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]]>But with Laslo at the helm, you can be sure coverage from TheNewsStation.com will also include craft beer!
Not to disappoint, after just a few months at the helm, he’s already got one craft beer and marijuana piece up. And plenty more to come. But, per the usual, he could use your help.
Please send any tips, story ideas or op-ed pitches on CBD, THC, etc. infused beverages to mlaslo@thenewsstation.com. Also send anything along about local breweries and dispensaries teaming up on cool collaborations.
Laslo wants to stay in the know about the intersection of craft beverages and craft cannabis — and we know you’re in the know. So any help is appreciated by our cousin site, TheNewsStation.com. Cheers!
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WEEK OF JANUARY 14th
Chicago Bar Owner tells Jim Koch Staleness, not Popularity, is Sam Adams Problem
Long-time admirer hints the specialty brews could keep things interesting, threatens Koch.
Lagunitas Celebrates America with Threat of Frivolous Lawsuit
Consumers flock to the sweet, sweet flavor of serifed, capitalized letters.
Lagunitas Founder: Sierra Nevada IPA Label ‘Immediately Struck Me as a Problem’
Twitter backlash talks down Tony Magee.
Beer Spiked with Crocodile Bile Kills 50
Mozambican wake attendees were drinking pombe, made from corn flour or millet.
Intuition Ale Calls For More Funds to Legalize the Florida Half-Gallon Growler
Microbrewers crowdsource $50,000 to battle the wholesalers and distributors.
Ind. Lawmakers Push for End to Sunday Sales Ban
The Hoosier state’s blue law is the last to enshrine a day of brew rest.
Iceland Makes Beer from Whale Testicles
For a ‘true Thorri atmosphere,’ the testicles are first delicately cured, salted and smoked.
The Beer Can Turns 80
The trend that started in Richmond, Va. now accounts for half of all beer sales.
Stone Brewing Brings Back Its Japanese Green Tea Collaboration
This time they’ve swapped out the New Zealand hops for Australia’s.
Fla. Judge: ‘Japanese’ Kirin Beer, Brewed Stateside, Misleads
Anheuser-Busch InBev loses class-action and owes consumers up to 50 bucks each.
WEEK OF JANUARY 7th
Beer-Name Overlap Makes Trademarking Difficult
The trouble of setting down grassroots as the roots become crowded
Microbrewing Leader Sam Adams Battles Market Oversaturation
As bolder beers come down the pipe, a former industry leader contends with fickle drinkers.
In Defense of Sam Adams: Are Drinkers Too Enamored with Obscurity?
Angry blogger says hipsters are oversold on their own ‘authenticity.’
Newcastle Hijacks Doritos Ad Campaign
I heard you like to ad-crash the Super Bowl, so I ad-crashed your ad so you can get crashed while you ad-crash.
Small BREW Act Seeks to Invigorate Microbrewing
Bill would slash taxes on production of smaller batches.
To the North, a Powerful Monopoly Unravels
Did reporting by the Toronto Star break its back?
Are These America’s Hundred Best Beer Bars?
Draft magazine says so. But leaves the comment section open.
Oskar Blues Rolls Out in Four New Markets
The canning innovator is also expanding its tap offerings.
Unfiltered and Unpasteurized, Cask Ale Hits Charm City
One Baltimore reviewer says the flavor is especially distinct.
Brewing with Juniper for True ‘Norwegianness’
The search for authenticity in the perfect farmhouse ale
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LASLO: “Yeah thank you so much for giving me a call.”
THORNE: “Sure.”
LASLO: “So I been talking to lawmakers this week and I guess, uh, we saw the introduction again of the Small Brew Act on Wednesday and then the bill you guys are sponsoring on Thursday. Do you think momentum — let me ask you first — do you think momentum is growing for your proposal?”
THORNE: “I think that the interest is there. I think the time is right. The proposal that we are supporting is different from what has been offered in past Congresses. I think what people — what we’re hearing is that people support it and they like it because it’s a matter, you know, the starting position is one of tax fairness and it allows members of Congress to support every part of the industry. You know, that they can stand with the microbrewers, the national craft brewers and major brewers and importers. So they’re not being asked to pick winners and losers in the marketplace and that’s a good starting point. The policy itself is one that makes sense, offers that deep, deep tax relief to the very small brewers. More than 90 percent of all brewers in the United States make less than 7,143 barrels that’s that threshold for the first level in the Fair Beer Act and under our proposal. Those brewers would see all of their federal excise tax eliminated and then it’s laddered from there. But the fact that it’s fair, equitable and comprehensive is important and the feedback that we’ve gotten is that by having this presented in a way that’s fair, equitable and comprehensive and doesn’t create new barriers to growth by altering the industry structure is picking up support in the Congress.”
LASLO: “Did you catch Senator Cardin’s floor speech yesterday?”
THORNE: “No, I did not.”
LASLO: “He, uh, in the speech said, you know, this is, um, basically that the Small Brew Act is fair. This actually might have been in my interview with him. But he says the big breweries just don’t need this at all — that there’s this punitive tax, this excise tax on the small guys that was never intended. So Congress just needs to fix that because it was never intended for the little guys, that the big guys can fend for themselves. What do you make of that argument?”
THORNE: “Well I don’t think… I didn’t see it so I didn’t hear it. I will tell you that, um, excise taxes affect every brewer and ultimately every beer drinker. This is direct pass through to the beer drinker which is one of the chief concerns about making sure that we alter this in a way and reform it in a way that is comprehensive and doesn’t, again, force Congress to pick winners and losers in the marketplace. And that includes winners and losers among the beer drinking constituents also. Uh, discriminating against one particular set of consumers because of the brand they drink does not lead to tax fairness. We support tax relief for small brewers but it has to be comprehensive to the industry. As is it, the barriers to entering the market is very low as it is for small brewers. We support removing them completely as it relates to the federal excise tax… but…”
[disconnected]
THORNE: “Hey Matt.”
LASLO: “Hey sorry about that.”
THORNE: “So — but this is an excise tax question. I mean, why, you know, if this is going to be a pass through and it’s baked into the co… you know, just goes… it’s a cost to the brewer that’s passed onto the distributor that’s passed onto the retailer. Uh, when you look at those companies that pay the vast majority of the excise tax, you know, why shouldn’t they see some form of reform. It’s only pennies a barrel as it is. So I think from the starting point of tax fairness it’s inherent in this conversation that we consider a comprehensive approach. It has to be.
LASLO: “And now, with a lot of these big breweries like InBev buying these smaller ones, aren’t they kind of helped even just by the passage of something like the Small Brew Act?”
THORNE: “I’m not sure I follow your question.”
LASLO: “Because InBev has scooped up what? Goose Island? They just got 10 Barrel out in Bend, Oregon, and et cetera, et cetera. So because these big breweries are now accumulating all these smaller ones, doesn’t it help their bottom line on their books if the Small Brew Act passes and helps out all the smaller breweries that they now own.”
THORNE: “I, you know, you’re asking a question that’s specific to [inaudible] and you really have to ask them. I don’t know how they’ve organized their business. I will tell you actually I do know from having talked to some of the other companies that that’s… For instance on the competitive side — and I have to back up a little bit here — can I do one thing?”
LASLO: “Yeah”
THORNE: “If I speak to specific brands — I can’t be quoted speaking about specific brands.”
LASLO: “Cool”
THORNE: “Okay and I really cannot be quoted speaking about specific tax structures of individual companies. I’m happy to, you know, help inform your position…”
LASLO: “Seems fair”
THORNE: “If I get quoted on that then we can’t ever talk to each other again.”
LASLO: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. I won’t um… yeah, understood.”
THORNE: “So it’s actually not what you think and the way it works — so for instance Leinenkugel’s, which is about a 900,000 or maybe 800,000 barrel operation that is managed and run by the Leinenkugel family but is one of the family of the broader MillerCoors family. It’s actually the Miller Brewing Company bought a majority stake in them several years ago. Leinenkugel’s does not get the small brewer tax credit even though they produce less than two million. Blue Moon Brewing Company which is a subsidiary of the Coors side (and that was a business that was opened with the support of Pete Coors by Keith Villa, the brewer at Blue Moon) that’s just about two million barrels and because, again, Coors (now MillerCoors), owns the majority share of that and they pretty much own it wholeheartedly but they’re a separate company on their books, they don’t get the small brewer tax credit either. However, Pabst Brewing Company, which contracts all their brewing to MillerCoors — they don’t own a brewery, they don’t have any brewery employees — they get the small brewer tax credit.”
LASLO: “Huh. That’s interesting.”
THORNE: “So yeah so there are competitive questions about this and that’s why we talked about the barriers to growth. And, you know, f you’re going to pick win… This marketplace issue is very, very important. If you are a… If you go into Jason’s Liquor Store up in Ellicott City, up in Howard County, you can buy a case of Miller Light for $18.99. Your federal excise tax on that case is a $1.24. You can buy a case of Clipper City Peg Leg IPA for $36.99. Your federal excise tax on that is closer to 68 cents and under the bill it’ll probably drop to like 45, 50 cents, right? The question really when we talk ultimately about fairness — and I mean this is why insane to say why shouldn’t, you know, every brewer see relief because every beer drinker pays the tax. You’re really talking about people who pave roads, lay drywall, wire houses, deliver washing machines, do landscaping. They’re the ones paying for the light beer and the Mexican imports and they’re the ones paying the top of the dollar. They’re also the ones probably only making $50,000 a year. But some chucklehead who’s making $150,000 a year and can put down 50 bucks or 45 bucks for a case of beer, he’s paying the far smaller tax.”
LASLO: “And now…”
THORNE: “So the point is, look there’s a lot of things that go into the cost of a beer. There’s, you know, your own business structure, your capital investments, the level of skill that you want to hire into your business, your efficiencies as a business, um, weather, uh, water costs, eh uh, the contracts that you have for your package suppliers (your bottle and can makers). All those things go into the cost of the beer. Most of them are outside of your control, you know, barley prices and hops prices and things like that, for instance. But one thing we can have an influence on is something that should be handled across the industry with a united voice is taxes. We need to have a united voice on taxes and if we’re going to address an industry wide tax then we need to have the reform be industry wide.”
LASLO: “And now you probably can’t get into this at all but my piece will deal with some reaction to the Budweiser Super Bowl ad. You can’t really comment on that, right?”
THORNE: “No. That may be. Look MillerCoors took a different tact. I have to, you know, I represent everybody. I’ve got to be ecumenical.”
LASLO: “And that’s just also to warn you that the piece kind of deals with that. DeFazio and McHenry got all pist off by it but then actually Senator Cardin said he liked the ad. He thought it was pretty clever. Um, cool well I think I, uh, got what I need.”
THORNE: “Ok.”
LASLO: “Awesome and I’ll email you if I have any questions but, uh, thank you so much for your help.”
THORNE: “Yep, appreciate it.”
LASLO: “Alright, you have a good one.”
THORNE: “Thanks Matt. Bye bye.”
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]]>The folks at Lost Rhino Brewery are taking craft beer to a whole other level. Check out the first ever Bills and Brews science edition where we delve into the story of the first ever beer made from a 35 million year old whale bone.
No it’s not a 35 million year old beer, but it’s a beer made from a hyper little yeast able to survive off the whale bone.
In this video we follow Jason Osborne, co-founder of Paleo Quest, who dives into the black waters of Virginia swamplands to find the ancient whale bones. He then teams up with Jasper Akerboom, the brewing scientist (!) at Lost Rhino, to create Bone Dusters.
It’s a beer made for craft beer and science lovers alike. Think saison with a touch of sour fruits (the good sour fruits). This radical brew is packed with flavor and has a rich amber color to it.
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Pundits keep saying the new Congress is same as the old. If that’s the case, we say bring it on! This new animation is an example of how Congress used to Rumble in the Capitol.
We were so blown away by the behind-the-scenes story Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) revealed when he was on Bills and Brews before retiring this fall, we had it animated.
Shit gets real.
In this animation — narrated by Moran — former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA), gets his hand broken in a fight just off the House floor. They’re not alone.
Presidential candidate Bob Dornan (R-CA), Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Bill Baker (R-CA) get into the mix. Dornan, like Moran, is known to have a fiery streak.
“Bob was kind of kicking at me,” Moran says. “So I asked George to drop him so I could hit him.”
Buckle up, crack a brew and enjoy this animated version of the 1995 Rumble in the Capitol!
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WEEK OF DECEMBER 24th
Penn. Regulators Allow for Beer Delivered with Pizza
Restaurants weigh whether the profits will be worth the added risks.
New Brewing Yeast Species Discovered?
Gene sequencers wonder whether they’ve encountered a groundbreaking Saccharomyces, or a new horizon altogether.
Wealthy Swedes Probably Hoarding Brew Delicacies
Wooden containers called tuns maintain exceedingly drinkable beer centuries old.
In One Video, Every Single Microbrew Purchase for Last Five Years
The cashier doesn’t care. They never care.
Is Your Glass Cleaner Killing Your Head?
Dawn is slaughtering your bubbles.
Restaurant HopCat Detroit Shatters World Record
With the help of Short’s Brewing Co., they put more a single brewer’s beers on tap than anyone ever has.
Gaining a Late Start in 2011, South Koreans Brewers Still without Supply Lines
Meanwhile, a Samsung-affiliated brew titan could keep Gangnam Style little-guy free.
Terroir: How the Land Sculpts Water, Plants, and Beer
Trappist artists have been shipping local water miles just for quality control.
Boulevard Beer Shows its Cards for 2015
With four new stouts on the way, they’ll by staying busy.
Beer Advocate Returns to Its Old Rating System
You can’t just Rotten-Tomato it with general quality rating. Attributes are required again.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 17th
Georgian Craft Lobbyists Get $12,000 in Crowdsourced Donations
They want to allow state breweries to sell on-site.
Texas Regulators Sued for Turf Exclusivity
Three brewers want to again be able to pay distributors for local access.
Whistleblower Wets the Eyes of Canadian Craft Patriots
Ontario Star accuses public sellers of colluding with foreign-owned retail monolith.
No One Expects the Spanish Acquisition
Mahou San Miguel buys up a third of Cedar Rapids’ Founders, one of the world’s best breweries.
New York City Bodegas Cower as Distributor Merger Looms
Their trade association says one Brooklyn-Bronx alliance could make them uncompetitive.
Homebrewers Association Inducts Barack Hussein Obama II
Though re-election is behind him, the president’s homebrewing experiment pays off.
Professional Forager at the Bleeding Edge of the Brewing Arts
Paul Baudar’s hop-free California concoctions rely on leaves’ natural yeasts.
Tröegs Puts Nugget Nectar in a Pounder
The hyper-hoppy, heavy amber ale hits shelves this winter.
Microbrewing Microaggression?
Feminist soured by Twin Peaks location’s gender stereotypes and lad-mag promotion.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 10th
Bartender Sues Fla. Over Growler-Size Prohibitions
The state where you can fill a gallon but not the half-gallon.
Time Declares Craft Uncool Because its Selling on Flights
Eight breweries are taking to the skies.
New U.S. Brewery Opens Every 16 Hours
More on the bubble that’s been expanding since 2000
St. Bernardus Christmas Ale Anointed Season’s Best
Paste magazine ranks 31 Christmas ales.
How We Instigated Most of Our Bar Pummelings
America’s finest news source reports.
All Cincinnati Microbrewers Collaborate On a Beer
BlackTart Tart Stout to celebrate city’s beer week in February
300 Kegs Comprise Genesee Brewing Company Christmas Tree
N.Y. brewers to ignite 600 feet of green lights.
U.K. Pub Chain Stops Carrying Heineken, Fosters, Strongbow
Heineken Ireland’s talks with a discounter head south.
Virginia Historical Society Makes Good on 300-Year-Old Recipe
“You can feel a connection across time when you’re drinking something that maybe hasn’t been drunk for a couple hundred years.”
Did Shortened Break Periods or Ingredient Scarcity Popularize Sessions?
The history of this brew.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 3rd
With Month Left to Go, Year-Long Drinking Odyssey Has Hit Up 600 Breweries
Duo has tried 6,000 different beers.
3-D-Print Your Own Beer Bottle Locks
Why are you still buying yours when you’re out?
Ariz. Wholesalers Lobby to Maintain Microbrewery Production Caps
Craft brewers say wholesalers are anti-competitive.
Rogue Makes Stout with Sriracha
New chili-sauce beer sells out.
Brewing Prof.: Microbreweries Represent ‘the New Cultural Capital’
NPR checks in with college’s microbrewing minor, new this year.
Cigar City Charts Out Its 2015
Tampa, Fla. microbrewer to release a special brew almost every month.
Down From the Trees, Human Ancestors Began Digesting Alcohol
Fruit fermenting on the ground could provide a valuable calorie source.
Craftbeer.com Speculates that the Word “Bride” Derived from “Brew”
BONUS: Profiles of female brewing honchos and visionaries.
For One Ohio Brewer, Massive Local Presence Stepping-Stone into Distribution
Cincinnati’s Rhinegeist expands at Kentucky border.
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19th
Lead Fla. Regulator: Growler Drinkers Would Say They’ve ‘Only Had One’
But the five-beer-equivalent gallon, they say, people won’t finish quickly.
New N.Y. Law Allows Producers to Sell By The Glass
The state rolls out $3 million in grants for the microbrewing industry
New Breakfast Beer Has Pork
Dogfish Head’s scrapple brew may contain the sweet maple syrup of nostalgia.
Buffalo, N.Y. Brewery’s Robot Deliverymen Fight Citywide Snow-In in Ad
Flying Bison Brewing Company yet to announce Prime memberships.
Bipartisan Group in Ohio House Want More Alcohol in Beer
Their legislation would raise limit from 12 percent to 21 percent.
Mass. Regulators Investigate Bars for Pay-To-Play
Sparked in part by Twitter accusations of violations of local and federal laws.
Cincinnati Block Fire Takes Out Kitchen at Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery
Its public house will remain closed for some time.
Minn. Brewer Intentionally Uses Ecologically Invasive Plant and Animal
Excelsior Brewing Company says it will have an exotic taste.
Alcohol Thresholds Raising Push Sits in Committee
One Ohio lawmaker says they cost the state a Stone facility.
TRAILER: Beer Bubbles Aren’t Bursting in California
Calif. microbrewers brag about working with their families, proximity to the beach.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12th
WWII Vet Served Belgium’s Finest from his Helmet
He explained to medic he was bringing aid and comfort to the wounded.
Bell’s Collaborates with Austrian Manufacturer on Wheat Beer Glass
Marketing claims the lip’s “slosh” unleashes more aroma.
By Beer Advocate Standards, the Chuck Norris of Beer
The ‘right’ hop level, color and ABV recipe puts the dream within your reach.
Enthusiastic Reviewer of Tröegs Pumpkin Ale Wants More Saison Sour
Plus embedded video of the brewery at work.
Mass. Pay-To-Play Investigation Subpoenas Yuengling and Harpoon Brewery
Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors among others not subpoenaed.
The Gypsy Rises as Two Roads Brewing Gets Automated
The Conn. brewer produces outside brands.
Did the Seattle Seahawks Water Their Red Hook Lines?
Local lab shows nearly half percent dips on several brews.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5th
Born in the ‘90s, Japanese Craft Brewing Still Encumbered by Price
They’re a rare find in the United States.
Glass Owner Passionate for Head Retention
Says with high beer prices, why not?
The Two-Year Doubling of Sour Beers’ Popularity
This appears to be emanating from Portland.
Obama’s Honey Ale Recipe
This is the first beer ever brewed in the White House.
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]]>Rep. Jim Moran is retiring so he’s got time to munch on popcorn and discuss the worst ads of the cycle.
It’s Election Night. So we decided to pop some popcorn and review some of the nastiest, misleading and downright confusing ads of the Election 2014 cycle with the twelve-term Virginia lawmaker.
In this video we sip a craft beer and watch “Loan Sharknado,” “Say Yes to the Candidate” and the infamous “wheelchair ad” lobbed by Texas Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, and apparent Wu-Tang fan, Wendy Davis against her opponent, Greg Abbott, who happens to be in a wheelchair.
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]]>Bills and Brews may have found the key to ending brinksmanship in Congress: keep kegs on hand!
In this web extract, we interview Bill Butcher, owner of Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, and unlock the secret for breaking the gridlock in Congress. Roll a frickin’ keg up to Capitol Hill, tap that sucker and bipartisanship ensues!
“We’re gonna work this whole thing out over a few beers,” Butcher says.
When California Democrat Xavier Becerra, a ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, heard of Port City’s IPA of the same name, he apparently couldn’t resist the opportunity to get some of that brew as close to his workplace as possible. Not only that, Becerra broke habit by inviting Republicans to have the Old Town beer in an otherwise Democrat-only affair.
Butcher also explains why, as a new business owner just getting on his feet during a presidential election cycle, he decided to deliver a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2012. I don’t know about you, but in Washington, we think that takes some balls!
And if you haven’t seen it, please check out our new full episode with twelve-term Virginia Congressman Jim Moran at Port City Brewing Company’s tasting room. He takes a shot of Irish whiskey with our host, Matt Laslo, and recounts the unbelievable details of a brawl he started on the House floor with former California Congressman “Duke” Cunningham. God bless America!
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]]>Twelve-term Northern Virginia Congressman Jim Moran is known for being pugnacious, but in this episode we pull the veil back, take shot of Irish Whiskey and reveal new, mind-blowing details of the “bench clearing (congressional) brawl” Moran started with Duke Cunningham back in 1995.
Moran, who’s retiring, opens up and offers a play by play of the fight in which he broke Cunningham’s hand and left the future (now former) prisoner in tears.
Cunningham was “being a bully” during the debate on Bosnia in the Clinton administration, so Moran taps Steny Hoyer and tells him he’s gonna “handle it the South Boston way,” Moran says on Bills and Brews.
Moran then picks Cunningham up by the lapels and drags him off the House floor before breaking his hand when their fists collide.
“At that point Bob Dornan busted through the door and he was screaming, ‘I’m gonna kick your blanking, Irish-blank,’” Moran recounts over a craft beer at Port City in Alexandria, Virginia. “And then George Miller comes and grabs Bob Dornan up under the neck.”
But Moran remembers telling Miller to drop Dornan, so he can swing at him like a man.
“‘You can’t hit me, you can’t hit me. I’m a presidential candidate! I’m protected,’” Moran remembers Dornan screaming.
Check out the episode for all the juicy details and for a game of RockEmSockEM Robot between Moran and Laslo.
Thinking back over his career, Moran also admits he’s tossed a few votes throughout his time in Washington.
“I pretty well vote my conscious,” Moran says. “I have to make decisions. If the caucus really wants a vote, the leadership wants a vote, you decide is it something that I can deal with without feeling too compromised.”
And let’s face it, this campaign season is boring. Your heart is only pounding in the 2014 election cycle if you’re President-about-to-lose-my-grip-on-the-Senate-Obama, a talking point regurgitating press secretary (please, stop with the f****** emails already), or if you live in one of the few states getting pounded with misleading ads.
That’s why Bills and Brews is here for you and sat down with a lawmaker who’s retiring and has nothing to lose!
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