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| King vs Queen |
| Budweiser has long been known as the "King of Beers," and Anheuser-Busch is taking exception to a craft brewer declaring itself holder of the "Queen of Beer" crown. She Beverage Co. of Lancaster, California, applied to register "The Queen of Beer" phrase with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Anheuser-Busch argument is that "Queen of Beer" is too similar to "King of Beers" and that consumers might wrongly believe She Beverage beers are made by Anheuser-Busch. She Beverage uses the "Queen of Beer" phrase in marketing,social media and on its website. Anheuser-Busch, in its opposition filing, argued that the patent office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board previously ruled in its favor against another company that sought to trademark "Queen of Beers |
| All Trader Joe's beers are made by contract brewing. Contract brewing is when a brewery produces house- brand brews for a restaurant or bar. Many of Trader Joe’s beers are exclusive to their stores, produced by contract breweries including Golden Road Brewing, Minhas Craft Brewery, Gordon Biersch, Shipyard Brewing Company, and Tecate’s Cervecería Mexicana. Their very popular Mission St. India Pale Ale is back on the shelf, but there’s new packaging and a new price: $6.99, or a buck upcharge on this former best buy. It is being made by Unita Brewing Co. Unita is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ironically, more than 60 percent of Utah’s population identifies as members of the Mormon faith, a religion that prohibits consumption of alcohol. But while Uinta's headquarters are located just four miles from the world's largest Mormon temple, the company has been steadily growing since its founding in 1993. |
| Wheaties Beer- Wheaties, the breakfast of champions, has partnered with Fulton brewery in Minneapolis, to create a limited-edition Hefeweizen beer named HefeWheaties. HefeWheaties is now available but only for limited time. Holy Beer- A New Jersey brewery is releasing a beer to commemorate Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia next month. Cape May Brewing Co. is making 500 gallons of YOPO, or "You Only Pope Once." The pope-inspired beer is a hoppy pale ale with 5.5 percent alcohol content Imports Soar- Sale of imported beers rose 6.9% in the past twelve months which is equal to the amount of all craft beer sold from supermarket and convenience store shelves combined. Joga Beer- Yoga giant Lululemon is entering the craft beer game with Curiosity Lager, made by Vancouver's Stanley Park Brewing. Curiosity Lager is described as a "crisp, bold session lager" with a "citrus hop nose" and 4.6 per cent alcohol by volume. It is the first ever sanctioned "yoga beer". If they say so....... |
| Great Beer Town - Buffalo, NY by Dan Hodge This may just be the best beer drinking town in the USA.! I have previously expounded on the shot and beer joints/corner taprooms that are so prevalent in the Queen City in my Beer My Way columns here on BeerNexus, but this town has transformed into craft beer in a HUGE way Tonight I'm sitting with my daughter and her boyfriend in the Big Ditch Brewpub in downtown Buffalo, which makes GREAT beer at reasonable prices. They have great big garage doors which they open or keep closed according to the weather. Tonight they were open and while we were sitting enjoying a pint of Hayburner IPA, a conveyance with twelve or fifteen people pedaling stopped in front of us,disembarked and ran into the pub ordering pints before they raced to the bathroom. The vehicle had signs labeling it as the "Buffalo Brew Pedaling Tour". Shortly after their departure another, similar conveyance showed up, this made up like an old fashioned trolley, and discharged it's tipsy pedalers who were all in need of immediate relief/refreshment and relief. I questioned one of the disembarkers as to the itinerary of his trip and was told that the pedalers were to hit the Flying Bison Brewery, Resurgence Brewing Company, Big Ditch and one other stop. This remember, on a THURSDAY night. Not Friday or Saturday, where more normal folks would engage in something like this. THURSDAY, when everybody other than Buffalonians has to work the next morning. BTW: local news has it that the descendants of William Simon, brewer of Simon Pure Beer & Ale, will soon be offering a resurrected version of Simon Pure back into the Western NY area. Ah, I remember that beer well. Good stuff for sure. Tomorrow my daughter is taking me to the Buffalo Bison's ballgame for the Friday night special which includes game,fireworks, and three dollar pints of various Flying Bison brews. Let's go Bisons! Send contributions for On Tap to webmaster@beernexus.com |
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