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| While the vast majority of U.S. craft brewers package their product in brown bottles, the number using aluminum cans has grown between dramatically in the past year. Texas Shiner Beers for example, has doubled sales of its Bock and Blonde in cans over the past six months. Cumulatively, sales of all craft beer in 12-ounce cans were up 80 percent in the first half of 2010.That compares with 11.2 percent growth in six-pack bottles. The main incentive for smaller breweries is that canning lines don't cost as much as bottling lines. The technology of cans has improved from years ago. Can linings are now coated so the beer does not come in contact with the aluminum. Any metal taste is likely imagined. However special beers will not improve with age in a can as they do in bottles which is a significant limitation. |
Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith in 1833, said "Strong spirits are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies," and members have practiced abstinence since but gladly grows barely for beer. Mormon farmers raise barley for Budweiser and Negra Modelo beers, and last year, Mormons in the Idaho Legislature helped kill a plan to raise beer and wine taxes to fund drug treatment, fearing it could hurt farmers. Idaho growers sold three-fourths of their nearly 50 million bushels produced last year for beer production. Anheuser-Busch's barley malting plant outside Idaho Falls juts into the sky, and Grupo Modelo, Mexico's largest brewer, completed an $84 million malting facility in Idaho Falls in 2005. Coors has bought barley from Idaho's Mormon growers for going on four decades. With cool nights and a short growing season on land a mile above sea level, the area is suited for growing, hardy barley. Idaho is the No. 2 barley growing state behind North Dakota, and three-fourths of the nearly 50 million bushels produced by its farmers last year went to malters — and beer. |
Beer Tent - So many Oktoberfest beer tents, so little time - at Oktoberfest,
you can choose between 34 different beer tents. Dating back to 1867,
Schottenhammel is the oldest tent at Oktoberfest. Munich's Mayor kicks off the
festival by tapping the first keg of beer there. It is the largest Oktoberfest tent
with 10.000 seats. Beer Served: Spaten Franziskaner
Beer Sales- The Global beer market is projected to grow 1.4% in 2010
despite the fact that European beer companies experienced a production drop
of 5.1 per cent so far. Total Europe region decline is expected to be around
-2%. Asia, China has seen lower than expected growth while in contrast Brazil
Africa/Middle East have grown nearly +4%.
Make Mine Rhinegold - Remember the Miss Rhinegold contest? How
about their iconic ads with pitchmen movie stars? Well the beer is back and so is
the nostalgia. Check out some of the hidden treasures in their new website
including a tough Rhinegold trivia quiz and pictures of every Miss Rhinegold.
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you can choose between 34 different beer tents. Dating back to 1867,
Schottenhammel is the oldest tent at Oktoberfest. Munich's Mayor kicks off the
festival by tapping the first keg of beer there. It is the largest Oktoberfest tent
with 10.000 seats. Beer Served: Spaten Franziskaner
Beer Sales- The Global beer market is projected to grow 1.4% in 2010
despite the fact that European beer companies experienced a production drop
of 5.1 per cent so far. Total Europe region decline is expected to be around
-2%. Asia, China has seen lower than expected growth while in contrast Brazil
Africa/Middle East have grown nearly +4%.
Make Mine Rhinegold - Remember the Miss Rhinegold contest? How
about their iconic ads with pitchmen movie stars? Well the beer is back and so is
the nostalgia. Check out some of the hidden treasures in their new website
including a tough Rhinegold trivia quiz and pictures of every Miss Rhinegold.
.
| World's Oldest Beer Swedish and Finnish divers have discovered what is believed to be the world's oldest beer in a shipwreck in the Aland Sea, east of Stockholm, The beer was found while the divers were in the process of salvaging the world's oldest champagne from a 200 year old shipwreck in the Baltic sea near the island of Aland. "This is much likely the world's oldest beer. We can now say that we have both the world's oldest champagne and the world's oldest beer bottles in our possession," writes Rainer Juslin, departmental head at Aland's provincial government. He added that the temperature and the darkness at the bottom of the sea have optimised the storage, and the pressure in the bottles have rescued them from letting in any salt water through the corks. The market value of the champagne bottles have been assessed to SEK hundreds of thousands per bottle. Around 70 bottles of champagne have been salvaged, The economic value of the beer bottles is still unclear. send contributions for On Tap to webmaster@beernexus.com |
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