Weekend beer bits
Posted Feb 06, 2009 in Beer, Beer Humor, Breweries, Brewpubs, Goings on, Limited Release, Not Coolness, TV

My answer is: Janice
What Muppet would you want to have a beer with?
Foothills Sexual Chocolate Release
Tomorrow morning, in Winston-Salem, is the release of the highly-rated Sexual Chocolate Russian Imperial Stout from Foothills Brewing. Get there early, as bottles will start selling at 11:00 a.m. Here are the details for you beer travelers out there:
• $15 per bottle
• NO RESERVING SPACES IN LINE for spouses/friends
• Bottle limit is 4, any left—2 per person
• Park on 4th Street or in our rear lot on Holly Avenue.
• If you are planning to drink on the street, please be discreet and courteous with empties.
• In case of rain or extreme cold, lineup will occur inside
Beer auction for displaced workers
The folks at The Brick Store Pub are about to open their new gastropub, Leon’s Full Service. The first pint, however, will not be served at the bar. Instead, the first pint is up for auction on eBay as a benefit to displaced workers of the Trackside Tavern and 5th Earl Market—two nearby businesses in Decatur that were recently destroyed by a fire. The cool thing is that the bidding is already over $1,000. Beer people are nice people.
Mississippi prefers to stay behind the times
MEBA (Mississippians for Economic and Beverage Advancement), the grassroots organization aimed at raising the ABV limit on beer in Mississippi, has died in the state’s Senate Finance Committee. ”These are prohibition-type laws, there’s no way around it,” he [co-founder, Todd Parkman] said. “We were the first state to accept prohibition and the last to get rid of it.” *sigh*

