Indiana Beer News – Feb 9

No Indiana news but here’s some from around the country and a small village in Belgium.

Washington DC has a problem. Their breathalyzers haven’t been too reliable. The Medial Examiner won’t certify them. Now the AG is dropping DUI cases right and left. Two cops who, combined, made up a third of DUI arrests are testifying for the defense. Some cops are taking urine samples instead. Those two cops are accused of watching a woman pee. It goes on. article

Mississippi bill to legalize homebrewing dies in committee. article Don’t you dare make beer in Mississippi or Alabama. Oh, and the 2 breweries in MS can’t make beer over 5% ABW (someone still measures by ABW?)

Arbor Brewing of Ann Arbor, MI is planning to open a branch brewery. In Bangalore, India. article

Here’s your first chance to see the Westvleteren Abbey. Not the outside (although there isn’t much to see from the road, but the inside. Of the brewery. 56 pictures. Flickr slide show. Good grief, there’s electronic equipment.

StlToday has a beer label quiz. On second thought it’s really too easy.

Surly wants to open a brewpub at their brewery (much like Three Floyds did). But Surly is running up against a Minnesota law that caps brewpubs at 3,500 bbls. inflammatory article

Supervalue, Albertsons, and Cub Foods have a $5.99 12-pack of own-labeled Buck Range Light to combat Walgreens. Haven’t bothered to check if Indiana Cubs carry it yet.