1) Upcoming Promotions! 2) Lotsa Brew News *********************************************************** Promotions Snellville - Fri, Dec 18th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Frederick Brewing Co. Pint Night Featuring Wild Goose I.P.A. , Snowgoose, Hempen Golden, Blue Ridge Snowball's Chance Fri, Jan 15th, 7:00 pm Dogwood Winter Cask Ale Very Limited Supply... come early Fri, Jan 22nd, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Grolsch Pint Night While supplies last Sandy Springs - Thur, Jan 21st, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Grolsch Pint Night While Supplies Last *********************************************************** Brew News Strohs Plans To Close Brewery Rumors continue to brew that Stroh Brewing Co. will be sold. The Detroit based company announced that it will be closing its Tampa, Fla brewery. With and annual production of 1.5 million barrels of beer this location is the company's smallest brewery. The company said that it is closing the brewery due to the recent loss of the Pabst contract brewing deal with Miller Brewing and overcapacity in the Stroh system. Yuengling & Sons To Keep Their Slogan Pennysylvania's D.G. Yuengling & Sons may keep its slogan "America's Oldest Brewery". Canada's Molson Breweries, which is 212 yrs old, has objected on the grounds that "america" refers to North America. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled that the term "America" means the United States, not Canada, for most buyers. Yuengling has been using its slogan on "beerware" since 1957. Molson does have the option of appealing to a federal court. Bud Bowl '99 on the Internet In anticipation of the 1999 Super Bowl, Anheuser Busch has brought its 11 year old Bud Bowl promotion to the Internet. A-B offers sweepstakes tickets and entertainment at http://www.budbowl.com/ that requires your browser be fully modified. Books on Beer The Homebrewer's Garden. By Joe Fisher & Dennis Fisher. Details are provided on growing one's own barley and hops, grains, and herbs. Clone Brews. By Tess & Mark Szamatulski. Collection of recipes for commercial beers around the world. Sales Reports Anheuser Busch backed Corona replaced Heineken as the top import spot and it shows no signs of slowing down. Meanwhile, The Gambrinus Co., East Coast importers of Corona, Moosehead, and Shiner, acquired the Pete's Brewing Brands. European News The Czech republic's anti-monopoly office banned a merger of Plzensky Prazdroj AS and Pivovr Radegst AS, two of the country's largest brewers. Bass Plc (UK) controls the country's second largest brewer, Praski Pivovary AS, and opposed the merger. Feldschloesschen-Huerlimann Holding AG, Switzerland's biggest brewer and beverage group, signed a deal with Anheuser Busch to distribute Bud to retail outlets, restaurants, and bars in Switzerland. F-H claims 50% of the Swiss beer market and was formed in 1996 by a merger of Feldschloesschen and Huerlimann. The latter brewery created the venerable Samichlaus beer which was discontinued in the shadows of the A-B notice. Mergers Riverside Brewing of Riverside, Ca and Heritage Brewing of Lake Elsinore, Ca combined to form the West Coast Brewing Company. United Brewing Group of Sausalito, Ca acquired Carmel Brewing Co in Salinas, Ca., with company stock, wrapping up a craft acquisition spree of Mendocino and Ten Springs Brewing Companies along with several failed overtures to breweries such as Humbolt Brewing and Nor'Wester. UB Group's departure from the Nor'Wester deal delivered the death blow for the struggling brewer, and Saxer Brewing bought the brands from the bankrupt concern. Frederick Brewing Co absorbed fellow Mid-Atlantic brewers, Wild Goose and Brimstone Brewing and moved its Hempen brew to national distribution. In Pennsylvania, first it was Independence Brewing and Pittsburgh Brewing that were going to merge, then it was Red Bell Brewing getting ready to take over Lion Brewery. But eventually, Red Bell and Pittsburgh Brewing agreed to merge. Meanwhile, Red Bell also said it will continue to pursue Lion Brewery Inc. of Wilkes-Barre in an effort to expand its product line to malt and N/A brews. Above information taken from The Real Beer Page - http://www.realbeer.com/ *********************************************************** Have a safe holiday season... Drink Responsibly. Happy b'day Sherrie... Scott, go Dawgs! Ha ha! Visit our website!