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One of our favorite online sites for years has been Web Zen (brought to you by the awesome web folk at Chaoskitty.)
Looky there! Our humble little storefront is on Potent Potables for today, 8.24.07. Web Zen’s mailing list gets sent out every Friday for your amusement. We recommend it.
Image: Web Zen
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The full-time staff just returned from a much needed respite in the Dominican Republic. We hope Chris and Joe took good care of you while we were gone. (Sorry if you stopped by last Wednesday. We had to close due to unforseen circumstances.)
Asheville kicks off its Booze It and Lose It campaign this weekend through Labor Day. Get a designated driver or a taxi.
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times
The Beer Guy reviews the new Wittekerke Rosé. It’s all Wittekerke with 10% raspberries.
Source: The Beer Guy
Attention runners who like beer: The Hash House Harriers, with worldwide membership, is maybe the group for you. “A Drinking Club with a Running Problem.”
Source: Wikipedia
The body of Steve Harrison, Vice President of Sales for Sierra Nevada, was found Thursday in the Sacramento River. Sad.
Source: SFGate.com
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The Brewers Association has the mid-year numbers and reports that:
The Brewers Association, the trade association that tabulates industry data for craft brewers, reports craft beer sales and growth continue to break records. The volume of craft beer sold in the first half of 2007 rose 11% compared to this same period in 2006 and dollar growth increased 14%. For the first time ever craft beer has exceeded more than a 5% dollar share of total beer sales. …
Coupled with the growth statistics has been a tidal wave of media coverage in the first half of 2007 including NBC’s Today Show on July 3 stating, “Beer is the new wine and can go with just about any food.†Additionally, Gallup, in its latest poll on alcohol beverages, announced for the second straight year that “Beer Again Edges Out Wine as Americans’ Drink of Choice.â€
Source/Graphic: Beertown.org
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We have some new things either here already or arriving by this weekend. Note the Oktoberfest beers start making their ’07 debuts. We also have some brews that we forgot to tell you we brought in. (It’s busy around here, we apologize.) For your liquid enjoyment:
ANDERSON VALLEY Summer Solstice
BELL’S Amber
DOGFISH HEAD Chateau Jiahu*
FLYING DOG Dogtoberfest*
OTTERCREEK Oktoberfest*
SIERRA NEVADA Anniversary Ale*
SKA E.S.B. (cans)
SPATEN Oktoberfest*
STERKENS St. Paul Tripel
For you Bell’s fans, Bell’s Batch 8000 is in the warehouse awaiting allocation, so we hope to see that by end of next week. (Huh? A 9.0% abv witbier?)
Don’t forget: Terrapin Tasting Today! Come get your turtle on.
Image: Flying Dog
