Deschutes Brewery’s seasonal “Cinder Cone Red” is slated to cease production very soon, with “The Last Run of Cinder Cone: Celebrating the Life of Cinder Cone Red” happening on January 5th, marking the end of an era for this popular northwest seasonal amber ale.
Read a previous post about Deschutes Cinder Cone Red.
Repeal Day was this last Saturday, December 5. We would’ve posted about it, but we were too busy with our Repeal Day celebrations. Some bloggers must’ve planned ahead to get their posts up; here are a few that caught our eye.
RepealDay.org is 100% Repeal Day awesomeness, complete with your favorite excerpts from the U.S. Constitution.
WashingtonBeerBlog offers a nice post that sums up what Repeal Day is all about. “What is Repeal Day, you ask?” Yup, that’s part of the post…told ya.
BeerGenius celebrates his Repeal Day with some famous beverage quotes from famous people.
Hop-Cast brought the fine folks from 21st Amendment Brewery in to chat on the video blog.
It was a bummer to hear that Vintage New York has closed its wine shops in New York City. You may recall Vintage New York from Dec/Jan of Mutineer Magazine as a part of the story on New York’s Finger Lakes wine region. I learned of the shut down from Steve Shaw Jr. of the incredible Shaw Vineyard in the Finger Lakes region, who was also a part of the Dec/Jan story on the Finger Lakes wine region. Shaw attributed the poor economy and lack of local interest in New York wines as the major reason for the shop closing. Continue Reading »
I am sure everyone is pleased to have reached yet another Friday, but what could make this Friday even better? How about the 75th anniversary since the United States has done away with the Prohibition.
Yes, that is right. December 5th, 2008 marks the day that we have thankfully, been without a law that prohibited alcohol. Continue Reading »
After a hard day at work it is always a delight to go to your favorite watering hole and knock back a couple drinks with your buddies. Truthfully, I can’t wait to punch out and hit up the bar for happy hour. What’s not to love about happy hour? The drinks are cheap and who doesn’t love cheap drinks? I’ll tell you who doesn’t love cheap drinks. The BRITISH. Don’t take this the wrong way, we love our readers from across the pond, but I am gonna have to bash your legislators. Continue Reading »
For over 20 years Scottish & Newcastle has given its retired workers vouchers worth around $55.00 that were redeemable at supermarkets for beer and ciders. Because of the growing numbers of retirees the brewery has axed the program pissing off many of those that took advantage of the free beer. Many of the pensioners like Thomas Cook give the beer as gifts for Christmas, now they will go without. They might want to rethink this plan in the accounting office of Scottish & Newcastle. The last time somebody started screwing with the Scottish they got Braveheart.
In case you didn’t hear, MillerCoors decided to discontinue Zima, a malternative alcapop beverage popular amongst vagrants and minors. If you’re a Zimaniac, you’re going to want to stock up, because supplies are expected to run out in December. Continue Reading »
