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| Replacing a beer with a glass of water every day could cut people’s chances of becoming obese by 20% on average, according to a study. Researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain found that the same holds true for sugary soft drinks – having a water each day instead cut the risk of obesity among more than 16,000 participants in the study by 15%.Swapping wine for water did not have an effect. Some experts say the fattening effects of beer, which in bottles or pints usually contains more calories than a small glass of wine, are under- recognised. “Alcohol is incredibly calorific, second only to fat,” said Paul Christiansen, a researcher on addiction and obesity from Liverpool University. “And beer is one of the most calorific ways you can consume alcohol.” Not only is beer high in calories – 142 calories in a 330ml bottle or 193 in a pint of Newcastle Brown – but people who drink alcohol also eat more. “When people consume large amounts of alcohol, that’s when they go and eat more. |
| The number of U.S. craft breweries grew by 16.2% percent over the past 12 months but production at those breweries grew at a much lower rate of 6 %. While that is still solid growth, it’s below the double-digit per- centages seen in past years.But one industry official says it’s not time to declare doom-and-gloom. Julia Herz of the Brewers Association, broke down the production numbers. Brewpubs, defined as restaurants selling 25% or more of their own beer on site, saw the most growth: a 14.8 % increase year-over-year. Microbreweries, which are craft breweries that produce 15,000 or fewer barrels, had even greater year-over-year growth at 27%. The big regional craft breweries, which produced anywhere from 15,001 to 6 million barrels, had modest growth at 1 %But percentages can be deceiving. While regional craft breweries had just 1 % growth, the actual volume increase was 18 million barrels. For brewpubs, a 14.8 percent year-over-year increase equaled just 1.35 million more barrels.In fact, about two-thirds of U.S. residents of legal drinking age have a brewery within 10 miles of their home, Herz said. |
Prices- Beers are the cheapest in Prague ($1.30), Johannesburg ($1.70), and Lisbon, Portugal ($2.00). On the flip side, they are the most expensive in Oslo, Norway ($9.90), Singapore ($9.00), and Hong Kong ($7.70). In the USA, New York City was the most expensive, with beer costing $7.40 on average. Boston wasn't too far behind, at $7.20. Now 100% - rHeineken International announced that it is buying the other 50 percent stake of Lagunitas Brewing Co. of CA in a deal they hope will propel the craft beer sector globally. Heineken, the world’s second largest brewer, acquired an initial 50 percent ownership of Lagunitas in September 2015 Flops - Within Sam Adams brands, the company’s 2017 spring seasonal beers — Samuel Adams Hopscape and Samuel Adams Fresh as Helles — didn’t perform as well as their Cold Snap last year. Sam blamed a combination of drinker confusion at retail, acceptability of these styles and the timing of seasonal transitions compared to last year. They left out that neither beer was that good. . Lobbying Works - Indiana law allows you to buy beer from a convenience store or gas station only if it's warm. You can only buy it cold at package liquor stores or restaurants. Liquor store interests have spent at least $150,000 on lobbying in recent years while donating more than $750,000 to lawmakers to keep the law unchanged and continue their monopoly on cold beer sales. |
| Beer Bottle Samaritain Recently someone smashed Steve Navarro’s truck window and stole a box with six century-old beer bottles still full of beer. “I thought they were gone forever,” Navarro, co-owner of Tacoma’s (Washington) Pacific Brewing and Malting, said. Back in 2013, Navarro bought the bottles for $1,000 from someone who found the unopened bottles of Tacoma-brand beer, a pre- Prohibition classic, under a stairwell at an Oregon hotel. Finding historic beer bottles filled with their original contents is incredibly rare. Navarro was moving the bottles and had stashed them in a Deschutes beer box when his truck window was broken and the box taken. He was convinced someone had stolen them for drinking, not realizing their worth or how awful the century-old beer inside the bottles would taste since beer does not age well. For months, he searched trash bins in downtown Tacoma. He scoured flea markets and local vintage and antique stores. He monitored website auctions. That’s when he received a text message from a number he didn’t recognize. Navarro said the good Samaritan, who is a collector, told him, “They were at the swap meet in Tacoma a few weeks ago. She thought they were great and the person who sold them wanted $100 apiece. … She ended up buying all five for $300. She could tell they were old and she thought they might be worth money, so she started researching on the Internet. She came across the news story. In her mind, she went, ‘ohhh, (expletive)!’ She had no idea they could be stolen. When she found out, she told me, she was sick to her stomach.”Navarro invited her down to the brewery and she arrived with the bottles. The good Samaritan asked to remain anonymous, which Navarro agreed to do. He said the good Samaritan did not ask for money and wanted to return the bottles out of a sense of duty “to do the right thing,” but Navarro did what brewers always do: He gave her free beer. He plied her with a case of Pacific Brewing and Malting beer, a growler and glassware. Ultimately, he talked her into accepting the $300 she had paid for the bottles.“She didn’t ask for anything. She could’ve held them hostage and asked for a thousand bucks to get them back. But she didn’t do anything like that. She’s an honest, nice person,” he said. “I told her, ‘You’ve reinstilled my faith in our community and the people here.’ I’m still shocked. I can’t believe they were out there and not dumped somewhere.” Send contributions for On Tap to webmaster@beernexus.com |
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