After a seven year hiatus, Black Star Double Hopped Golden Lager has been relaunched by Minott Wessinger, fifth generation brewer and great-great grandson of brewing pioneer Henry Weinhard. The beer was first brewed in 1995 at the Great Northern Brewing Company in Whitefish, Montana. Following tradition, the relaunched version of Black Star is being brewed at the original gravity flow style brewery built by Wessinger in 1994.

“Given our family history of brewing – which dates back to 1856– Black Star is a true legacy beer and I am thrilled to return it to the marketplace,” – Minott Wessinger. “Black Star is a traditional European-style Pilsner beer, refreshing with lots of taste, and the perfect beer for summer.” Continue Reading »

The Guinness 250 year anniversary contest is awesome. Three prizes: a trip to space with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic (remember the cola wars?), a ride in a deep sea submarine with a luxury bar, and an exclusive concert/meet and greet with Black Eyed Peas. I don’t know if the Black Eyed Peas can compete with a trip to space, that seems a little off. They should have the Black Eyed Peas perform in space…You can enter the contest on the Guinness website Did you know that the first case of Guinness didn’t arrive in New York until 1840? History is great.

Via Telegraph – Guinness offers drinkers chance to win space flight

Virgin Cola is an obscure soda that can supposedly be found in select UK stores and on Virgin Flights and Trains, but once upon a time it strove to take on Coca-Cola and Pepsi in a cola fueled war.

Literally.
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First off, I apologize for the momentary lapse in blogs this week. We took the entire Mutineer Magazine staff up to Washington with us to attend the Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival, so things shut down in the Mutineer Magazine office. Continue Reading »