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09/02/10
September = National Bourbon Heritage Month
Thanks to our friends over at Small Screen Network, we discovered that the month of September is also National Bourbon Heritage Month. National Bourbon Heritage Month is an observance in the United States that calls for celebration of bourbon as America’s “Native Spirit”. On August 2, 2007, the US Senate declared September as “National Bourbon [...]
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09/02/10
Tuned Pale Ale: Musical Beer Bottles FTW!
Gizmodo recently released an article about Tuned Pale Ale. The small batch pale ale was released in bottle that feature a musical scale down the side of its labels. Each notch on the label, designed by Chris Mufalli, coordinates with a musical note. When the beer level matches a notch, a different note can be [...]
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08/31/10
Firestone Walker To Expand Proprietor’s Series Distribution in 2011
Limited, specialty cult beers can be really exciting, but not when they only reach the hands of the privileged few. This is why I am thrilled to announce that Firestone Walker Brewing Company plans on making several of its rare beers, called the Proprietor’s Reserve Series, available outside of the West Coast market (which includes [...]
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08/31/10
New Product Spotlight: Rémy Martin V — A “White” Cognac
Typically, when a product fermented from grapes goes “white” (i.e.: white zinfandel), it isn’t a good thing. This is not the case with Rémy Martin V (pronounced “vee”) — the first clear spirit from the House of Rémy Martin. “The new spirit masterfully blends the savoir faire and the aromatic richness of the Rémy Martin [...]
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08/30/10
PubCakes = Beer + Cupcakes FTW!
PubCakes is a new baking venture in San Diego, CA that combines two of the world’s greatest ingredients: beer and cupcakes. “I am often asked how I came up with the idea to combine beer and cupcakes. PubCakes started with a love of beer and a desire to share it with others. Chocolate stout cakes [...]
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08/27/10
FTW: TY KU Illuminating Liqueur
What the world really needs is a fine beverage institute (Mutineer Academy, anyone?) where people can go and research ways to revolutionize the fine beverage industry. Case and point: Kirk Spahn + Trenton Ulicny, two American entrepreneurs that transformed a grad school project into a revolutionary fine beverage brand worth millions. But, it didn’t happen [...]
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08/26/10
“Blogger Tax” Sparks Turmoil in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, oh Philadelphia. Instead of going after illegitimate black market companies who are stealing American tax dollars, Philly has decided to target bloggers. Yes, folks. I said bloggers. According to the Philadelphia Department of Revenue, blogs qualify as legitimate businesses and are subject to the same licensing laws required for any business located within city [...]
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08/25/10
Whiskey Biofuel FTW: Fine Beverage VS. Global Warming
Professor Martin Tangney, Director of the Biofuel Research Centre — Photo: REUTERS Captain Whiskey, he’s our hero… gonna take pollution down to zero… As if whiskey wasn’t already awesome enough, scientists at Edinburgh Napier University have discovered a way to turn by-products of whiskey production into butanol biofuel. Like ethanol, butonal can be used as [...]
