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Bud Light Goes 'Platinum'
—With More Alcohol

Bud Light Goes 'Platinum' —With More Alcohol

New beer comes amid slumping sales for Anheuser-Busch

(Newser) - Tastes great, less filling, and more intoxicating? Anheuser-Busch is rolling out what the LA Times calls a "long-germinating beer concept" that it hopes is all that and a bag of chips. Dubbed Bud Light Platinum, the beer will have a robust 6% alcohol by volume, 137 calories, and an...

Beer Thief: I Wasn't Stealing,
I Thought I Was in Heaven

Oct 13, 2011 9:04 AM CDT

Beer Thief: I Wasn't Stealing, I Thought I Was in Heaven

Man tells police he actually thought he was dead

(Newser) - An Illinois man apparently believes the rivers are made of Heineken beyond the pearly gates. The TribLocal reports that the 46-year-old came upon a refrigerated beer trailer containing kegs inside and taps on the outside on Tuesday at a banquet hall in Buffalo Grove. He also came upon a pitcher....

Beer Heist Goes
Terribly Wrong

Sep 22, 2011 8:19 PM CDT

Beer Heist Goes Terribly Wrong

Three teens face charges after bungled robbery: Cops

(Newser) - An epic fail in the beer heist department, according to cops in Los Angeles County. They say two 19-year-olds went into a market and fled with a 30-pack of Tecate. Employees chased them and caught one, reports the Los Angeles Times . The other jumped into a waiting car driven by...

White House Makes
Its Own Beer

Sep 16, 2011 5:05 PM CDT

White House Makes Its Own Beer

It's called 'White House Honey Ale'

(Newser) - The beer that former Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer had with the president yesterday, before accepting the Medal of Honor? It was home-brewed, CBS reports. Historians say "White House Honey Ale" is the first first beer ever made on the premises. President Obama's chefs originally brewed it for a...

New York Beer Drinkers Hit 200 Pubs to Beat Guinness World Record

Beer Buddies
Hit 200 Bars
in 10 Hours

guinness record?

Sep 4, 2011 3:46 PM CDT

Beer Buddies Hit 200 Bars in 10 Hours

Crew video-recorded their exploits for Guinness

(Newser) - A gang of beer guzzlers hit Manhattan yesterday in a 10-hour drinking marathon, hoping to stumble their way into Guinness World Records. The "Thirsty 13" started at 8:45 a.m. and video-recorded one of their crew downing a brewskie at each of 200 bars, the New York Daily ...

World's No. 1 Brew:
China's Snow Beer

Aug 23, 2011 11:32 AM CDT

World's No. 1 Brew: China's Snow Beer

Chinese brand has been the top brew for three years

(Newser) - For the past three years, the biggest-selling beer in the world was a brew you've probably never heard of: China's Snow Beer, reports the Telegraph . And with the Chinese beer market surging by 10% a year, expect Snow to grow even bigger. Though not as well known as...

Woman Faces 10 Years for Stealing $1.50 Can of Beer

Aug 16, 2011 11:17 AM CDT

Woman Faces 10 Years for Stealing $1.50 Can of Beer

Because of her history, Victoria Hill charged with felony burglary

(Newser) - Victoria Hill walked into an Idaho store, allegedly slipped one 24-ounce can of $1.50 Steel Reserve beer into her purse, and walked out ... and now she faces up to 10 years in jail. Hill, 35, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with felony burglary because, officers say, she...

Baseball's New
Fave Booze:
Tequila

Jul 7, 2011 4:44 PM CDT

Baseball's New Fave Booze: Tequila

Five clubs sign sponsorship deals with distillers

(Newser) - Big-league baseball teams are hitting the hard stuff. After years of sponsorship from beer companies, five ball clubs this year have teamed up with liquor brands. The spirit of choice: tequila, which saw the biggest sales jump among spirits between 2001 and 2010. “Lots of people think of beer...

Early French Were Beer Lovers

Jun 16, 2011 5:52 AM CDT

Early French Were Beer Lovers

2,500-year-old brewery unearthed

(Newser) - French people proud of their country's wine-making heritage may be surprised to learn that their nation holds one of the oldest beer-making sites ever found in Europe. The Celtic people who inhabited what is now the Provence region appear to have been just as fond of beer as they...

Senior Citizen Calls 911,
Asks EMTs for a Favor

May 10, 2011 2:43 PM CDT

Senior Citizen Calls 911, Asks EMTs for a Favor

Raymond Roberge was hoping they'd go on a beer run for him

(Newser) - Things you should not call 911 about: bad manicures , bad weed , lack of beer. And yet, a 65-year-old Connecticut man did just that. Police say Raymond Roberge called 911 three times on Sunday. When EMTs and firefighters came to his home, he asked them to ... go on a beer run...

Why Nations
Shift From
Beer to Wine

Apr 21, 2011 4:29 PM CDT

Why Nations Shift From Beer to Wine

It's all about income, specifically $22,000 per capita

(Newser) - It's an economics treatise even Homer Simpson would love—how beer consumption relates to a nation's prosperity. The gist of the paper, as noted by financial blogger Felix Salmon at Reuters , goes like this: When residents of poor nations start making money, they start drinking beer. When they...

Stadium Vendor
Hawks Beer Via Twitter

Apr 5, 2011 3:48 PM CDT

Stadium Vendor Hawks Beer Via Twitter

Seattle Mariners fans can tweet their order

(Newser) - Might the days of "Cold beer, here!" be numbered? One beer vendor at Seattle Mariners games is turning to Twitter to supplement sales, reports CNBC . Starting with Friday's home-opener at Safeco Field, fans can tweet vendor Kevin Zelko here with their seat location, and he'll come by with...

Anheuser-Busch
Taking Over
Goose Island

Mar 28, 2011 11:50 AM CDT

Anheuser-Busch Taking Over Goose Island

Craft beer demand is surging, in some cases beyond capacity

(Newser) - Chicago-based brewing company Goose Island will be taken over by Anheuser-Busch, the companies announced today. Goose Island beers are "the hometown pride of Chicagoans,” says Anheuser-Busch's president in a statement; in particular, the company is known for its 312 Urban Wheat Ale. Anheuser-Busch will buy a 58% stake...

Man Brings Beer to DWI Hearing

Mar 23, 2011 5:27 AM CDT

Man Brings Beer to DWI Hearing

New Yorker Keith Gruber jailed after showing up with open can

(Newser) - Late, drunk, and carrying an open can of Busch beer is no way to show up to a DWI hearing. Upstate New Yorker Keith Gruber—who has prior DWI convictions—was more than an hour late for the 10:30am hearing and had four more unopened cans of beer in...

Guy Exists on
Beer Alone for Lent

Mar 13, 2011 7:27 AM CDT

Guy Exists on Beer Alone for Lent

Man says he is drinking only 'liquid bread' to 'educate' people

(Newser) - Whereas some people might give up alcohol for Lent, a 38-year-old Iowa man is existing on nothing but, reports the Chicago Tribune . J. Wilson, a beer aficionado and blogger, said he came up with the idea when reading about German monks who did not eat during Lent, but who drank...

Study: Guinness
Really Is Better
in Ireland

Mar 8, 2011 9:35 AM CST

Study: Guinness Really Is Better in Ireland

Huge taste test indicates famous stout travels poorly

(Newser) - The Irish will tell you that a pint of Guinness tastes better in Ireland than anywhere else in the world, and it turns out, you should believe them. The Institute of Food Technologists recently carried out a massive taste test in 33 cities across 14 countries to see where the...

Obamas Hop
Into Beer
Brewing

Obamas Hop Into Beer Brewing

They may even grow hops in White House garden

(Newser) - The Obamas turned heads in the beer world when word broke that they’d served something called White House Honey Ale at their White House Super Bowl party. It turns out that ale was indeed brewed by White House chefs, using homebrewing equipment the Obamas bought out of their own...

The Latest
Sports Drink
Craze: Beer

The Latest Sports Drink Craze: Beer

Gulp. It's non-alcoholic. Mostly. Gulp.

(Newser) - Beer: It's not just for couch potatoes anymore. A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its non-alcoholic beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits. Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head, and...

Russia Decides
Beer Is ... Alcohol

Feb 23, 2011 10:09 AM CST

Russia Decides Beer Is ... Alcohol

Change will allow country to regulate its sale

(Newser) - Historic changes in Russia: Beer, long classified as "foodstuff," is about to get upgraded to alcohol, "dragging Russian alcohol regulation into the 21st century," quips the Telegraph . Beer consumption has tripled in Russia in the last 15 years thanks to the fact that it's been cheap...

World's 1st Gay
Beer Brewed
in Mexico

World's 1st Gay Beer Brewed in Mexico

Labels double as gay-pride stickers

(Newser) - A Mexican brewery has launched what it calls the first-ever beer aimed at gay drinkers, who it says have gotten the cold shoulder from brewers. “We're out in the market with great respect with the idea of offering a product directed to the gay-lesbian community that has been ignored...