Many Tainted Beers |
From Blue Moon To Pot |
Ceria is a beer that almost no one has heard of. It's for sale almost nowhere except at marijuana shops in Colorado. That's because it's beer with the alcohol taken out – and pot put in. Ceria was created by Keith Villa and his wife, Jodi. But Keith is no ordinary backyard brewer. He got a PhD in brewing science in Belgium, and while at Molson Coors he invented Blue Moon, the ale that made craft beer mainstream. "We're excited number one that our dream is coming true but number two to offer people a true alternative to alcohol," Villa said. "We honestly think that Ceria is going to kickstart the cannabis craze and turn it into a legitimate industry that no longer has that stigma associated with it." Under Colorado law it can only be sold at a pot shop and only consumed in private. since pot is still illegal under federal law, the products cannot be shipped across state lines. That's not the case in Canada, where pot is legal across the nations. Brewers like Molson Coors are investing big-time to make pot beer there and are expecting sales in the billions of dollars. |
A report done by public-interest advocacy group U.S. PIRG found trace amounts of glyphosate in 19 of 20 brands of beer and wine that were tested. Glyphosate is the key ingredient used in the popular weed killer Roundup and is listed as a probable human carcinogen, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, of the World Health Organization. Some of the brands were Coors Light, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Corona, Heineken, Guinness, and Samuel Adams, but it should be noted the levels are below the Environmental Protection Agency's risk for beverages. The wine with the highest glyphosate levels was Sutter Home with 51 parts per billion (ppb) and the beer with the highest levels was Tsingtao Beer with 49.7 ppb. "Conventional brands" such as Coors and Miller Lite all had glyphosate levels of at least 25 ppb and even organic drinks were susceptible, such as the Samuel Smith Organic Lager with 5.7 ppb. California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment told USA TODAY that a person would have to drink more than 140 glasses of wine a day to reach the level it identified as "No Significant Risk Level." |
Film Developing Beer - Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewing is teaming with Kodak for SuperEIGHT gose, a sour German-style wheat beer that features eight main ingredients and can also be used to process Kodak's Super 8 motion picture film. No joke. Heightened levels of acidity and vitamin C in some beers can be used as a processing agent for some films. Spiked Corona -- Corona is branching out beyond beer with a trio of tropical-flavored refreshing booze-spiked beverages. The beer brand's first non-beer beverage, Corona Refresca, is a flavored malt beverage available in three varieties: Coconut Lime, Guava Lime and Passionfruit Lime. The drinks will hit the market nationwide in early May.Corona's new drinks, willhave less than 199 calories and 4.5 % ABV per bottle. Indian Peroni- Think your Peroni beer was only made in Italy? Sorry, now much of it has started being produced in India More Beer Allowed - North Carolina state law currently requires brewers to turn over sales, marketing,and pricing to third party distributors once 25,000 barrels of beer have been sold. A new agreement between brewers and distributors raises that threshold to 50,000 barrels. Astros Go Craft - The Houston Astros and Karbach Brewing Co. partnered on a new beer, Crawford Bock. The new beer will be the official alcoholic beverage of the Astros, making them one of the first teams to have a craft beer as their official beverage instead of a macro lager. |
Craft Sales Report Beer volume sales got off to a strong start during the first fthree months of 2019, growing 3.7 percent compared to last year, according to market research firm IRI. Flavored malt beverages, domestic super premiums and import offerings led the way, growing MULC dollar sales by 24.1 percent, 21.1 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively.Meanwhile, volume sales of craft beer at MULC stores grew 4 percent, while dollar sales grew 4.9 percent. Craft sales trends were even better in the convenience channel, where dollar sales grew 7.2 percent, to $89.7 million, through the first three months of the year. The cider category also continued to grow, while topline sales of craft beer were up during the period, a number of styles are in decline, including Belgian witbiers, seasonal offerings, pale ales, amber ales, amber lagers, wheat beers, and porters, among others. Amber lagers and seasonal products are suffering the worst declines, with dollar sales down 11.8 percent and 11 percent, respectively, at MULC stores.But there are some bright spots. Craft IPAs continue to grow – dollar sales were up 14.1 percent dollar sales of Sierra Nevada’s Hazy Little Thing IPA grew 280 percent, while Cigar City’s Jai Alai IPA dollar sales grew dollar 92.2 percent. Other brands with double-digit dollar sales gains included Founders Brewing’s All Day IPA (+27.6 percent), Elysian’s Space Dust IPA (+36.5 percent), Bell’s Brewery’s Two Hearted Ale (+10.4 percent), New Belgium’s Rampant Imperial IPA (+33.3 percent), Samuel Adams’ variety pack (+12.5 percent), and MillerCoors’ Blue Moon Mango Wheat (+44.1 percent). ----------------------------- Send contributions for On Tap to webmaster@beernexus.com |
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