Read more beer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2448/beer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:57:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73717/want-a-beer-from-the-hindenburg-8k-please.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“You wouldn't want to drink it,” the auctioneer tells the BBC . “It is probably quite putrid to taste.” And yet, if the bottle of beer sells as expected, it will be the most expensive ever bought. Why? It’s a Lowenbrau rescued from the smoldering ruins of the Hindenburg by a...http://www.newser.com/story/73717/want-a-beer-from-the-hindenburg-8k-please.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73318/beer-gets-boozier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStates are raising caps on the alcohol content of beer, setting limits as high as 16% by volume in moves to appease the microbrew industry. Alabama and West Virginia raised their limits this year, while Vermont and Montana adjusted theirs last year; and lobbying is under way in Iowa and...http://www.newser.com/story/73318/beer-gets-boozier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:33:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73059/what-your-beer-says-about-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople tend to be picky about beer, so "psychographic" research firm Mindset Media conducted surveys to match brands to personality trends. Here's what researchers found, according to Ad Age : Budweiser: Sensible and practical drinkers, but with an anti-authoritarian streak. Bud Light: Unlike regular Budweiser fans, these imbibers are risk-takers, but...http://www.newser.com/story/73059/what-your-beer-says-about-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 2:36:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72888/prof-gates-cop-crowley-have-another-round.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe black college professor and the white cop at the center of a racial firestorm this summer, and who later famously had beers on the White House, were spotted last night having a round at a bar in Cambridge, Mass. Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley chatted over suds...http://www.newser.com/story/72888/prof-gates-cop-crowley-have-another-round.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72864/americans-skip-bar-buy-booze-at-grocery-store.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecession-strapped Americans are hitting the bar less and less, but they’re not giving up drinking: sales of beer and wine at grocery and convenience stores have ballooned, prompting many shops to start offering alcohol. Between September 2008 and last month, the number of stores selling beer shot up by 2,...http://www.newser.com/story/72864/americans-skip-bar-buy-booze-at-grocery-store.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72487/drug-policy-hypocrisy-hero-lance-is-selling-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps smokes a bong at a private party and becomes Public Enemy No. 1. Lance Armstrong signs a deal to hawk beer for Anheuser-Busch and—nothing. Therein lies a lesson about our nation's "absurd drug policy," writes David Sirota. Alcohol is the demonstrably more dangerous drug, yet it's fine...http://www.newser.com/story/72487/drug-policy-hypocrisy-hero-lance-is-selling-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 14:08:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72436/town-fights-public-boozing-with-warm-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArlington Heights, Ill., is tackling its public drinking problem with a novel weapon: beer. Warm beer. Starting in January, stores won't sell single-serving bottles or cans of beer cold. You can still buy that tallboy, but the town is betting problem drinkers will be less likely to crack open a...http://www.newser.com/story/72436/town-fights-public-boozing-with-warm-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 11:10:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71095/at-aussie-auto-race-fans-allowed-just-24-beers-a-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFans headed to a four-day event that’s a highlight of the Australian auto-racing calendar will only be allowed one case of beer per day—or 36 cans if it’s light beer. “Wine lovers have not escaped the heavy hand of the law either,” the Guardian notes of those bound for...http://www.newser.com/story/71095/at-aussie-auto-race-fans-allowed-just-24-beers-a-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 6:51:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71096/conn-ad-aims-to-curb-underage-drinking-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConnecticut health authorities are using a tried-and-true advertising technique to get their point across: use a baby. What’s got people talking, though, is that the baby is in an anti-underage-drinking billboard, and is being given a sip from a beer bottle. The photo of the baby is paired with one...http://www.newser.com/story/71096/conn-ad-aims-to-curb-underage-drinking-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 19:30:30 CDT