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Yuengling Is Now America's Largest Brewer
By Meg Marco on January 17, 2012 1:30 PM
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Did Yuengling suddenly get bigger than Miller or Bud? Nope. Both are now foreign-owned. According to AdAge, Yuengling has recently surpassed Sam Adams' Boston Beer Company as the largest U.S.-owned brewer that manufactures all its beer in the U.S. More »
Ways In Which Beer Can Be Good For You
By Phil Villarreal on January 17, 2012 9:00 AM
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While the drawbacks of booze swilling are well-known and extensively chronicled, there are also upsides to drinking beer. No one is calling beer a health drink, but suds apparently aren't all bad for you. More »
Higher Calorie, Higher Alcohol 'Bud Light Platinum' To Start Getting People Drunk In January
By Chris Morran on November 10, 2011 12:15 PM
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For those who think their light beer doesn't have enough calories — or enough alcohol — the folks at Anheuser-Busch InBev think they have the solution: Bud Light Platinum, which only has 8 fewer calories per serving than Budweiser, but is a full percentage point higher on the alcohol by volume scale. More »
Small NFL Beers Cost More Than $7 On Average
By Phil Villarreal on October 17, 2011 9:15 AM
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Tickets, parking and concessions are all costly at sporting events. Those who haven't been to an NFL game in a while may experience plastic cup price shock when they order a beer. An analysis revealed that the average small draft beer is $7.13, 22.7 percent more than Major Leauge baseball brewskis. More »
Watch A Dancing Patrick Swayze Shill For Pabst Blue Ribbon in 1979
By Laura Northrup on October 5, 2011 10:15 AM
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It may be difficult to believe now, but there was once a time when people appreciated Pabst Blue Ribbon beer in a non-ironic fashion. That was around 1979, evidently, when this ad featuring a catchy faux-Bee Gees tune and a fresh-faced young Patrick Swayze hit the airwaves. More »
Utah Movie Theater Fined For Showing Hangover II
By Chris Morran on September 30, 2011 4:49 PM
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There are a number of theaters across the country that like to combine movie-showing with beer-drinking and as long as all the patrons are of legal drinking age, there are usually no issues about what's being shown on screen. But the state of Utah has decided that if you show a movie featuring naked bodies, that makes your business answerable to the same rules governing strip clubs — and subject to thousands of dollars in fines. More »
Budweiser Slaps A Bow Tie On The Can And Hopes You'll Buy More
By Chris Morran on August 3, 2011 4:15 PM
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As Budweiser, the self-dubbed King of Beers, feels competitors chomping away at its spot in suds sales ranks, it has tried a number of things — like giving away 500,000 freebies — to remind people it is a product available for purchase. Today, the folks at Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. RFD PDQ WTF announced their master stroke that will surely work wonders: A new can. More »
Minnesota Govt. Shutdown Also Resulting In Beer Shortages
By Chris Morran on July 13, 2011 5:15 PM
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We're doubling down on news related to the Minnesota government shutdown today. A red tape snafu has could potentially leave all Minnesotans without easy access to Coors Light, Miller, Olde English 800 and dozens of additional beers. Meanwhile, bars across the state are running dry because they can't buy more booze. More »
Carlsberg Looking To Attract The Ladies With Beer In A Pretty Bottle
By Chris Morran on May 20, 2011 3:30 PM
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While the soda business is aggressively marketing toward men for the latest generation of diet drinks, the folks at Carlsberg, the brewery where the truck drivers went on strike for not being able to drink on the job, are trying to go after the gals' cash, luring them toward their new beer in a pretty bottle. More »
Why Is Coors Light Advertising During This Children's Song?
By Ben Popken on May 9, 2011 4:00 PM
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Reader Jonnie was looking for YouTube videos to help his son remember his multiplication tables. He found one for 8's, but was taken aback by what he had to watch first before he could watch it. It was an ad for Coors Light beer. That is some pretty dumb media buying right there. More »
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Heavy Beer Drinkers May Increase Risk Of Cancer
By Phil Villarreal on April 7, 2011 2:30 PM
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Science lends more proof to Homer Simpson's assertion that beer is both the cause of and solution to all of life's problems. A Spanish study found that heavy beer drinking — two or three beers a day for several years — can increase the risk of gastric cancer, especially if the drinkers possess a specific gene variant that's present in 20 percent of the population. More »
Seattle Mariners Beer Guy Now Taking Orders Over Twitter
By Chris Morran on April 5, 2011 10:30 AM
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After five seasons of scaling the steps of Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, selling beers to fans in their seats, one suds vendor is giving customers the chance to notify him directly of their beer needs via Twitter. More »
Coors Light To Pass Budweiser As Second On Biggest Beer List?
By Chris Morran on March 29, 2011 10:30 AM
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First it was Diet Coke pushing Pepsi out of the way to take over second place on the bestselling soda list, now it looks like beer behemoth Budweiser might lose its coveted number-two slot to Coors Light. More »
Anheuser-Busch Picks Up Six-Pack Of Goose Island For $39 Million
By Chris Morran on March 28, 2011 2:30 PM
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Fans of Chicago-based brewery Goose Island have reason for concern after today's announcement that Anheuser-Busch InBev is set to purchase the company in a deal worth $38.8 million. More »
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Man Gives Up All Sustenance Except For Beer & Water During Lent
By Chris Morran on March 11, 2011 12:30 PM
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To everyone who thought you couldn't have a less healthy diet than that of The McRunner, meet the Iowa man who says he's going to consume nothing but beer and water for the entirety of Lent. More »
No Difference Between Large & Small Beers At Oakland Coliseum?
By Chris Morran on February 17, 2011 12:15 PM
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Qwest Field, home of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, recently caught some flack when people pointed out that you could fit an entire large beer into a "small" beer cup. A video shot at the Oakland Athletics' ballpark is making people wonder how widespread this issue is. More »
Inventor Makes Fuel Out Of Brewery Waste
By Phil Villarreal on February 14, 2011 12:45 PM
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Beer is known for fueling ill-advised hook-ups and spontaneous bar brawls, and now the waste that breweries produce can result in fuel for operating the plants. More »
Walgreens To Sell Their Own Brand Of Beer For Under $.50/Can
By Chris Morran on January 27, 2011 11:15 AM
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If its decision to start selling groceries wasn't enough of a sign that Walgreens is trying to shake up its image and reach a new audience, now comes news that the drugstore chain has begun selling its own private-label beer. More »
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Use A Beer Holder Thingy To Stop Shaving Cream Rust Rings
By Meg Marco on January 12, 2011 3:40 PM
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You know, a lot of those "New Uses For XYZ Random Item" stories magazines come up with are really pretty stupid, but I hate rust rings on my bathtub and I am incapable of remembering that they will happen if I leave the shaving cream just sitting there. More »
A Small Beer Is Really A Large Beer At Qwest Field, And Vice Versa
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 8, 2011 1:50 PM
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Hey all you silly people out there at Seattle Seahawks games, stop wasting money on those large beers at Qwest Field! For $1.25 less, you can get a small beer, which seems to contain just as much liquid-y ale goodness as the large. D'oh! More »
