Monday beer links
Here’s news making the rounds in the beer world:
-The long-awaited sale of Anheuser-Busch to Belgian brewer InBev has been approved by the federal government. The only catch now is that InBev must sell off subsidiary Labatt USA to assure beer prices in western New York remain competitive.
-Germany has been reluctant to send troops into the fighting in Afghanistan, but apparently not so reluctant to ship its beer to the Middle East.
-A new book is out detailing the history of Shiner Bock. This brings me to a different point: If I go to a restaurant and see Shiner listed under the “Import” list one more time, I’m going to lose it. The beer is from Texas. Last I heard, getting a bottle of beer into Oklahoma from Texas wasn’t quite as difficult as having some Chimay brought in from Belgium.
-British beer drinkers – citing tough economic times – are opting to stay home to drink and thus avoid paying higher prices for beer at their local pub.
-Also in Britain, a 19-year-old man was caught up in a flood and drowned. This is sad, but it probably didn’t help that he tried to walk home through flood waters after drinking 13 pints of beer.
-If you’re a teen with rather liberal parents, you might want to move to Wisconsin.
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