Entries from January 2005 ↓

Just a few beer photos I’ve run across today. First, the sad one:

Now a happy one, if not a bit perverse:

If you have one of these dogs, it is just a matter of time before you take the Spuds Mackenzie shot:

I personally would’ve gone for the Old Style:

This concludes your Friday installment of beer photos.

That’s right, only 24 days until you can get a beer that has a “Crisp taste with no aftertaste” (A-B’s words from their press release, not mine). I’m going to try to get my hands on one before then since Orlando will likely get it sooner.

Got that straight? Starbucks (you may have heard of them; they make
coffee and have a few retail locations scattered around) is suing a
Galveston, TX company that makes a beer called Star Bock. Some analysis from the fine folks at beer.emptyfree.com:

On
its face, Starbucks doesn’t appear to have much of a case. “Star” is a
butt-common descriptor, and there are and have been dozens of “Star”
brands before Starbucks came into existence. And, OK, Star Bock is a
little close, but coffee and beer are two different things.

Ah,
but Starbucks says its making a coffee liqueur soon, and has the
necessary paperwork set in motion to get into the alcohol business.
But, even this is flimsy for a number of reasons. First off, they
haven’t made the damn thing yet. It would be one thing if this had been
on the market for a year or so. Starbucks might be able to say that
they’re in the business of making alcohol, and that “Star Bock”
infringes on their trademark.

I thought is was a law that any product made in Texas have a star in the name or logo.

Sad, but true.

MJ at Friday Fishwrap is doing homebrew and was kind enough to document the process in a cool photojournal.
She’s having a contest to name the beer where you can win a couple
bottles so put your beer cap on and head over there and give her your
best names. If I had a basement to do this in, I’d jump on it tomorrow.
However, if I had a basement in Florida it would be full of water so
that wouldn’t be a good idea.