Beer Tap TV News:

Eli and Erik update you on exactly why UPS and FedEx can’t ship beer, ponder the absurdity of the Philly beer raids, chuckle over Fox’s comedy about a small brewery, pimp the ever growing network of Beer Examiners, and try to pronounce Avery’s new brew – Depuceleuse.  All this and more on this week’s doctor prescribed 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

This week’s trivia question is hidden somewhere in the depths of the episode.   And don’t forget, we changed up how we do things.  To be eligible to win you must:  1) be a registered user on the site, and 2) send us an Email with your answer, your Beer Tap TV Username and real full name to AlwaysHoppy@BeerTapTV.com (do NOT put the answer in the forums like before).

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.

If you’re interested in playing some fantasy baseball with the Beer Tap TV gang head on over to Yahoo.com, sign up and join us.  Here are the details:

• League ID#: 297043
• League Name: The Beer Tap Heads
• Password: Brew0224
• Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo….ue/beer_tap_tv
• Draft Type: Live Standard Draft
• Draft Time: Sun Mar 28 11:00am MDT

BEER NEWS

Story #1: The Great Philly Beer Raids of 2010 – At the beginning of March more than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids on three popular Philadelphia beer bars. The cops, who have been called “Eliot Ness and the Untouchables, as played by the Keystone Kops” confiscated over 60 gallons of expensive ales and lagers, which are now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location. Be sure to check out all these stories:  Abolish the PLCB — Rewrite the Code! and Why The PLCB Should Be Abolished (both by Lew Bryson);  Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers (by Don “Joe Sixpack” Russell & Bob Warner at the Philadelphia Daily News);  Beer Radar (Don Russell’s blog); What the hell is happening in Pennsylvania? (by Joe McPhee at Malted Musings).

Story #2: The Brewers Association needs your help in supporting America’s small brewers – Request your U.S. Representative to become a co-sponsor of H.R. 4278, which seeks to enact a reduction in beer excise tax for America’s small brewers.

Story #3: Small brewery sitcom coming to Fox – “Strange Brew” is about a small successful family-owned brewery and the family’s struggles with working and living together. It will come from the “Will and Grace” creators, David Kohan and Mitch Mutchnik, who were nominated for 27 Golden Globes and won 51 awards.

Story #4: BrewDog in a Can? – BrewDog is experimenting with canning their beers and they want to hear your feedback and input on the idea.

BEER RELEASES OF THE WEEK

Depuceleuse – Avery Brewing Company – Boulder, CO

21st Anniversary Ale – Karl Strauss – San Diego, CA

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

The Craft Beer Bloggers on Examiner.com -  A network of beer lovers writing about beer where they live.  It’s as local as you’re going to get about the beer scene in a particular area.  people in the know are Beer Examiners, including:

• Charlie Papazian – National Beer Examiner
• Bryce Eddings – St. Louis
• Brian Yaeger – San Francisco
• Jeremy Labadie – New Orleans
• Kevin Burns – Albany
• Rick Blankemeier – Denver
• Kevin Romer – Philadelphia

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 and Erik talk about more dumb government laws aimed at beer,  beer perfume, risky sexual behavior, and Paris Hilton.  Sounds like a movie!  All this and much 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… piperguy (aka Guy), another new Tap Head!  Guy gave us the correct answer – the movie trailer was for the movie “Beer Wars” – and won him some beer goodies.   This week’s trivia question is hidden somewhere in the depths of the episode.   And don’t forget, we changed up how we do things.  To be eligible to win you must:  1) be a registered user on the site, 2) send us an Email with your answer to AlwaysHoppy@BeerTapTV.com (do NOT put the answer in the forums like before).  Be sure to include the Username you use on the site along with your real full name.

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.

If you’re interested in playing some fantasy baseball with the Beer Tap TV gang head on over to Yahoo.com, sign up and join us.  Here are the details:

• League ID#: 297043
• League Name: The Beer Tap Heads
• Password: Brew0224
• Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo….ue/beer_tap_tv
• Draft Type: Live Standard Draft
• Draft Time: Sun Mar 28 11:00am MDT

BEER NEWS

Story #1: California’s Assembly Bill 1598 – We received a call for help from some of our California Tap Heads.  Apparently California – and some other states working on similar legislation – apparently don’t have anything more important to deal with than eradicating caffeine from beer and risky sexual behavior from your life.

Story #2: Congressman Peter DeFazio to Deliver Keynote Address at Craft Brewers Conference – Congressman Peter DeFazio will be the keynote speaker for the opening of the Brewers Association’s Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago on April 8.

Story #3: Brewery in Brazil pays Paris Hilton $54 million to advertise their beer – We here at Beer Tap TV will do it for much, much less then that.

Story #4: Microsoft bans the beer app – While you can “drink” a virtual beer on Apple’s iPhone, the very same app has been rejected by Microsoft because of a self-imposed “morals-based” content policy.

BEER FESTIVAL/EVENT OF THE WEEK

Brewpublic Crawl – Saturday, March 20th, Noon-6PM

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

Beer perfume – At Seattle’s Blue Marble Energy, chemists are cooking up a perfume made from the waste products of a local organic brewery, including rancid beer grains, green algae and a “sludge” consisting of 50,000 different kinds of bacteria.

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 and Erik talk about the continuing dominance of craft beer, distribution problems, and how UPS and FedEx are winos.  All this and much 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… we draw the name out of the Mug O Luck live on the show!  Watch to see who wins.  And you know how we roll on the trivia question… it’s hidden somewhere in the depths of this episode.   Don’t forget, we changed up how we do things.  To be eligible to win you must:  1) be a registered user on the site, 2) send us an Email with your answer to AlwaysHoppy@BeerTapTV.com (do NOT put the answer in the forums like before).  Be sure to include the Username you use on the site along with your name.

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.

If you’re interested in playing some fantasy baseball with the Beer Tap TV gang head on over to Yahoo.com, sign up and join us.  Here are the details:

• League ID#: 297043
• League Name: The Beer Tap Heads
• Password: Brew0224
• Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo….ue/beer_tap_tv
• Draft Type: Live Standard Draft
• Draft Time: Sun Mar 28 11:00am MDT

BEER NEWS

Story #1: UPS, FedEx side with wine in beer battle – Boise-based Internet beer retailer Brewforia.com, owned and operated by Rick Boyd, may have to give up the Internet part of the business now that UPS has decided to stop delivering beer to his customers.

Story #2: Beer Distribution Problems Brewing – The US now has over 1,500 breweries, 2,800 beer distributors, and approximately 530,000 retail businesses that sell beer and over 600 SKUs. As the number of SKUs increases, the need for automation becomes more and more of a factor in an industry that hates change.

Story #3: The New Old Way to Tote Your Beer – Growlers are 64-ounce glass vessels that look like a moonshine jug. Most breweries and brewpubs have them so you can fill ‘em up with their beer and take ‘em home to drink. Well, it seems they’ve become the beer accessory of the moment.  Not to – as the author put it, us “bearded, flannel-shirt, beer-geeks” – but to the mainstream public.  And that is a good thing.

Story #4: Craft brewer sales grow 7% in a year of decreased beer sales for other brewers – The Brewers Association just released 2009 data on the U.S. craft brewing industry. In a year when other brewers saw a slowdown in sales, small and independent craft brewers saw sales dollars increase 10.3% and volume increase 7.2% over 2008, representing a growth of 613,992 barrels equal to roughly 8.5 million cases.

BEER RELEASES OF THE WEEK

Exit 16 Wild Rice Double IPA – Flying Fish Brewing Company

Luna Lager – Coney Island Craft Lagers (Shmaltz Brewing Co.)

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

TheBeerCritic by Scott Foley – A  guy who enjoy beer and loves trying new brews and sharing his experience with other beer lovers. The goal is to help people learn about and try new beers.

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:

This week on Beer Buzz Eli and Erik talk about Canuck iceholes , rooftop breweries, the Pint Man, and Beer for the Daddy.

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 Whoptbird (aka Brandon from Colorado Springs, CO) who told us that Renee spent $5,000 on decorating for Halloween, which we used for our special Halloween special.  Congrats Brandon and thanks for watching!

This week’s trivia question is once again hidden somewhere in the depths of this episode.   We’ll be moving it around often, so be sure to watch the entire episode.  Be sure to pay particular attention to the changes we’re making in HOW you will be winning going forward.  It’s no longer the first person to answer correctly.

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: Canadian Iceholes – During the Olympics Stephen Colbert started the “Don’t be an Ice-Hole” campaign and called the Canadians a bunch of syrup suckers for not letting the U.S. Olympic Speedskating team practice on the ice oval. In response to that Vancouver’s R&B microbrewery created a very special lager.

Story #2: Obama Loses Beer Bet With Harper on Olympic Hockey – President Barack Obama owes his Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a case of beer  after the U.S. hockey teams loses to Canada in the gold medal game.

Story #3: Rooftop brewery, backed by Mario Batali, to open in Flatiron District – A new high-end Italian eatery and brewery is coming to the Flatiron District of NYC.  What makes this place different are the rock stars of the culinary and brewing world involved.

Story #4: Convenience-store beer bill dies in Colorado Legislature – Last week HB 1186 – which was going to let convenience stores sell full-strength beer – died on an 8-3 House Finance Committee vote.

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

“The Pint Man” by Steve Rushin – Steve Rushin, long time Sports Illustrated columnist, has a new novel out called “The Pint Man.”  Steve writes about drinking, cracking jokes, and the one-of-a kind relationship only a man can have with his favorite bar

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

And Beer for the Daddy by Sean Nordquist – The musings of a Zymugical Explorer.  Sean now lives in St. Petersburg, FL, but grew up Southern California, and went to school in Sonoma.  Oddly enough – while in Sonoma, surrounded by wine – he discovered that there was more in the beer world than Keystone Light and Budweiser: there was Craft Beer. Sean i also the St. Petersburg Craft beer Examiner.

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