The folks at the McWane Science Center have put together something for adults that they are calling “Autobots, Beer, and Barbecue” next Thursday, June 25 starting at 6pm. For $20 an individual gets admission to the museum, two beer tickets, BBQ, and a ticket to the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The IMAX Experience [...]
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Official Rogue XS Release Party Tonight
Big night for beer lovers in Birmingham. The official release party for Rogue’s XS Imperial beer series is happening tonight at 8:30 at the J. Clyde. This will be an excellent pre-party leading up to the Brewfest tomorrow and Saturday. Here is the email from David Chappell, Rogue’s Recreation Coordinator (it’s a tough job, but [...]
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More Brewfest News
First, there have been many updates to the Magic City Brewfest website. The finalized beer list is up, along with a venue map, and information such as the fact that Tier Two “food & beer” tickets are completely sold out. You can still get beer only tickets at TicketMaster or at the Sloss Museum Store. [...]
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Tips for a Fun and Safe Brewfest Experience
We’ve just added this as a new page to the Brewfest website (under “Tips”) but this is such useful information I think it’s worth highlighting on the blog to make sure more people see it. Please forward this to everyone you know going to the MCBF as it will make sure everything goes smoothly for [...]
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Magic City Brewfest Updates
First item of note, the Sloss Museum Store is almost sold out of MCBF tix. If you were planning on buying your tix there, better do it quick and call before you go to make sure they still have some: 205-324-1911. I don’t have a recent update on where TicketMaster sales stand as our partner [...]
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Sympathy For Non-Birmingham, Alabama
I mentioned this previously, but only one distributor in the entire state stocked up on over 6% beer prior to our bill being signed into law, and that distributor serves the greater Birmingham area. It was a high risk, high reward scenario. There was never any guarantee our bill would be signed into law before [...]
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Help Us Get Good Beer In Alabama
As I have said in previous posts, the mere passage of our bill raising the ABV limit in Alabama does not guarantee all of your favorite breweries will immediately sign distribution contracts in this state and start shipping beer here. Many factors affect whether a specific brewery distributes beer in a given state, with production [...]
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Beer Tracking
I’m hearing lots of exciting talk from retailers and from people who have talked to retailers that are making plans to carry lots of new beers. That’s what this has been about from the beginning, and I love hearing it. Since I live in Birmingham most of the talk I’m hearing is Birmingham-centric, such as [...]
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Inquiring Minds Want To Know
First, everyone’s asking about what beers will be available when. Allow me to refer you to the FAQ I penned a week ago: http://www.freethehops.org/blog/2009/05/friday-faq/ In short, expect to see some stuff on shelves next week. The big wave of new arrivals will probably take several weeks or more. And we don’t know when your favorite [...]
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THE HOPS ARE FREE
Official confirmation from Governor’s Chief of Staff. If someone tells you he hasn’t signed it, they just haven’t been informed yet. It is a done deal. HB373 is now the law of Alabama.
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