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Dark Lord Golden Tickets and Twitter

March 15th, 2010 beersage Posted in Beer Events, East Central 5 Comments »

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Dark Lord Golden Ticket - courtesy of drooo - Creative Commons

(Munster, IN) – Twitter and Facebook aren’t for everyone. They provide two great ways to keep up with news from breweries but some are understandably adverse to new technologies. Twitter especially has its detractors, as evidenced by some of the comments that followed Three Floyds Brewing’s announcement that it would notify people of Dark Lord bottle ticket sales via Twitter.

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Alaskan wins 2010 Beer Drinker of the Year

February 28th, 2010 beersage Posted in Beer Events, Miscellaneous Beer 10 Comments »

Bill Howell with Free Beer For Life Card

(Denver, CO) – An Alaskan by the name of Bill Howell won the annual Beer Drinker of the Year Contest held at Wynkoop Brewing today. He wins free beer for life at the Denver brewery and a few other prizes. The silver lining, of course, is that he lives 3,500 miles away from Denver.

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Beer Advocate Extreme Beer Fest Live

February 20th, 2010 beersage Posted in Beer Events 4 Comments »

Friday’s Night of the Barrels Feedback Thread on Beer Advocate



The Stratospheric Rise of Beer Week USA

February 16th, 2010 beersage Posted in Beer Events 18 Comments »

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Update: Please see update from Jay Brooks in the comments with corrections on how these week-long beer fests got started. Also, added Louisville. Thanks, Jedi.

In September of 2008, I wrote about how “Beer Week” was starting to pick up steam in the U.S. with prime examples being Philadelphia, San Francisco and New York City. 18 months later there are nearly 20 cities that host Beer Week.

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