HOT TRUB
April 26,
2001
Edited by: Peter LaFrance (peter.lafrance@beerbasics.com)
Presented by: American Brewer
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Vol. 2 No. 17
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NEWS ITEM – Thu 4/26/01 2:27
PM from Jeff Platt [info@creamcitysuds.com]
It is with great sadness
that we have learned that Roger Briess of Briess Malting died unexpectedly
yesterday.
He was in Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles, attending the District
Carribean MBAA convention.
I have been in contact with
Briess Malting Co., they do not have any
word on arrangements yet,
and because Roger was out of the country they
think it may be a couple of
days before arrangements can be made. I will be informed of them and will pass
them on to you via email just as soon as possible.
Jerry Hilton. SS Steiner
Hops
(via Jeff Platt Cream City Suds)
Yesterday the mandatory registration of beer kegs overwhelmingly passed the Minnesota House after the liquor industry reversed its opposition. Under the bill liquor stores will have to file the name and signature of buyers of 7-gallon and larger beer kegs, tagging each keg with registration numbers and the retailer's name, address and telephone number.
Similar legislation has been proposed many times in the past, but never got it out of committee. This year Minnesota's major private and municipal beverage trade groups as well as the Minnesota Beer Wholesalers Association lined up in favor of the bill along with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and anti-youth-drinking groups.
No similar legislation has advanced in the Senate, but supporters say they hope that can be overcome by inserting the measure in an omnibus liquor bill.
American City Business Journals reports that The Atlantic Beer & Ice Co. will close this weekend as part of a restructuring by the Total Entertainment Restaurant Corp. In its place, slated to open in late summer, will be a unit of The Fox and Hound English Pub and Grille. Fox and Hound has operations in 25 U.S. cities, including Chicago, Dallas and New Orleans.
Frank and Alexa MacPherson, owners of Atlantic Beer & Ice, will continue to own the Tryon Street building and will lease it.
Today the Associated Press reported that bigger brew bottles got preliminary approval yesterday in the Florida House, which could vote on the measure as early as Thursday.
Already approved by the Senate, bill (SB 202) does away with restrictions on beer bottles and cans that currently limit the containers to 8, 12, 16 or 32 ounces, keeping many foreign brands and specialty brews off the shelves in Florida. The bill would allow beer bottles and cans of any size less than 32 ounces.
According to the AP story, “Wholesale distributors have successfully defeated bills to repeal the bottle size restriction in the past with arguments that such a change would boost beer prices. They argued more warehouse space and bigger trucks would be needed to handle the wider variety of cans and bottles.”
19 April 2001 – Peter LaFrance reporting:
The sample air-mailed to me was stored in a refrigerator at close to 40F. Poured at close to 40F, it had a light, lacy head. The beer was served in a pilsner flute and seemed dark-straw in color, with a slightly sweet malt nose that included a touch of new mown lawn and fresh bread. The very bread-like flavor was crisp, not cloying, with a quick snap of hops that started just under the crisp toasted-bread flavor crescendo and finished in the forefront until a whisper of sweet malt in the aftertaste gets the palate ready for the next sip.
Any other reports?