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Feb 2, 2011

SABMiller ABInBev Merger?!

From Jay Brooks comes rumors of a potential merger between SABMiller and ABInBev. To quote Jay, “…there’s not much overlap between the […]

Jan 26, 2011

How Beer Saved the World

This Sunday night, the Discovery Channel will be airing a one hour special on our favorite beverage title “How Beer Saved the […]

Jan 21, 2011

Whisky In A Can?

I wanted to post this little tidbit earlier in the week, but I’ve been slammed with work and unfortunately haven’t been able […]

Jan 12, 2011

Kegerator for You Gamers

Getty Images So at the CES show in Las Vegas, Nvidia had this sweet gaming computer/kegerator combination that features a couple of […]

Jan 12, 2011

Brewers Association Announces Updated Beer Style Guidelines

The Brewers Association has been on a roll so far in a very young 2011. Having just recently revised the definition of […]

Dec 30, 2010

Beer Photo: Rochefort Fire

Reuters News of a fire at Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Remy, makers of the Rochefort series of Belgian beer, spread across the web […]

Dec 29, 2010

Best Beers of 2010

In addition to the Year in Review I posted earlier, the below list is a little compilation (in no particular order) of […]

Dec 29, 2010

The Barley Blog 2010 Year in Review

It’s that time again — the time of year when I dive head first into the deep, murky depths of the site […]

Dec 15, 2010

Best Belgian Holiday Beer?

I’m currently in the process of wrapping up a couple of “Year End” posts (as required by virtue of being a beer […]

Dec 7, 2010

2010 Thanksgiving Beer Poll Results

I didn’t really have the turnout I would have liked for this particular poll, but that’s probably my fault. Publishing the poll […]

Dec 2, 2010

Beer T-shirt Holiday Gifts

I don’t usually do a whole lot of self-promoting on this here site, but it just occurred to me the other day, […]

Nov 23, 2010

Poll: Turkey Day Beer

It’s been a while since the last poll I’ve had on the site and with Thanksgiving coming up in a couple of […]