ALE Club News » News in the Beer World http://www.aleclub.org A BLOGSPOT FOR THE APPLETON LIBATION ENTHUSIASTS HOMEBREW CLUB Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 World’s ‘oldest beer’ found in shipwreck http://www.aleclub.org/?p=1019 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=1019#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:48 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=1019 “First there was the discovery of dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, but now salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest beer, taking advertisers’ notion of ‘drinkability’ to another level“.

See the full article at the CNN website here.

]]> http://www.aleclub.org/?feed=rss2&p=1019 0 Carlsberg workers strike over beer drinking limit at work http://www.aleclub.org/?p=925 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=925#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:45:17 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=925 “Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off their jobs in protest Thursday (4/8/10) after the Danish brewer tightened laid-back rules on workplace drinking and removed beer coolers from work sites”.

See the full article at the USA TODAY website here.

]]> http://www.aleclub.org/?feed=rss2&p=925 0 Beer May Be Good For Your Bones http://www.aleclub.org/?p=849 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=849#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:09:48 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=849 If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here’s at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.

Read the full article here:  Beer may be good for your bones

]]> http://www.aleclub.org/?feed=rss2&p=849 0 AHA Announces New Website http://www.aleclub.org/?p=724 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=724#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:18 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=724 The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) has announced a new website: www.HomebrewersAssociation.org

This is a new completely interactive and educational website devoted to the hobby of Homebrewing.

This new website is in addition to the Brewers Association website: www.BeerTown.org

]]> http://www.aleclub.org/?feed=rss2&p=724 0 Sam Adams & Weihenstephan team for new beer http://www.aleclub.org/?p=701 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=701#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:02:38 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=701 Boston Beer Co., maker of Samuel Adams, will team up with venerable Weihenstephan brewery to jointly produce a new craft beer to be marketed in Germany and the U.S. next spring.

The beer, yet to be named, will have a cork intead of cap and weigh in at 10 percent alcohol.

Read the full article here>

]]> http://www.aleclub.org/?feed=rss2&p=701 0 Disease-fighting beer? Now that would be the perfect brew! http://www.aleclub.org/?p=330 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=330#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:02:31 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=330 Rice University students are trying to develop beer that could fight cancer, heart disease and diabetes.

Forget about running down to your local watering hole for a couple brewskis, or to the store to pick up a 6-pack.  Instead read what a bunch of properly motivated Rice University students are brewing up in the lab:  Houston Chronicle article

]]> http://www.aleclub.org/?feed=rss2&p=330 0 How lager yeasts came in from the cold, twice http://www.aleclub.org/?p=245 http://www.aleclub.org/?p=245#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:26:52 +0000 byron http://www.aleclub.org/?p=245 “Yeast strains used today to brew lager have two genetic ancestors, not one as previously thought.

The discovery may explain the origins of the two major categories of lager today, described in the trade as the “Saaz” beers such as Pilsner and Budweiser, and the “Frohberg” beers such as Orangeboom and Heineken.”

Read the entire NewScientist.com news service artice here: How lager yeasts came in from the cold, twice

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