Beer Tap TV News:

This week Eli and Erik talk about the creepy King’s Whopper Bar, Mexican Homer’s brew, Maxim’s best, and the rise and fall of the beer can.  This and more on episode #62 of Beer Buzz!

Beer Buzz is the ONLY weekly, televised show that keeps you up to date on what’s going on in the beer world, from the noteworthy to the nutty. Know something we don’t (which is highly likely)?  Email us at alwayshoppy@beertaptv.com and share the news!

Show Notes:

UPDATES

Last week’s winner was new Tap Head Dano the Mano (aka Dan)  who answered: What brewery issued the first beer can?  ANSWER:  G. Krueger Brewing Co.  What state was it issued?  ANSWER:  Richmond, VA. When was it issued? ANSWER:  January 1935 .   Dan got himself a signed copy of Chris Wright’s Beer Journal!  Congrats Dan!

This week’s trivia question is somewhere in the depths of this episode.  We’ll be moving it around often, so be sure to watch the entire episode.

We’ll be doing a State of Beer Tap TV address soon to bring you up to speed on the changes we’re making… stay tuned!

We’re on Facebook and YouTube! And if you want to watch us in High-Def on your Big Screen… we’re now on TiVo under the Food & Drink section.   Additionally, we are the only beer show listed as a “Recommended Website” on the Brewers Association’s new, kick ass interactive CraftBeer.com site.   Go to “Stories” –> Recommended Website –> Craft Beer Web Casts/Pod-Casts or just click here .

We filmed a ton of video at the 2009 GABF.  Go watch it here –> Beer Tap TV GABF page and on the GABF video hub page on Examiner.com.

BEER NEWS

Story #1: Behold the Can – The illustrious beer can celebrated its 75th birthday on Sunday, January 24th. Sadly, collectors of the can are lamenting their inability to get young people interested in the pastime.

Story #2: Homer’s Duff Beer makes a run for the border -  Would you drink a real Duff Beer? Rodrigo Contreras thinks so.  While watching The Simpsons back in 2002 he thought “Someone should do that. Why not me?”

Story #3:  Burger King to sell beer at fast food joints – Apparently not wanting to be upstaged by the animated Homer Simpson… the ever creepy costumed King is hoping to tap a whole new batch of customers by selling beer with burgers at the Whopper Bar.

Story #4: Maxim’s 25 Best New Beers – Maxim magazine seems to have heard the cries from the Beer Masses. Still, many of the beers on the list found in the February 2010 issue aren’t “new” – at least to Beer Geeks, but it’s still an improvement over their previous lists.  Great beer, super hot women… we’ll let ‘em slide.

BEER RELEASE OF THE WEEK

Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. (Shmaltz Brewing Co.) – Tribute beer to Lenny Bruce – 40 years alive. Over 40 years dead.  Brewed with an obscene amount of malts and hops.  Shocking flavors – far beyond contemporary community standards.  ABV: 10%

BEER BAR OF THE WEEK

The Head House – Philadelphia Beer Week co-founder and president of Museum Catering, Bruce Nichols announce that he will partner with Madame Saito to open The Head House (122 Lombard Street), a restaurant and beer bar with more than 20 craft taps and beer-friendly foods located on Philadelphia’s historic Head House Square.

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

DRAFT launches digital edition of magazine – DRAFT Publishing announced that this year’s January/February “Best of Beer” issue will be available in digital format, marking the launch of interactive, online versions of DRAFT Magazine.

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Chicago Beer Travelers – Jeff Bean, Matt Tunnell and Rohit Naimpally are three young beer lovers in Chicago who want to share their passion for beer with others.

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Eli Shayotovich
Erik Boles
Dusty Frazier

For marketing and sales information contact David Stanley on Twitter @KiwiGate, on Facebook at David Stanley or via Email at David.Stanely@channelsnap.com

Beer Tap TV News:

Today Eli and Erik talk about rock solid collabrews, beers headed to Brazil, trading your blood for beer, The Beer Journal jaunts to New York, and a beertographer!  All this and more on this week’s episode of Beer Buzz!

Beer Buzz is the ONLY weekly, televised show that keeps you up to date on what’s going on in the beer world, from the noteworthy to the nutty. Know something we don’t (which is highly likely)?  Email us at alwayshoppy@beertaptv.com and share the news!

Show Notes:

UPDATES

Last week’s winner was Gohabs (AKA Charles) who correctly told us what the first movie was to be released in the US with the PG-13 rating. ANSWER: Red Dawn.  How many acts of violence were there per minute?  ANSWER: 2.23 per minute.   And where it was set?  ANSWER: Calumet, Colorado.   Congrats to Charles!

This week’s trivia question is somewhere in the depths of this episode.  We’ll be moving it around often, so be sure to watch the entire episode.

We’ll be doing a State of Beer Tap TV address soon to bring you up to speed on the changes we’re making… stay tuned!

We’re on Facebook and YouTube! And if you want to watch us in High-Def on your Big Screen… we’re now on TiVo under the Food & Drink section.   Additionally, we are the only beer show listed as a “Recommended Website” on the Brewers Association’s new, kick ass interactive CraftBeer.com site.   Go to “Stories” –> Recommended Website –> Craft Beer Web Casts/Pod-Casts or just click here .

We filmed a ton of video at the 2009 GABF.  Go watch it here –> Beer Tap TV GABF page and on the GABF video hub page on Examiner.com.

BEER NEWS

Story #1: Stone to collaborate with other rock stars of the beer world – In our year end wrap up episode we talked about the trends we were likely to see in 2010.  One of them was the continued collaborative efforts between breweries. Well, Stone keeps the collabrew train rolling… last week they announced who they were going to team up with and it’s a helluva list!

Story #2: Anderson Valley Brewing Co. goes to Brazil – Anderson Valley Brewing Co. won the race to Brazil. The Boonville, California brewing company will become the first craft brewery to officially export its products to the South American country.

Story #3: Chris Wright gets picked up by New York publisher! Author, beer geek, homebrewer and Colorado Springs resident Christ Wright has been self publishing “The Beer Journal” for over two years now. That changed recently when Skyhorse Publishing out of New York signed him to a deal. The target date for publication is next fall and will be printed in full color. Additionally, it will include an introduction from a very well known craft brewing pioneer. More details to come (including price, who will be writing the intro, etc.).

Story #4: Give a pint of blood, get a pint of beer – Cascade Regional Blood Services, a Tacoma-based blood center, is appealing to donors with an eye-catching offer: Give a pint of blood, get a pint of beer.

Story #5: Microbrew sales reach new heights in Japan – Microbrews only command a fraction of the beer-drinking market in Japa, but shipments in 2009 were expected to climb to 34,000 kiloliters -more than double the amount consumed in 2003, when just 14,000 kiloliters went out around the country.

BEER RELEASE OF THE WEEK

Widmer Brothers – 2010 Brewmasters’ Release: W’10 Pitch Black IPA

Redhook Ale Brewery – Nut Brown Ale returns as Mudslinger Spring Ale

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Beertographer – John Kleinchester is from Brooklyn, NY. He’s not a photographer, but he is a fan of all things craft beer.

Make sure you follow us on:

Twitter:  @ErikBoles
Twitter: @EliShayotovich
Twitter: @Dusty Frazier
Twitter: @BeerTapTV
Beer Tap TV on Facebook
Beer Tap TV on YouTube
Beer Tap TV on TiVo: Under the Food & Drink section

And here at Beer Tap TV:

Eli Shayotovich
Erik Boles
Dusty Frazier

For marketing and sales information contact David Stanley on Twitter @KiwiGate, on Facebook at David Stanley or via Email at David.Stanely@channelsnap.com

Beer Tap TV News:

Eli talks about beer caves and explains how flying the friendly skies just became beerier.  Erik goes AWOL and turns into Mr. Science, then decides there should be Equity for Punks.  Plus, the guys ask another trivia question, talk about a Raging Bitch,  a homebrew competition, a Beer Sphere, and BeerKnobs.  All this and more on this week’s episode of  Beer Buzz!

Beer Buzz is the ONLY weekly, televised show that keeps you up to date on what’s going on in the beer world, from the noteworthy to the nutty. Know something we don’t (which is highly likely)?  Email us at alwayshoppy@beertaptv.com and share the news!

Show Notes:

UPDATES

Last week’s big winner was Wayne the Train (AKA Wayne) who correctly answered:  How many breweries were active in the United States one hundred years ago in 1910?   The answer we were looking for was -  1,568 breweries! For his efforts Wayne walked away with the biggest prize package we’ve ever given out!

This week’s trivia question is somewhere in the depths of this episode.  We’ll be moving it around often, so be sure to watch the entire episode.

We’re going to be doing a State of the Beer Tap TV Union address soon to bring you up to speed on the changes we’re making… such as why hasn’t there been a Taste Buds, what to expect from the new website, what we’re working on as far as new shows go, etc.  So stay Tuned!

We’re on Facebook and YouTube! And if you want to watch us in High-Def on your Big Screen… we’re now on TiVo under the Food & Drink section.   Additionally, we are the only beer show listed as a “Recommended Website” on the Brewers Association’s new, kick ass interactive website – CraftBeer.com.   Go to the tab “Stories” –> Recommended Website –> Craft Beer Web Casts/Pod-Casts (http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/stories/recommended-websites).

We filmed a ton of video at the 2009 GABF.  Go watch it here –> Beer Tap TV GABF page and on the GABF video hub page on Examiner.com.

BEER NEWS

Story #1: Is there an echo in this Beer Cave? – A century ago the Ebling Brewing Company chilled its beer in a series of caves – some more than 20 feet wide and 100 feet deep – built into a hill behind its headquarters in Melrose, New York.  Eventually the buildings were leveled and replaced with a crude parking lot and the caves were covered and forgotten.  Until now that is.

Story #2: Chemical In Beer May Prevent Prostate Cancer – Experiments have shown that xanthohumol, a compound derived from the hops in beer, blocks a chemical reaction that can lead to the development of cancer.  Erik explains how.

Story #3: “Flying the Friendly Skies” takes on a whole new meaning!  – Beers from Gordon Biersch (Marzen) and 21st Amendment (Brew Free! or Die IPA) are now avaiable on Virgin America flights!  Can you say hallelujah!

Story #4: Story #4: BrewDog’s Equity for Punks Update – As we talked about last week, BrewDog needed a little help to get over their target of £500,000.  As of January 2nd they were up to £410,000 and after talking with James on Monday. UPDATE:  We’re happy to report they reached their goal!

HOMEBREW COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT

5th Annual Peterson AFB Homebrew Competition – Colorado Springs, CO – Sponsored by the Brew Brothers HomeBrew Club

BEER RELEASE OF THE WEEK

Odell Brewing releases seasonal Red Ale for second year

Flying Dog to release Raging Bitch Belgian IPA

BEER FESTIVAL/GATHERING OF THE WEEK

Tenth Annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival at the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa in Vail, CO; January 7 – 9

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

The Beer Sphere – When Dan Klavoon created the Beer Sphere for Bud Light’s “Tailgate Tested, Tailgate Approved” contest, little did he know he would be going to the Super Bowl!

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Beer Knob – Hosted by six incredibly odd knobs, these guys love beer and open the door to show you there’s more to it than just guzzling it.

Make sure you follow us on:

Twitter:  @ErikBoles
Twitter: @EliShayotovich
Twitter: @Dusty Frazier
Twitter: @BeerTapTV
Beer Tap TV on Facebook
Beer Tap TV on YouTube
Beer Tap TV on TiVo: Under the Food & Drink section

And here at Beer Tap TV:

Eli Shayotovich
Erik Boles
Dusty Frazier

For marketing and sales information contact David Stanley on Twitter @KiwiGate, on Facebook at David Stanley or via Email at David.Stanely@channelsnap.com