An Alabama pastor thinks it's a combination worth trying. Quick Clicks The Rev. Wesley Savage, a youth pastor at a local Methodist church, will start hosting services at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Hoover this Sunday in hopes of reaching potential parishioners who "wouldn't go to a church," AL.com reported. The service will be called "The Stream." No need to worry about hot sauce staining the hymnals and Bibles. Savage plans to host the 45-minute service before Buffalo Wild Wings opens for business. No beer will be served. But the church will encourage patrons to stay for wings and sports. "This is part of the partnership. We'll help them with their business because they're helping us," Savage told AL.com. Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Beer alert: New kegs of Founders' CBS quietly surface for holidays | MLive.com
. BEND, Ore. (AP) The Facebook page of a local brewery lit up with condemnations: Loyal beer drinkers said the brewers were greedy "sellouts." Some fans threatened to boycott the brand. One declared he would stop wearing a T-shirt promoting the beer. What did the brewers do to provoke such a backlash? Change the hops or yeast? Abandon a favorite ale recipe? No, the furor erupted after 10 Barrel Brewing announced last month that it was being bought by the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, which to the horror of craft-beer enthusiasts, makes Budweiser and Bud Light. The acquisition was another example of mega-brewers trying to counter declining sales by tapping into the growth of small craft breweries. And it drew the ire of devoted customers who blasted the corporation as an enemy of the craft beer industry and "the worst guys in the game." People in and around Bend take their beer seriously. Since its first craft brewery opened in 1988, this city of 80,000 has grown from a struggling timber town to a trendy destination featuring skiing, golf, fly fishing and mountain biking, all of which can be capped off at the end of the day with a fine, locally brewed craft beer. The city and the surrounding area now claim nearly 30 breweries, many with owners looking for fulfillment in the beer, not the bottom line. The owners of 10 Barrel, twin brothers Chris and Jeremy Cox and Garrett Wales, say Anheuser-Busch was already handling their distribution. The idea of selling their operation came up over a few beers. In this Nov. 18, 2014 photo, brewer Joe Jasper tends to a vat at Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Ore. Des They promise nothing will change. "We are really good at some things, like brewing cool beer and having fun," Chris Cox said. "Other things, businesswise, we are not so great at. So it's going to be a great partnership." Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed. Along with the criticism, the brewery's Facebook page also offered sincere congratulations from fans happy to see a local institution strike a lucrative deal. While nationwide beer sales declined 1.9 percent last year, craft beer sales rose 17.2 percent, according to the Brewers Association, which represents craft brewers. The industry's two giants, Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors, have lost a total 20 million barrels in sales since 2008, said Bart Watson, an economist for the group. View gallery In this Nov. 19, 2014 photo, regulars Jerry Christensen, left, and Bob Brubaker enjoy their favorite Anheuser-Busch craft beer CEO Andy Goeler said the company wants 10 Barrel to "continue to do more of what they are doing" and praised the brewery's "amazing portfolio of beers." Other brewers are wary, especially in Oregon, which has 181 breweries and where craft beer accounts for 40 percent of beer consumed tops in the nation. They're especially leery in Bend, where the town's beer-themed creation story is recited by native and newcomer alike. Located in sunny central Oregon and framed by the snow-capped Cascade Range, Bend was laid low in the 1980s by logging cutbacks to protect the northern spotted owl and salmon. Gary Fish was a California restaurateur looking for a new cool place and landed in Bend. He opened a brewpub in 1988 that quickly became the after-fun place of choice. It evolved into Deschutes Brewery, Bend's biggest, producing more than 300,000 barrels of beer in two dozen varieties. It distributes coast to coast. 10 Barrel started out with a bar on the outskirts of downtown. In 2006, its owners started a small brewery under the motto: "Brew beer, drink beer and have fun doing it!" View gallery In this Nov. 18, 2014 photo, brewmaster Larry Sidor discusses some of his creations at Crux Fermenta Their beers became a hit, and their new brewery produces 42,000 barrels sold in Oregon, Idaho and Washington state. Their pub on the trendy West Side of Bend turned into one of the hottest spots in town, where people wait 90 minutes for a chance to sit at the bar watching the snow gently falling through an open garage door behind the bartender. They also have a pub in Boise, Idaho, and another opening in Portland's hip Pearl District. "The craft brewers came to the rescue of beer in the world," said Larry Sidor, who served a stint as brew master at Deschutes, then started Crux Fermentation Project, where he is experimenting with extreme strains of yeast, hops and other ingredients. The acquisition deals "are really about trying to make beer a commodity again. They are sucking the life out of the brands." But as the craft beer market matures and the original brewers get older, Fish said he expects many to look for someone even a giant like Anheuser-Busch to take over. "I think you're going to see more of this for sure," Fish said. Anheuser-Busch made two earlier craft acquisitions: Goose Island Beer Co. in Chicago and Blue Point Brewing Co. on Long Island, New York. InBev also has a one-third share in a Northwest group that produces Red Hook, Widmer and Kona beers. Philip Gorham, a senior equity analyst at Morningstar Inc., said he expects the portfolio of multination brewers to eventually "look like a patchwork quilt," with different brands for different markets and more national distribution. In Bend, Patric Douglas sipped a Deschutes Jubelale at Crow's Feet Commons, which sells beer, bikes and snowboards. He said the entrepreneur in him cheers 10 Barrel's success. The beer lover in him worries. "If we start selling our identity whole cloth, we are going to lose it," Douglas said. 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Good luck finding some. (ATTB) View/Post Comments GRAND RAPIDS, MI Canadian Breakfast Stout has resurfaced for the 2014 holiday season, but good luck finding some. Founders Brewing Co. sent a new batch of its other ridiculously popular barrel-aged stout to distributors this month, but only in kegs and the company wont say how many went out to the brewerys 32-state distribution footprint. All were willing to share is that its a limited release, said Sarah Aldrich, marketing director at Founders. The last time anyone saw Canadian Breakfast Stout, or CBS, was in 2011. The imperial stout is brewed with a blend of coffees and imported chocolates, then aged in spent bourbon barrels that were subsequently used to age maple syrup. Like Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, or KBS, it is extremely popular. CBS has a nearly unheard-of 100 percent ranking on the Beer Advocate review site, meaning its the kind of beer people are apt to wait in line and drive long distances for. When the company released the last batch, CEO Mike Stevens had to issue a statement addressing frustrated fans who missed out . The kegs out now are from a new batch packaged this year. On Tuesday, several bars in Lansing tapped the first kegs in Michigan. Aldrich said people who want a taste of CBS should call their local craft beer distributor to find out which retailers received a keg. Because of U.S. alcohol distribution laws, the brewery has only minor influence on where kegs go. Monitoring social media buzz is about the only other way to find out where it may be tapped in the coming days. Dont expect a round of CBS in bottles any time soon. We never say never, but it was not bottled on this round, said Aldrich. Garret Ellison covers business, government, environment and breaking news for MLive/The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at gellison@mlive.com or follow on Twitter & Instagram
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Home brew kits and home brew beer shops have been a staple for amateur brew masters, but there hasn't been an automated, high tech, one-button solution to create custom microbrews. PicoBrew in Seattle believe it's satisfied that desire for a Keurig for beer -- the home bread-maker for brews -- with the Zymatic, a $1,700 computerized beer making machine. "It's the world's first automatic beer brewing machine," said co-founder and ex-Microsoftie Bill Mitchell. Mitchell left the world of device development to chase his passion for home brewing. Along with his brother and a team of like-minded professionals, Michell wanted to keep the "craft" in craft brewing while embracing the power of the internet and eliminate the guess work associated with home brew systems. The result was the Zymatic. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $661,000, PicoBrew had the funds to create its dream and is now building Zymatic's at its Seattle production house near South Lake Union. Users create or borrow a recipe from the PicoBrew online library. Brew masters then fill a five gallon cornelius keg with water and attach the hoses from the keg posts to the Zymatic. Depending on the recipe, users add grain to the main compartment of the step filter and add hops into the appropriate hop cages inside the unit. The entire canister slides into the Zymatic and the brewing begins. The brewing takes about four hours, leaving the unfermented beer in the keg that originally held the water. Add the yeast, then after a week of fermentation you get beer ready to be carbonated for dispensing from the keg. National Home Brewer of the Year Annie Johnson was skeptical at first.
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Hinsdale beer distributor gets tax exemptions for expansion - Olean Times Herald: News - Hinsdale beer distributor gets tax exemptions for expansion: News
Thank you for your patience. Rogue brewery introduces "Sriracha beer" , Posted: Wed, December 10 2014 at 12:22 PM, Updated: Wed, December 10 2014 at 12:51 PM Ore. --- An Oregon brewery is going 'rogue' by going hot and cold on its latest beer. Check it out, this is the Rogue Sriracha hot-stout beer, its ingredients include; hot chili sauce. Rogue Ales admits, that might sound weird but, the company tested the new brew in pubs this past summer and say it was a hit, as you might expect, "hot sauce beer" does present a challenge: Michael Higgins, the director of Liquid Development, Rogue says, Everybody has their own preference, you really gotta find that sweet medium where you get good spice and you deliver on the promise of Sriracha, but you don't, you know, burn somebody's taste buds." Bottles of the Sriracha hot-stout beer went on sale Monday, but, right now, it's only available in Rogue Pubs and online. Copyright KOBI-TV. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without written permission.
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posted: December 10 NEW YORK (AP) Grammy Award-winner Sting jumped aboard his Broadway musical "The Last Ship" as its newest star Tuesday night, hoping to help posted: December 10 Larger font size Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 12:57 pm Hinsdale beer distributor gets tax exemptions for expansion By Rick Miller, Olean Times Herald Olean Times Herald | 0comments ELLICOTTVILLE A family-owned beer distributor on Route 16 in Hinsdale wants to add a special 13,000 square-foot warehouse and create new jobs. Christopher Sanzo, president of Sanzo Beverage Co., made a presentation to the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Board of Directors Tuesday, asking for inducements for the $1.7 million expansion. Hes seeking about $30,000 in sales tax exemptions, as well as a payment in lieu of taxes (P.I.L.O.T.) agreement for reduced property taxes for 10 years. The project would not only help to preserve the 32 current jobs at the distributorship, but add up to 15 new jobs if the companys plans to diversify into distributing wine and liquor, Mr. Sanzo said. About 75 percent of the companys business is distributing Anheuser-Busch beer products. Soda, energy drinks and other summer beverages are becoming a growing part of the business, prompting the need for additional storage space. The new space will be specially constructed to keep the temperature from climbing above 60 degrees. Mr. Sanzo said the $1.7 million will not only cover construction costs, but the purchase of three new delivery vehicles and trailers, as well as warehouse equipment. The company distributes to Cattaraugus, Allegany and five other counties. It is the last of the areas independent beverage distributors, Mr. Sanzo said. Were the last one standing, he said. Were going to hold on as long as we can. The IDA welcomes this project, said Corey Wiktor, the IDAs executive director. The 81-year-old family business is looking to stay independent, grow its business and create new jobs, he pointed out. The company put on its first addition in 2006 with aid from the IDA. The IDA board also approved a resolution thanking Salvatore Marranca, a board member for the past 25 years, who is retiring. Mr. Marranca was the longtime president of Cattaraugus County Bank in Little Valley, which now has several branches.
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Sons of Anarchy Series Finale Review: Farewell to the King - Yahoo News
(USA TODAY Sports) SAN DIEGO Major League Baseball's revenues are up 13 percent, according to Forbes , reaching a record $9 billion for 2014. That's $1 billion more than 2013 and another sign that there's no cash-flow problem in baseball. This is why Jon Lester just agreed to a $155 million contract , why Giancarlo Stanton got $325 million and why Max Scherzer figures to become the second pitcher to sign a $200-plus million contract . Everybody's getting paid, plain and simple. Before you complain about the cost of your tickets, hot dog and beer rising, that's only a small part of the spreadsheet. Maury Brown at Forbes explains the big-picture particulars: The reason for the increase? The league saw revenues double for new broadcast deals with their national network partners FOX, ESPN, and TBS that added an additional $788.3 million a year to the leagues coffers. Add that to additional local media rights deals such as the Los Angeles Dodgers ' (between $7 billion and $8 billion annually that sees over 30 percent distributed as revenue sharing), and multi-billion dollar deals for the Rangers, Angels, Mariners, Padres, Phillies, and soon-to-be Astros (the club is mired in restructuring their CSN Houston deal), and you get a significant bump. Throw in that MLB Advanced Media, which not only pulls in hundreds of millions streaming MLB games, but supplies backend streaming services to the likes of ESPN, WWE and CBS March Madness, just announced today it will provide the backend infrastructure for HBOs planned streaming service. As noted in our The Biggest Media Company Youve Never Heard Of, MLB Advanced Media, alone, could see revenues of over $1 billion annually. As Forbes notes, MLB's revenues have grown 321 percent since 1995. Keep that in mind next time someone tells you baseball is dying. It may not generate the same buzz as football these days, but MLB has its business in order. More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports: - - - - - - - Mike Oz is an editor for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at mikeozstew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @MikeOz Baseball
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But while it may seem logical to just buy them some beer to feed their need for Santa's reward system, I'm here to say that often that's the wrong move. You see craft beer lovers can often be a fickle and picky bunch. They know what they like and an outsider just grabbing beers off the shelf to gift them might be a waste of money. There aren't a lot of things more sad than a Christmas gift poured down the sink, so here are some gift ideas to get the craft beer lover in your life. * Beer Nerd: A Beer Tasting Trivia Game is a board game where players roll the die and move around the game board as they test their knowledge of beer. * A lot of really good books on the craft beer industry have come out in the last few years if your beer lover is also a reader. I'll recommend a few to get your started: "So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story" by Tony Magee, "Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Beer from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery" by Sam Calagione, "Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co." by Ken Grossman, "Diary of a Part-Time Monk by J. Wilson andGoodnight Brew: A Parody for Beer People" by Karla Oceanak. click to enlarge *The movie " Beer Wars "is an interesting documentary on the beer industry, available on DVD. * Back to the reading theme, how about a magazine subscription from one of the fine publications on craft beer out there, like All About Beer, Draft Magazine, Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine and The Beer Connoisseur Magazine. * If they've shown an interest in getting into homebrewing their own beer, I'd suggest maybe a homebrew starter kit from one of our great local stores: The Water Buffalo in West Little Rock and Fermentables in North Little Rock. Both places can point you in the right direction of things you'll need to get them going, or of course a gift card could be very useful. I'd recommend the excellent book "Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian as well. * A membership in the Microbrewed Beer Of The Month Club is something I've had for many years and still enjoy. It's a monthly mailing of a dozen12-oz. bottles of hand-crafted beers (4 different) each month for about $40 a month. Truly a gift that keeps on giving. * The TV show Brew Masters only last for 5 episodes, but I thought it was great. It follows Sam Calagione, craft beer maestro, and his team at Dogfish Head Brewery and it's out on DVD now for around $10-15. * A membership in the Beer T-shirt Of The Month Club provides a monthly limited-production T-shirt from some of the most well-known craft breweries around the globe for around $20 a month. * Growler sales were approved in Arkansas this year at liquor stores, and growlers themselves are a great gift. It's simply a glass jug that carries a half-gallon of beer but some can get rather extravagant with clampdown ceramic tops or designs on the glass. I personally love my insulated stainless steel 64-oz growler. Shop around the local liquor stores or online for a wide variety. Throw in a gift card from the liquor store for their first fill! * No longer content to just chug from mugs, the glasswear that beer drinkers use has become a thing this year. Shop around for some great beer glass sets with pint glasses, pilsner glasses, snifters, chalice, mugs, tulips or sample size tasters. I hope I've given you some good ideas somewhere in here, but if not I would always fall back on the trusty gift card from local liquor stores or brewery tap rooms. Most breweries now have a bevy of merchandise like shirts, hats, glasses, signs and more or the gift cards can be used to fill that great growler you just got them. If none of these things work for you, look around for craft beer soaps, candy, dog treats, desk calendars, Jelly Beans (my favorite!), beer scented candles, hot saucer, shampoo and of course, beer mustard. Or if you really love them how about a Kegerator ($400-600) or a guided trip to Oktoberfest in Munich ($2,500)? There's definitely no shortage of gifts to choose from for the beer lovers.
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But come on, emotionally charged and knee-jerk TV reviews are the best kinds of TV reviews, and I don't feel like pulling any punches. Those digitally inserted crows were silly. Michael Chiklis's "oh shit" face was silly. That ending was silly. KAITLIN: You don't need to convince me, dude. Silly is the perfect word to describe the way Jax drove head-on into an oncoming semi, welcoming death with his arms spread wide. That's not to say that I think Jax dying was the wrong way for Sons of Anarchy to endas much as I wanted him to win, I'd resigned myself to Jax's sad fate last week, after he murdered Gemma but I think it could've been executed better. Perhaps in a way that wasn't so on-the-nose? I know it wouldn't've been as poetic, but we spent seven seasons watching Jax slowly lose himself, and I think he deserved better than bad special effects. There were definitely some great moments in "Papa's Goods," but I think Sutter really Britta'd the ending. TIM: I'll run with your Community reference and say this was the AT&T of possible Sons of Anarchy endings. And I agree, Jax dying wasn't the problem, even though I previously said that I hoped he would live. My main complaint is that Jax's actions were portrayed as heroic, and all I saw was a coward. "I can't change," he declared, and then he abandoned both his club, and, more depressingly, his family. But Jax never tried to live life outside of SAMCRO. The way he gave up on his kids wasn't heroic in any way. Yeah, they'll have a better shot at not repeating Jax's stupid aggro mistakes, but they're going to have a hell of a time making it without a father (and in Thomas's case, without either parent). Abel was already screwed-up; now his inevitable psychopathy will be accelerated and he'll probably shoot up the school in third grade. And I can't get over the way Jax was smiling throughout the entire episode, especially in those last moments. It's as if he said, "Well, I can't be an outlaw and a dad, so I'm going to be neither. HELLO, TRUCK! TAKE ME TO OUTLAW HEAVEN WHERE THE ANGELS SHOOT MILLER LITE OUT OF THEIR NIPPLES!" Jax's actions were framed to suggest that he was making a great and noble sacrifice, but all I saw was a guy who'd given up. View gallery . KAITLIN: Miller Lite nipples aside, you took the words right out my mouth. As I watched Jax tearfully say goodbye to Wendy and his sons, kill Barosky and Marks, finally sever ties with the Irish, and generally wrap up every single loose end that probably should've been dealt with prior to the series finale, I just kept thinking about what a coward Jax was. I mean, if that's the kind of man Jax really is, then SAMCRO is better off with Chibs at the head of the table (!!!!!!) and Tig wearing the VP patch. And that's where the real problem lies, because I've never thought of Jax as a coward, so my brain is struggling to reconcile the Jax I spent seven seasons with and the Jax of the series finale. Sutter probably thought Jax going out on his own terms was a bold choicetechnically, he escaped the result of the mayhem vote, and he wasn't gunned down by his enemies, yet he still paid for his crimes. However, in reality, he was just weak, which is a word I've never used to describe Jackson Teller before now. Just as I had wanted Gemma to live so she could bear the true weight of all of her sins, I wanted Jax to live so he could try to start over. That would have been the ballsier choice for a man whose entire, insular world revolved around Charming. He told Nero that he was doing what he should have done while Tara was still alive, but I think Tara would've wanted him to actively work toward being a better man. I guess if the main objective was to illustrate that Jax couldn't escape his father's fate, why do I feel like he merely followed in Gemma's craven footsteps? TIM: Personally, I would have preferred to see the club shoot him, as 90 percent of "Papa's Goods" not-so-subtly insinuated would happen. And I would have really preferred the outcome I predicted about 15 minutes into the episode: Jax fakes his death to appease the other charters and goes MIA with his family and Wendy, starting over on Nero's farm! He grows kale and uses farm-fresh eggs to make breakfast! Only Chibs and Tig know he's alive, and he's never heard from again! There you go! Happy ending! But the lesson that Sutter wanted to teach is, "Once an outlaw, always an outlaw, and life will only get worse." "Good outlaw and good father can't settle in the same man," Jax said during a conversation with a rock. Now, I don't know Kurt Sutter personally, but he clearly fancies himself an outlaw, and I don't believe for one second that good outlaw and good father can't coexist. I think what's really bugging me is that bummer of a final message. For many seasons, Jax was the smartest, most noble person in the room (which was always full of lunkheads and deviants). He believed in JT's manuscript. But the life apparently changed him. I guess I figured he was ready to bounce back, that he'd learn from others' mistakes. And I can't even say he repeated his father's mistakes, because if the journals are to be believed, JT wasn't anywhere near as big a jerk as Jax ended up being. So why all the comparisons to his father, right down to the splattery ending? View gallery . KAITLIN: That's like the No. 1 rule of storytelling.
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