Avril Maxwell of New Zealand is the Draught Mistress

Andover’s David Rosenbaum wins Sam Adams Homebrew contest

Three new crafts join the circle

Though we doubt this will stop a single college student this year

24-oz can launching in 26 marketings, including Massachusetts

We’ve tried it, we like it, and there will be more on that later

Bud Light Lime helps propel beer sales in down market

Boston.com, citing an Associated Press story, is reporting that a Bridgeport, Pa. party turned deadly after one man shot and killed another man over an argument about a game of beer pong.
Authorities say Joseph Jimenez, 24, killed Scott Riley, 25, after they argued over the beer pong game Friday at a party in a suburb [...]

To this day, one of Blast’s most-read and commented on stories was our snap coverage of the news that Miller would release a 64 calorie beer.
Sunday, we learned that MGD 64 has exploded onto the bar scene nationwide, and it’s 64 calories are available in draft everywhere.
Of course, that’s taking MillerCoors at their [...]

Sam Adams is currently the most popular beer with a name based on a historical figure. With “Brew-rack Obama,” Duncan Remage-Healey and Brian Gravel are looking to change that.

Beer has long been a part of American politics, and today is no different, from “who would you rather have a beer with”, to brewers crafting recipes named after candidates.
From the early days of George Washington’s home-brewed ales and James Madison’s attempts at creating a national brewery, patriots and early American leaders [...]

This is a new one for us, but season beer is all the rage, and we’re giving it a try.
Plus we just love saying the name!
Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest Lager is a distinct fall brand, brewed with three malts: Munich, caramel and a blend of two-row Pale malts.
We found the beer to be a great fall BBQ [...]

Well … that’s … different.
The Ball Corporation is supplying their new 16-oz. Alumi-Tek aluminum bottles to Miller Brewing Company for Miller Lite. 
It looks odd, but the resealable bottles have a wide-mouth opening, the company says they are quick to chill and are 100 percent recyclable.
“The great taste of Miller Lite gets even better when it’s [...]

You probably do not need much motivation to … read … this article [...]

“Place to Pee” lets “players” “slalom” down “ski slopes” or “kill aliens” by hitting specific “targets” on urinals.

Thankfully Guinness is staying out of this one…

Anheuser Busch squeezes Bud Light Lime onto package store shelves nationwide on Tuesday.
We got our hands on some.
Skepticism reigned when I passed the twist-off bottles around the table at the weekly poker game, with looks of “what’s this stuff?”
Surprise followed.
“This is pretty good!” “Wow … not what I was expecting.” “Not bad.”
Even MadeHandPoker.com’s Mark Scalia [...]

If there’s one thing that’s almost as good as drinking beer, it’s eating food cooked with it. Here are my favorites. [...]

Don’t miss
MGD 64 now on draft
Jan. 18, 2009
UPDATE: In response to reader questions, Miller 64 is 2.8 percent alcohol by volume, according to a spokesman for Miller Brewing Company.
Miller Brewing Company is rolling out its 64-calorie Miller Genuine Draft, “MGD 64,” which is a reformulation of the original MGD Light, and they are touting [...]

It’s Friday afternoon. It’s been a long week. Here’s one of those email forwards that was too hilarious to ignore.
After going through a virus attack,

losing a hard drive,
fighting off hackers,
upgrading all my software,
installing fire-walls,
being threatened with being cut-off by my email provider,
and a host of other problems…
I have fixed my [...]

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