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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...

Tonight on Attack of the Show, Andrew Hoepfner, frontman for the band CREAKY BOARDS, joins G4 live from New York for his first TV interview since claiming plagiarism against one of the world's biggest bands. The previously-unknown band made headlines earlier this week, when they accused COLDPLAY of stealing one of their songs and posted a YouTube video in an...

Carlos Brito focuses on InBev's culture, people, wholesaler relationships and commitment to St. Louis BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 20 /TMRZOO.COM/- InBev (Euronext: INB) CEO Carlos Brito today discussed InBev's proposal to combine with Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD) , focusing on InBev's culture, its people, wholesaler relationships and commitment to St. Louis. The discussion can be viewed on a video posted on www.globalbeerleader.com. Dutch and...

Boston, MA - This June the Harpoon Brewery, brewers of Harpoon and UFO beers, will introduce the Harpoon Leviathan Series, a limited edition line of specialty beers. The Leviathan Series is an exploration in brewing big beers for adventurous palates. The first beer in the series, Leviathan Triticus, will debut at the inaugural American Craft Beer Fest on June...