Misc News – Mar 3

The geeks detail Rock Bottom Brewer's Dinner

Good Beer Show - King of the White Trash. NSFW

While you're up in Chicago for the Craft Brewers Conference April 7-10 be sure to try some Heartwood Symposium. Collaborations might be getting out of hand. This one involves 15 breweries. 10.5% bourbon barrel aged blend of Imperial Stout, Imperial IPA, Scotch Wee Heavy and a Barley Wine. Made in small pieces by America’s Brewpub, Destihl, Emmett’s Tavern, Flossmoor Station, Goose Island Brewpub, Goose Island Beer Co., Gordon Biersch Bolingbrook, Half Acre, Lunar Brewing, Mickey Finn’s, Piece, Revolution Brewing, Rock Bottom Downtown, Lombard, Orland Park, Warrenville, and Three Floyds. Label by Randy Mosher.

Also coming up: Widmer Prickly Pear Braggot. "Ale brewed with honey and prickly pear juice". 10%.

Craft Beer & Ale: A Parody of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs & Ham.

The new Big 4 have established a clear lead, with combined market share estimated at just over 50 percent (pro forma 2009). AB InBev had beer volumes of around 350 million hectolitres in 2009 (9.24602183 × 10⁹ US gallons), well ahead of Miller-brewer SABMiller at just under 250 million, Heineken at just over 200 million, and Carlsberg around 125 million, while Tsingtao trailed at just over 50 million hectolitres a year.
In sixth place was North American Molson-Coors Brewing Co, while Mexico's Grupo Modelo, China's Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co Ltd and Japanese brewers Kirin Holdings Co Ltd and Asahi Breweries Ltd made up the rest of the top 10. – BelgianShop WeekLetter.