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There is some really strange stuff going on in the world of beer these days. Beer costs are shooting through the roof making some of our favorite microbrews inaccessible to the average consumer. I am seeing six packs going for $14 - $16 dollars, when I got into this game six packs of microbrews were a few dollars more than...

TMRzoo.com – Jun 28, 2008 – Los Angeles, CA - A new reality series featuring Amanda Lucas and eleven other female Mixed Martial Artists is being produced by Los Angeles based production company One Giant Leap Media. Promoter Belinda Dunne brought together two teams (USA vs Australasia) for the continental 'Princesses of Pain' Championship and the cameras were there...

IRVINE, Calif., June 25 /TMRzoo.com/ -- VIZIO, the fastest growing brand of flat panel HDTVs in North America, announced the release of two new plasma models, the VP422 ($799) and VP322 ($599), offering next generation plasma performance with a remarkable contrast ratio of 30,000:1, providing super deep blacks and brilliant colors. Both models offer extremely fluid and uninterrupted motion,...

CHARLESTON, W.Va., June 24 /TMRzoo.com/ -- More than 10 billboards proclaiming that "Miller is Tasteless" went up across West Virginia today to protest efforts by Capitol Beverage Company, a distributor of Miller and Coors products in the state, to force its Teamster employees to accept grossly substandard wages and an expensive family health care plan. The large roadside billboards read...

By LUCY BURNINGHAM Published: June 25, 2008 (NY Times online) WHEN Matthew VandenBerghe brings home his favorite beers, he doesn’t make room for them in the fridge. He takes them to his beer cellar. It’s a pitch-black basement room that stays 54 degrees year round. Sprayed concrete walls conduct the cool ground temperature while creating a cave-like appearance, and water he...

Given that Dogfish Head Craft Brewery touts its line of singular beers as "off-centered ales for off-centered people," you naturally expect its owner, the 39-year-old Sam Calagione, will be a similarly eccentric character. But he's as down to earth as his beers are out of this world.After earning an English degree from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania in 1992, Calagione...

Brewers and distributors are caught between a slowing economy and rising costs. What does it take to navigate hard times?High gas prices. A weak housing market. Weak consumer confidence. Rumblings of recession.What does it mean for the American beer business? The latest issue of Brew Magazine takes a look.From the issue:The beer business is generally considered recession-resistant, if not...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 24 /TMRzoo.com/ -- Backyard grillers throughout America will have a chance to cook like pros during this year's July 4th holiday. Thanks to the Kansas City Barbeque Society, more than 150 recipes from competition cooks have been opened to the public just in time for America's favorite BBQ holiday. All recipes can be found online...

The New Wholly Owned Anheuser-Busch India Operation Includes Hyderabad Brewery ST. LOUIS, June 23 /TMRZoo.com/ -- Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD) , a leading global brewer, will purchase the remaining 50 percent ownership of the Crown Beers India Ltd. joint venture from its partner, Crown International. The acquisition includes the joint venture's 500,000-hectoliter brewery in the southern city of Hyderabad. "The Indian beer industry...

"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits" by Dan Sally (exclusively for TMRzoo.com) I'd imagine no one's offended seeing these words. Sure, you probably wouldn't send an e-mail to IT telling them the printer is being real "cunty", but a good "cocksucking motherfucker" can really make your point clear when used in the right context (although I will say a fetish...