Hail the Ale! Beer Blog

War is Hell

Chris Scott — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:11:30 +0000

I have been following the “Beer Wars” movie and associated PR news in the beerblogohopsosphere over the past couple weeks and really wanted to write someting. Not something about the movie since I didn’t see it, but something about what it brought out. I never could quite get my thoughts into even a semi-coherent form.

So, I’ll just let Jay Brookston take it from here. Not only does he sum up much of what I’ve been thinking over the past few weeks, but he is a much better writer than I. The latter should not be news to anyone but my mom: she thinks I’m special and would have chuckled at the “brewhaha” reference that I refrained from using.

Fail Whale Pale Ale

Chris Scott — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:28:51 +0000

If only it was real…

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Calories in Dogfish Head Beers

Chris Scott — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:19:58 +0000

Dogfish Head has said the FDA is making them take the calorie counts off their web site. Since I actually refer to this info quite often, I’m putting it here for my reference. These were taken on 3/25/09. If you have any additions/corrections, please let me know in the comments.

60 Minute IPA: 209
90 Minute IPA: 294
Midas Touch: 307
Shelter Pale Ale: 168
120 Minute IPA: 450
Black and Blue: 290
Burton Baton: 320
Fort: 415
Red and White: 310
World Wide Stout: 372
Aprihop: 240
Chicory Stout: 185
Festian Peche: 160
Punkin Ale: 230

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Proposition 3-17: Make St. Patrick’s Day a US Holiday

Chris Scott — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:03:30 +0000

The fine folks at Guinness (standard disclaimers about fine folks apply) are promoting the Proposition 3-17 movement to get SPD made into a national holiday in the US. Check out the site for details and sign the petition. You can add their Facebook page to your profile and get credit for anyone that signs the petition from your page. What’s that good for? Well, your name will scroll across the marquis on the Prop 3-17 site. Don’t be greedy, this is about a holiday about beer (not really) so raise a pint and sign the petition!

If you need SPD paraphenalia, check out KegWorks. I’m eyeing the shot glasses made of dark chocolate.

In related news, I’m promoting the movement to use SPD in place of St. Patrick’s Day to save on letters and punctuation in these tough economic times.

Orlando’s ‘Beer Bomb Bus Tour’ is Back

Chris Scott — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:17:01 +0000

After a long hiatus due to a broken bus, Mike is back to driving the Shipyard bus around Central Florida for the Beer Bomb Bus Tour. The next one is Sunday, February 22nd and leaves from Redlight Redlight (new location on Bennet Dr.) at 2PM. You’ll ride on the Shipyard bus to four bars in four towns where you’ll learn about a different beer at each bar. Your first specialty beer is included in the $40 ticket price as well as complimentary Shipyard on the bus.

I was on what I think was the last one of these in September, 2007 when the bus broke down on the way to the first bar. We made the best of it and made it to the first bar in Sanford and had a mini-tour that also ended there I’m looking forward to doing another one of these and would be there next weekend if I wasn’t going to be out of town.

Tickets are on sale at Redlight Redlight. For more info, see the Beer Bomb of the Month MySpace page.

Facebook Connect Added to Hail the Ale!

Chris Scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:12:16 +0000

If you visit Hail the Ale! (instead of just perusing our RSS), you’ll see a new item in the sidebar for Facebook Connect. This allows you to be part of the Hail the Ale! community. This means that you can log in to your Facebook account to comment here as well as having your fancy schmancy Facebook profile badge show up in the recent visitors list of the sidebar.

If that’s not enough, you even get a profile page here that shows your info with a link to your Facebook profile and a list of your comments. For example, here’s mine.

So, get to crackin’!

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Corona Light Grows Up

Chris Scott — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:29 +0000

Corona Light will soon be in a tall 12 oz. can. From the press release:

The new package, available in a 12-pack, will roll-out at retail in warm weather markets (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas) in December, with remaining U.S. markets to follow in early 2009.

“We are excited to add the new Corona Light 12 oz. can to our Modelo Brand portfolio,” said Bruce Jacobson, executive vice president of sales for Crown Imports, Corona’s U.S. importer. “Corona Light is leading the imported light beer category, and this new package offers our wholesaler and retailer partners yet another high-end option for consumers to enjoy Corona Light at a wider variety of locations where bottles may not be offered.”

Their media rep was kind enough to send me a can so I can tell you that this can definitely is taller than a normal can. You’ll want to make sure you have a narrow enough can koozie for these.

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Go Read Dr. Beer Love

Chris Scott — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:14:52 +0000

Why? How about because John, one of the Beer Love duo, asked me to share a link to their blog with you? OK, if that’s not enough, how about that they have a mission statement posted right on their home page? Still not enough? How about that in said mission they use the word ‘tertiary’? Seriously, if that doesn’t seal the deal I don’t think we can be friends any more. Oh, also Dr. Beer Love has a whole slew of reviews and news for you to peruse.

Use TweepSearch to Find Twitter Users Interested in Beer

Chris Scott — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:05:30 +0000

Based on the number of follow notices I get each day to @hailtheale, there’s a keg load of Twitter users interested in following beer people. Today, TweepSearch came out which lets you search for Twitter users by keywords in their bios. Want to know who has “beer” in their bio? Here you go.

Twitter Taste LIVE Beer This Saturday

Chris Scott — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:17:40 +0000

On Saturday 1/17/09 at 8PM ET Twitter Taste LIVE (TTL) will hold their first beer event. The subject of the tasting is Introduction to Trappist Ales featuring Chimay Red, Chimay Tripel, Westmalle Dubbel, and Westmalle Tripel.

I couldn’t find much info. on the TTL site about the format, but it looks like you buy the aforementioned beers and someone will guide the tasting via Twitter updates which will show up on the event page. You can use their web interface to sign in to Twitter to post during the tasting and it will append your tweets with the #ttl hashtag. You could also just use your normal Twitter client and put the #ttl hashtag in there.

If you are interested, check out the event page, sign up, and obtain your ales. I’ll be attending and tweeting as @hailtheale.

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