BYCU
Yikes, that looks, sounds, and probably smells like one nasty beer.
Merry Ole Brewers
Congratulations to TDE readers from Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, and California. Brewers from your states have been selected to send brewers to England to engage in collaborative brewing efforts. The brewer from Michigan is my hometown favorite, Bell's, the maker of the most-righteous Oberon brand.
Best Beer States
Let the street brawls begin: The Street recently ranked the ten best beer states. It "took a close look at stats provided by the Brewers Association and Beer Institute and, based on four key criteria -- production, consumption, breweries and breweries per capita." The results:
10. Montana
9. Delaware
8. New Hampshire
7. Wisconsin
6. New York
5. Washington
4. Colorado
3. Oregon
2. Vermont
1. California
Now, I'm not offended that Michigan didn't make the cut. We can't seem to do anything right. But California at number one? That shocks me. I figured they were too busy sipping wine and buggering to drink serious quantities of beer. And Oregon and Washington rounding out the Top 5?
My opinion of the Left Coast just went up a few notches.
Beer Innovation
I'm always glad to see new beer products, even when they come from one of the big boys: "MillerCoors LLC has begun testing the sale of $20 draft-beer systems for consumers to drink at home, part of a string of new products and package innovation from beer giants grappling for market share in a crowded, slow-growing industry." Link.
