Santa’s Bucks: Hooters Promotes Holiday Gift Card

Posted by TMR Newswire On December - 9 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Hooters is making this holiday shopping season easy on customers by offering an added value when purchasing Hooters Gift Cards. Guests who purchase a $25 or $50 Hooters gift card will receive a $5 or $10 Santa Bonus Card, respectively, for redemption beginning next year.

Hooters also launched a holiday seasonal merchandise program including the 2012 Hooters Calendar, Hooters Playing Cards and a new line of sweatshirts, T-shirts and hats. Hooters Gift Cards are available in $10, $20, $25 and $50 denominations. The Santa Bonus Cards are valid January 2nd through February 29th and can be used toward all beverage, food and merchandise items, excluding alcohol. Read the rest of this entry »

Dogfish Head Releases New Ancient Ale: Ta Henket

Posted by TMR Newswire On December - 2 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Ta Henket, the latest addition to Dogfish Head’s line of Ancient Ales, rolls out this month. Inspired by a trip to the Great Pyramids, Dogfish Head Founder & President Sam Calagione created Ta Henket with ingredients and traditions outlined in Egyptian hieroglyphics.

“It was like a Rosetta Stone visit,” he says. “That’s the first depiction of the brewing process, the birthplace of our vocation.” Read the rest of this entry »

Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii, November30, 2011… Few business stories are more compelling than the trajectory of a small brand growing to a point where it can partner with a larger one to expand its capabilities, distribution, and improve its long-range health. The craft brewing industry has provided a spectacular setting for this drama to unfold over the past two decades, and Mattson Davis, president of Hawaii’s Kona Brewing, knows firsthand what growing a successful independent brewery is all about. On December 5, he will share this knowledge in his keynote speech at the Brewbound Craft Beer Session, to be held at Loews Santa Monica Hotel. In his talk, Davis will address the evolution of Kona Brewing, as well as its transition from being an isolated brand on the Hawaiian Islands producing 3,000 barrels of beer in 1997 to one of the largest craft brewers in the country in 2011, when it will pass 160,000 barrels. Read the rest of this entry »

Shipyard Applehead Hits Stores This Month

Posted by TMR Newswire On November - 30 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Shipyard Brewing Company announces the release of a new beer:  Shipyard Applehead.  An extension of the company’s popular Shipyard Pumpkinhead line, Shipyard Applehead is a seasonal brew available December through March, while supplies last.

“We asked Pumpkinhead fans what other flavors would they like to see and their answer was apple,” said director of sales and marketing, Bruce Forsley.  “We listened to what our fans asked for and created Shipyard Applehead.  Master brewer Alan Pugsley has combined the subtle sweetness of cinnamon and apple with a clean, refreshing wheat ale to create a whole new beer experience.” Read the rest of this entry »

Seattle’s Hop Scotch Spring Beer & Scotch Festival

Posted by TMR Newswire On November - 29 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Hop Scotch Spring Beer & Scotch Festival is the premier beer, Scotch, wine and spirit tasting experience benefiting Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). On March 30 and 31, Fremont Studios transforms into a swanky beverage tasting lounge featuring over 80 libations to swirl, sniff and sip.

The unique festival allows guests to exchange lingo one-on-one with beverage experts as they discover their sense of taste and channel their inner Mad Men-inspired style during the two-day event. Read the rest of this entry »

Sud Savant: Firestone Walker Double Jack – Even My Wife Likes It

Posted by Joel R. Kolander On November - 25 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Everybody clamors about Parabola. The masses murmur over Abacus. But since I live in a smaller market, I wanna talk about one of their more widely available beers: Double Jack. However, I won’t really have much to talk about since I’ve never had a Firestone Walker beer before. Looks like the only way I’m going to be able to speak on this is to get pryin’. Let’s pour! Read the rest of this entry »

This year I added a new twist to recycling the Thanksgiving leftovers. I put aside some turkey for sandwiches and saved the body for soup. Still this year I am passing on the traditional turkey pot pie or turkey salad. My goal this year is to give you readers a new recipe and spin on utilizing your Thanksgiving leftovers. So without anymore added fanfare I give you the Thanksgiving Egg Roll. Read the rest of this entry »

In the interest of full disclosure, I’d like to first say that I am the proud owner of some Equity for Punks! If you don’t know what that is yet, check it out here. After finally taking the plunge last week after a near immediate blessing from my surprisingly understanding and slightly dismissive wife (quoth her email, “Just go do it”), I find myself doing something new, exciting, and a bit helpful to the craft beer community. With my new investment in mind, I figured it was time to break out this bottle that had been sitting in my beer fridge for quite some time. This bottle is called “bashah” and is the collaborative effort betwixt our friends at Stone and Brewdog. I know! It DOES sound good. My only concern was that the bottle might be a little too old considering this is supposed to be a black Belgian DIPA. To be specific, this bottle is from batch 352 and was bottled on 12/19/2010. Under a year should be fine for a beer this steeped in hops and darkness, right? Is that not the story behind imperials and IPAs? That their strong flavors preserved them? One way to find out if that legend holds true. Let’s pour! Read the rest of this entry »

Normally, I’d ask if you’re sick of New Glarus beers yet, but since I know such a thing is as probable as the Colts winning the Super Bowl this year I’m continuing my ironman streak of reviewing New Glarus beers until my beer fridge has made room for more newcomers. It’s a dirty job, but somebody has got to do it. Today’s review is for their Octoberfest called “Staghorn.” Let’s pour!

Aroma 10/12: The first hints to the nose were almost-musty straw aromas. They were followed by a clean lager smell and a developing hint of sweet malt with a biscuit toasting. There is also a light citrus aroma that when combined with the straw-like malts, smells very much like earthy, ground coriander. Read the rest of this entry »

The Voting is Over My Jim Beam Bold Choice Has Been Made

Posted by Bruce Owens On November - 12 - 2011 2 COMMENTS

The masses have spoken. Two weeks ago I told you folks about Jim Beam’s bold choices promotion. Jim Beam is celebrating Bold Choices and the people that make them. In an era of cautiousness, bold behavior can be hard to find. So in what I feel is an effort to spice things up a bit, Jim Beam has taken to the web to find some “bold bloggers”. They approached me and asked about some bold choices and adventures I have always wanted to accomplish.

I gave you readers 3 choices. You voted for me to take up hockey and play goalie, videotape New Hampshire’s leave change from a hot air balloon or for me to buy a classic country guitar and take country guitar lessons. Read the rest of this entry »

Sud Savant: New Glarus – Raspberry Tart

Posted by Joel R. Kolander On November - 8 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

I’m glad my New Glarus kick continues because this brew has been sitting in my fridge for waaay too long. Now, New Glarus is recognized for having some world-class fruit beers. The first I had was their Wisconsin Belgian Red, but this review will be dedicated to their Raspberry Tart. Full disclosure: with all the New Glarus beers I’ve tried this one has eluded me until this day. My wife has even had this one, but not me! That all changes now. Let’s pour! Read the rest of this entry »

Pope Crisco: Southern Star Pine Belt Pale Ale

Posted by Pope Crisco On November - 6 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Hey readers, I hope everyone has been doing well during my hiatus. Over the past four weeks I have been busy learning the ins and outs of mortgage servicing for a job in Bank of America’s mortgage department, and I have often found myself too braindead to keep things up on the ole blog.

Now that I have gotten into something of a routine though, the day-to-day struggle is getting to be less taxing, and I have found the energy to punch out a review as opposed to get numbingly drunk and falling asleep.

To get back into the swing of things, I have picked up a brewery new to my taste buds, Southern Star Brewery. Hailing from Conroe, Texas, this is one of the few small breweries in the state to can, as opposed to bottle, their beer offerings. The beer is their Pine Belt Pale Ale.

The beer, being poured from a 16-ounce can, comes out a cloudy, nearly opaque, umber color. Atop the beverage a very formidable, frothy, off-white head forms. The head, while exceeding the limits of the pint glass, keeps its body and avoids falling over the side of my pint glass.

Taking a healthy whiff off the top of the head, slightly brushing my nose against the foamy goodness, the aroma of hops, primarily of grapefruit, mingles with a subtle malty note of caramel. Read the rest of this entry »

Miller Genuine Draft Gets New Look: Back In Black

Posted by TMR Newswire On November - 3 - 2011 1 COMMENT

Showcasing the brand’s global popularity, MillerCoors is unveiling a new look for Miller Genuine Draft primary and secondary packaging. Building on the brand’s heritage as the original cold-filtered “draft beer in a bottle,” the newly designed black-label packaging will highlight the brand’s fresh draft taste and connection with the energy and nighttime potential of the world’s great cities. The new packaging begins appearing at retail in the coming weeks.

Internationally, MGD has become the beer brand of choice for legal-drinking-age Millennial consumers who are looking for exciting urban experiences and the promise of a great night out in markets such as London, Moscow and Bogota. The new packaging allows legal drinking-age consumers to enjoy the same full-flavored, fresh draft taste they expect but in a more stylish, internationally-alluring bottle and can. Read the rest of this entry »

In an era of cautiousness, bold behavior can be hard to find. So in what I feel is an effort to spice things up a bit, Jim Beam has taken to the web to find some “bold bloggers”. Jim Beam is celebrating Bold Choices and the people that make them. They have approached me and asked about some bold choices and adventures I have always wanted to accomplish.

Jim Beam is celebrating the people that are taking risks with confidence – the definition of Choosing Boldly. To help me with my bold choice Jim Beam has agreed to fund whichever choice I make. Read the rest of this entry »

Bud Light is bringing Redskins fans a taste of an NFL training camp when the Bud Light Fan Camp mobile experience arrives in D.C. on Sunday, October 30. Bud Light Fan Camp will be held at Redskins Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, where teams of four will be challenged to compete against each other in a variety of traditional and non-traditional NFL skills tests, each with a Bud Light twist. Fan Camp events include:

Quick Kick: Kick footballs through inflatable uprights.
Precision Pass: Try to hit passing targets.
EA SPORTS Gaming Zone: Two four-person teams battle in an EA SPORTS Madden NFL 12 competition.
Flag Frenzy: Try to gain the most points in a game of four-on-four flag football.
Cannon Catch: Catch line drives and loft passes. Read the rest of this entry »

Kid Rock and Devil’s Cut Send 5 Fans to Show in Atlanta

Posted by TMR Newswire On October - 25 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

I wanted follow up on the post last week about what Jim Beam Devil’s Cut was doing over the weekend on Twitter.

Kid Rock and Devil’s Cut came together this weekend and scoured Twitter to find guys 21+ talking about their dull weekend plans. A handful of unsuspecting guys were sent a personalized video from @JimBeamOfficial with special instructions on how to “amp up” their night straight from a rock star who can unleash with the best of them – Kid Rock.

Five lucky fans were challenged to “Unleash Their Spirit” with Kid Rock – he dished out five all-inclusive VIP trips to his concert in Atlanta next month to Twitter users who were in most need of a bold night out. Read the rest of this entry »