Misc News – Aug 20

Tomorrow's calendar (Sat, Aug 21):

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Festive Ale. 4-8pm. 200 S. Meridian. Indy. $40/$50.
• Southern Indiana Brewery, Winery & Spirits Festival. SWIRCA, Evansville. 6-10pm. $30/$35
• Tapping of Oatis Brown at Lafayette Brewing.
• Wamm Fest, Craig Park, Greenwood. 10zm-8pm. $8/$10. Barley Island, Upland, Oaken Barrel and Sun King will be pouring.
• Beginning Brewing Class. Great Fermentations, Indy. 9am
• Chicago Gourmet Beer Tasting. Berfhoff Restaurant. For Pints for Prostates. 5:30-8:30pm. $50.
• Art of Beer Festival. Including viewing of Locally Buzzed. Benton Harbor, MI. $25/$30
• The Livery 5th Anniversary Celebration. Free. Benton Harbor, MI. Noon-6pm
• Micro Brew Review. Oak Park, IL. 3-7pm

It's a Friday so Gina's Random Beer Roundup is out.

The Bruery's Black Tuesday barrel-aged Imperial Stout, at 20% ABV rivals Dark Lord in that there was a 4-hour line at the brewery last hear to get some. This year they are also rival Three Floyds with a Black Tuesday release on October 26th. They're even going way past Dark Lord at $30/bottle. If you're going to be in the Orange County, CA area, here's the details.

Is it too early for the Oktoberfest beers to be hitting the shelves? Yes. article

Out already – Ayinger, Becks, Bell's, Dogfish Head, Harpoon, Heavy Seas, Lakefront, Left Hand, Leinenkugel, New Belgium, Paulaner, Rogue, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Spaten, Upland, and Weihenstephaner.

Bud has slipped from 26% of the US market in 1988 to 9.3% in 2009. The St. Louis Post Dispatch asks Can It Be Saved?

Yahoo News gets the exclusive report on the two cans of Blue Moon taken from the Jet Blue plane. Now you know. article

It's been a slow news week. People are just back from Madison's Great Taste. So here's a random picture to fill in some space: