Misc News, July 28

Omar's new American Stout at Alcatraz has 60 IBU and, although hidden in the aroma, tastes like it. Are hoppy Stouts the new thing? Google returns 8.680 hits for "hoppy stout" and many of them are for brew kits and homebrew recipes.

Don't forget Replicales are still on tap around the state. Doesn't look like there will be a Replic-off this year. Sigh.

HBG consolidates the known details of the 5 upcoming Indy breweries.

The Indy Star interviews Cicerone Cari Crowe

The Lafayette Journal Courier was at the True Brew signing along with the THC and took lots of pictures.

New Albanian's third collaboration with Schlafly and O'Fallon will be C3 English Mild. Marris Otter. Citra hops. It's brewed and getting up to 4% ABV. article

Latest ID letter:

"At the checkout counter my husband paid with our credit card and he was asked to show his driver’s license because he had a case of beer.

I was then informed that because I was shopping with him, I had to show my ID, which I hadn’t brought into the store.

I was informed that anyone that is with the person shopping has to have ID because they are with the buyer.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, you must have ID. (What about children, are they supposed to show their ID when they are shopping with their parents? When will they receive their card, at birth?)" letter

BrewDog responds to the critics about their End of History.

Penn Brewery is going to start bottling again next week. article

Victory Brewing in Downingtown, PA is expanding to 100,000 bbls capacity. article

Pyramid and Magic Hat look to be the next stepchildren in the InBev family. article

Bubbly beer blasts Vernon, B.C., brewery. "A small crack in a fermentation vat at the Okanagan Springs Brewery in Vernon, B.C., may be to blame for a creamy beer bomb that blew more than 32-thousand litres of fermented foam across a downtown street." "Nothing like this has happened here before," said Zurowski."

The American Institute of Philanthropy has downrated MADD to a D rating. From the numbers presented, they spend most of their money on fundraising, $30 million on salaries, and just a third on propaganda. I guess we can be heartened by that. article