Eric Scheske

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Brews You Can Use

> The newest buzz beverage in the U.S. is sake, the centuries-old traditional rice wine from Japan. > This year's Joy of Sake, the largest tasting event outside of the beverage's home country, was packed at its three stops: Honolulu, San Francisco and New York.

Brews You Can Use II

> Beer Pong, also known as Beirut, is a game often associated with college and drinking. The game is really a unique collage of beer drinking, throwing balls in cups, intense competition, social relaxation, and witty psyche-outs. There is no right or wrong way to play, but you've

Brews You Can Use

I believe the results of this study, but it's not the fault of the beer advertisers: > Television beer ads featuring cute animals appeal to school kids and make them want to buy the brand of beer being advertised, says a study in the current issue of the

Brews You Can Use III

Budweiser can't use its name in Portugal. No tears from me. I've never been a Budweiser fan. > Anheuser-Busch lost an appeal that would allow it to sell beer under the brand name Budweiser in Portugal, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the latest

Brews You Can Use II

This might be the best beer ad of the year. It's not often a beer advertisement provides an historical miniature. And I really like the name of the product. Link [http://www.legendslimited.com/skull.html]. > SkullSplitter is a Scottish strong ale with a distinctive flavor and

Brews You Can Use

Spoetzl is Texas' oldest independent brewery and producer of Shiner beers, named for the town where the brewery began in 1909. It has come out with "Shiner 96," the first of the company's annual series of commemorative beers that will lead up to the brewery&

MADD in DC?

> In the District [of Columbia], a driver can be arrested with as little as .01 blood-alcohol content. > As D.C. police officer Dennis Fair, who arrested Bolton on May 15, put it in an interview recently: "If you get behind the wheel of a car with any

Beer Scramble

Beer manufacturers are scrambling to shore up their market. WaPo ran a feature piece on their situation. Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100800172.html] . Excerpt: > You'll see products with flavors and colors that add individuality to bottled drinks and flexibility to

Brews You Can Use II

This is kind of a yawner, but I didn't even know there was such an award. Maybe someone will nominate my dogged Friday morning coverage for an ale award. Maybe I'll win a quart of Pabst: > The Brewers Association recognized the work of three journalists

Brews You Can Use

We'll call it the Eagle and Child, crack open some pipes, and pretend we're Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, Barfield, and the others. > The pub is 40ft long, 19ft wide and 22ft high. It can be customised for use as a fully working pub, with room for