonal beers are in high demand right now and we wanted to provide Firestone lover’s with our take on a seasonal offering,” said co-proprietor David Walker. Continue Reading »
Folks get pretty geeked up about green on St. Patrick’s Day. People everywhere knock back copious amounts of green beer, and it’s even a tradition in Chicago to dye the Chicago River green. To be honest, I’d rather drink Chicago River water than most of the beer that gets turned green. If you’re going to wake up with a hangover on Thursday, why not get what you paid for? Why not get stuck into things that are green all year round. Here is a list of true green liqueurs and recipes for each. Continue Reading »
Georges and Anja, the intrepid World Wine Tour travelers and organizers, are scorching through the Far East at breakneck speed. Check out their wrap up of the China leg of their trip…with video goodness.
Want to get involved in the World Wine Tour? Head over to the World Wine Tour blog and post questions you may have for Georges and Anja or the wineries they’ll be visiting. They will ask for you and post them on the site. You can also catch them in their regular column featured in each issue of Mutineer Magazine.
Georges and Anja: 有一个良好的旅程
Energy drinks Brian Kropf picked up in Haiti
Despite being the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti still manages to get its fine beverage on. For liquor, their most notable is Barbancourt Rhum, which unfortunately, their factory suffered some serious setbacks during the January earthquake that rocked the small Caribbean country and killed over 200,000 Haitians. They lost quite a bit of rum and the factory sustained some serious damage as well.
The most dominate seems to be energy drinks. Toro (their marketing looks pretty similar to Red Bull), Gladiator, Atomic, Ragaman, etc. The list goes on and on, but they love their energy drinks and the trash of empty bottles strewn throughout the streets makes this evident. They don’t taste nearly as good as ours and they’re pretty syrupy, with the main ingredients being water and granulated sugar. Continue Reading »
