As Grant and other correspondents have  warned, Dogfish's Festina Peche is one sour brew. I had one the other night while watching the Os beat the Yankees. The result of the baseball game was sweet, but not the beverage.The folks...Rob Kasper

Flat Earth has two new beers hitting the stores on Friday - Convention Ale, a Belgian red and Onvi Ale, a Biere de Garde. Here’s the lowdown on each beer. Convention Ale is Belgian red ale. We combined a lot of different ingredients to make this beer. Made with American, English and Belgian malts, English and German hops and Belgian yeast. Very refreshing, smooth and easier to swallow then the up coming election cycle and you’ll still want more of it later. At 5.5% abv you can enjoy more then one. Ovni Ale has a substantial and complex malt profile with flavors of toffee and caramel and a restrained hop bitterness. The beer is very smooth and deceptive at 7.1% ABV.  read more »

Ive said it before, Ive got no problem ordering up a fruit-flavored beer, though naturally Im always ready for the letdown that follows at least 50% of the time. Best fruit beer going today? Im glad you asked: Dogfish Heads Aprihop . Worst fruit beer? Probably that SWEETWATER BLUE I had earlier in the year. Last weekend me & my son hopped a ferry for his first-ever boat ride, and took it from San Francisco to Larkspur, in Marin County. Needing some lunch hey! Guess what happens to be at the Larkspur ferry terminus! MARIN BREWING ! Wow, what a surprise?  read more »

Refine marketing, focus on other priorities.MillerCoors has informed distributors that it is suspending the test of Miller Lite Brewers Collection.MillerCoors is making the move after the brand did not perform as well as hoped in test markets.  read more »

You will not believe this. But it is SO hot in Brussels at the moment, that drinking (Belgian!) beer is not really on our mind. Problem with the Belgian beer, besides being plenty of, is that it tends to be on the heavy side. Hops and alcohol don't mix well with the heat. We havent been going out much trying new beers. Instead bought a decent stock of untried beer which we sip at ease at home. In the garden.  read more »

Miller Lite slips.Miller Brewing Company saw a 2 percent drop in sales to retailers during the three months ended June 30, according to a trading statement from SABMiller plc.The decline was driven by soft performance from Miller Lite. The brand slipped by 1.6 percent.Pricing remained strong during the quarter, however, SABMiller said. And higher-end brands grew.Millers worthmore portfolio -- including Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Chill, Sparks and Leinenkugels -- grew by 8 percent.Miller High Life grew by 0.9 percent.June 30 marked the closing date for the creation of MillerCoors, which combines the U.S. operations of SABMiller with those of Molson Coors Brewing Company. The joint venture officially launched on July 1.

Asheboro is no longer dry. The News & Record of Greensboro reports that voters on Tuesday approved a referendum allowing sales of beer, wine and mixed drinks and the establishment of ABC stores within the city ...