| Beer and a Books Faced with a never-ending consumer shift toward online retail purchases, Barnes & Noble, the last remaining big box bookstore chain in the U.S., is turning to food and beverage — including beer — to boost sales. The company unveiled plans to open four “concept” stores that, beginning in October, will sell beer, wine and an assortment of “shareable American café-style food.” Similar to Starbucks’ “evenings” concept, which is aimed at luring customers back into a coffee shop the new Barnes & Noble concept locations are intended to increase foot traffic and grow its overall beverage sales.No word on when the first free Public Library will follow suit and have free beer. Lost and Not Found An eastbound train car filled with fresh Rogue beer was "lost" recently when high winds in Montana “picked up and blew over” a full shipment. Bottles and kegs of Dead Guy Ale, Honey Kolsch, Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Brutal IPA, and Cold Brew IPA . Mysteriously, all kegs disappeared from the wreck. |
Shame On Yuengling The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice today announced that D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc., has settled Clean Water Act (CWA) violations involving its two large- scale breweries near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In a consent decree filed in federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the company has agreed to spend approximately $7 million to improve environmental measures at its brewery operations after it allegedly discharged pollutants into the Greater Pottsville Area Sewer Authority municipal wastewater treatment plant. Yuengling will also pay a $2.8 million penalty. In addition, the consent decree includes a requirement to implement an environmental management system (EMS) focused on achieving CWA compliance at the facilities. Yuengling must hire a third party consultant to develop the EMS and a third party auditor to ensure proper implementation at the facility operations. The company allegedly violated Clean Water Act requirements for companies that discharge industrial waste to municipal publically-owned wastewater treatment facilities numerous times including discharge of biological oxygen demand (BOD), phosphorus, zinc and pH at least 141 times from 2008 to 2015. “Yuengling is responsible for serious violations of its Clean Water Act posing a potential risk to the Schuylkill River which provides drinking water to 1.5 million people,” said EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. “This history of violations and failure to fully respond to orders from the Pottsville Area Sewer Authority and EPA resulted in this enforcement action.” In addition to the monetary penalty, Yuengling has also agreed to take measures that will prevent future violations including:designing and implementing an environmental management system for both breweries to ensure compliance with environmental laws;conducting a series of environmental audits and inspections to ensure ongoing environmental compliance;constructing a comprehensive pretreatment systems; developing and implementing a communication and notification plan to quickly notify GPASA of any changes to the brewery facilites’ wastewater that may impact the public treatment facility;Hiring two certified wastewater treatment operators; and implementing a process to identify, investigate and respond to any future CWA violations quickly and efficiently. |
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| Go West The California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) announced that more than 700 craft breweries are now in operation across the state. “California continues to lead the nation’s craft beer movement" said Tom McCormick, executive director of the CCBA. "The Golden State is the showcase of the creativity and passion that is the foundation of the craft industry”. Four states account for one-third of all the breweries in the United States: California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. . Portland currently has the most breweries of any city in the world. Vermont leads the nation with 8.6 Breweries Per Capita. Mississippi comes in last place at 0.3. Breweries Per Capita ( per 100,000 21+ adults.) Florida leads with the largest percent increase in breweries. Hawaii was the sole state in America that saw a decrease in volume over the prior three years. |
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