Dogfish Head merch is now in-store. There are tees, hats, stickers, koozies, keyrings and some fancy-ass Raison D’Etre goblets that are just too awesome for words. If you’re feeling a little ‘off-centered,’ then this is the stuff for you.

Pennsylvania is going to allow convenience stores to sell beer after all. What a great day for beer lovers. Why do we care? For our old friends, of course. Congrats, everyone. MADD is wee bit up in arms about it, saying it will make beer sales to minors easier, but like NC, with their red-yellow-green color-coding, Pennsylvania has now started issuing a vertically-oriented drivers’ license with hologram for those over 21. So, if you work at one of these stores, card someone and still manage to sell to a minor, that just makes you an idiot. Our states are going to great lengths to upgrade identification cards, so let’s have faith and trust in the system, shall we?

Source: Phillyburbs.com

England has a big beef with Gordon Brown, since he just raised the price of a pint (beer and cider are affected) and it will inevitably do more damage to the already struggling traditional English pub scene. CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) has issued a statement:

“At a time when 56 pubs a month are closing, the smoking ban is imminent and supermarkets are selling beer at ridiculously low prices, British pubs needed a lifeline from their government and that has been denied them.”

Source: The Morning Advertiser / Manchester Evening News

Flying Dog is adding another in their Wild Dog limited-release series which will be Whiskey Barrel-Aged Gonzo Imperial Porter. Only 5000 bottles will be available and the release is April. We wonder if we’ll see it in North Carolina. Here’s a brief description from the press release:

“This unique version of Flying Dog’s popular Gonzo Imperial Porter was brewed and transferred into charred White American Oak whiskey barrels that the neighboring Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey had aged their product in for two years. After aging in the wood barrels for three months, the Imperial Porter was hand bottled, corked, labeled and conditioned for another six weeks before being shipped.”

Source: Earthtimes.org