Category Archives: Beer-related news

Go figure. That ol’ supply and demand curve is still right after all these years. As you may have heard, the price of hops has skyrocketed over the past year, increasing about five or six-fold. This has really caused a … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago, it was announced that Budweiser was going to be bought out by Belgian beer giant InBev for around $50 billion. There’s a good Washington Post article that gives some background not only on this transaction, but … Continue reading →

Now that’s it’s been a year since the cap on the alcohol content for beer was lifted in South Carolina, we can look back and see what the effect has been on the overall beer climate in the state. Check … Continue reading →

I love beer, but this is just plain weird: http://www.smh.com.au/news/europe/bathe-in-beer/2008/04/23/1208743038757.html?page=fullpage I had always heard that the Czech Republic, Prague especially, is a great place to visit. This may put it over the top and push it higher on the travel … Continue reading →

In case you don’t follow beer news religiously, we are in the midst of a world-wide hop shortage. It’s more likely that you noticed the price of beer going up over the last few months. I’ve definitely noticed the prices … Continue reading →

For those of my readership living in Columbia, SC, the city elections are coming up this Tuesday, April 1. One of the items on the ballot is whether to allow beer sales in stores on Sundays. I won’t tell you … Continue reading →

You probably thought that all beer enthusiasts problems were over when prohibition was repealed on March 23, 1933. Not so! At least, not if you live in South Carolina… South Carolinians won a major battle for beer last May, when … Continue reading →

Check out this amazing discovery about the origins of chocolate: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071112/ts_nm/chocolate_beer_dc It would appear that chocolate began to be used in a beer-like drink in Central America around 1100 BC. “The earliest cacao beverages consumed at Puerto Escondido were likely … Continue reading →