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Yikes. Someone in Toronto is steaming off labels and tainting Stella Artois bottles with pure ethanol. Seems it was first discovered back in January 2006, but no one cared that much until now.
Source: Toronto Star
Singer James Blunt, of the ever-so-annoying “You’re Beautiful” song, is trying to get a sponsorship from Corona. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Source: Ireland Online
“Super-chef” Michel Roux, of London’s famous Le Gavroche restaurant, was named Beer Drinker of the Year in the UK and gives the credit to Coors Brewers. … Wait, what?
Source: MorningAdvertiser.com
Horst Dornbusch wonders what ever happened to Sumerian beer. “Their highest deity was the goddess of beer and fertility.”
Source: BeerAdvocate.com
Christopher Mark O’Brien writes “Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer and Save the World” (New Society Publishers, $18.95). Joe SixPack says this is the most “politically aware” book about beer, documenting beer’s evolution from “natural product” to commodity.
Source: Philly.com
