Labeley: Beer Label Design App

This looks kinda cool:

Hi there,
I got interesting news for all the beer brewers and lovers, and off course, the beerme.com. We have just released free web app for designing beer labels online. Check it out at labeley.com, and feel free to contact me for the more info.
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Give it a try at Labeley.com.

5 Biggest Home-Brew Blunders

Stone Brewing Company co-founder Steve Wagner talks about the five biggest mistakes homebrewers can make. He should know — one of his mistakes evolved into the beer we know as Arrogant Bastard.

1. Forget to take notes.
2. Try all your ideas at once.
3. Underestimate the importance of yeast.
4. Pull the plug on mistakes.
5. Add too much sugar and blow up your beer.

I agree with all of these.

Read the details at Food & Wine.

SaveOnBrew

Just ran across a handy site: SaveOnBrew. They describe it succinctly thus:

We run SaveOnBrew -- like Google, for beer. Put in your zip, find the all the advertised beer sales within a X miles radius. Easy!

Check it out and find the beer deals in your area.

Raise Your Glass to the Five Best Beer Cities in the World

MyCityWay sends us their opinion on the world's five best beer cities:

• Amsterdam
• Dublin
• Mexico City
• Munich
• San Francisco

Read their reasoning at MyCityWay. List your favorites in the comments.

2011 Great American Beer Festival® Winners Announced

Congratulations to this year's winners!

Utah further tightens liquor laws

Zealotry is alive and well in 21st-Century Utah:

Among the proof of the growing restriction on liquor sale and consumption in the state, which is home to Mormons, are:

• A ban on mini beer kegs beginning Oct. 1,
• Requirement by 2012 that taps and bartenders must be out of customers’ sight
• A freeze for 12 months on the issuance of new types of alcohol licenses for dining establishments that serve liquor, wine and full-strength beer in full view of customer.

All new restaurants are also mandated to place a 4-foot high barrier nicknamed the "Zion Curtain" so Mormons will not see liquor being served to and consumed by non-Mormons.

Utah Senate President Michael Waddoups, a Mormon, said the return to strictness was to discourage young residents from drinking because they could be encouraged by the sound of the mixing of alcoholic beverages and the sight of attractive drinks.

Read the whole story at All Headline News.

SABMiller to buy Foster’s for $10.2 billion

The consoiidations continue:

Foster’s announced today that it would accept SABMiller’s bid of $10.2 billion. SABMiller had been courting the company for quite some time.

Foster's had rejected a £7.3 billion offer from SABMiller in June. That offer amounted to A$4.90 per share; the new offer is 13% higher, at A$5.5325 per share.

Read the whole story, with a link to Foster's press release, at Beernews.org.