SABMiller pours another $125 million into Angola
July 14, 2009 No Comments Yet 
SABMiller might be cutting costs on a worldwide scale, but the beer conglomerate will continue its African invasion. It will open a new $125 million brewery and drinks plant in Angola, bringing its total investment in the country during the past 18 months to $250 million. "Angola's economy has held up well during the global economic crisis and our team on the ground has risen to the challenges posed by supply chain and infrastructural constraints," Mark Bowman, managing
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Introducting the DRAFTMag.com Beer Dictionary
July 14, 2009 No Comments Yet
If you're like us -- and we imagine you are -- you occasionally stumble upon a beer term you don't know. It's awkward and embarrassing. But never fear, we have a solution: the DRAFTMag.com Beer Dictionary.
The dictionary features virtually every term in the brewing world. So if you're sitting around thinking, "Why do I have this brutal hangover?" you can hit the site and find out.
(That would be the fault of Acetaldehyde, a chemical compound responsible for hangovers
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Russia's creative dumb solution to underage drinking
July 14, 2009 No Comments Yet
Russia has a beer-drinking problem. (This would be different from its vodka-drinking problem depicted in countless TV shows and James Bond flicks.)
The drinking age in the country is 18, but since beer isn't considered an alcoholic beverage, an increasing number of children are imbibing themselves into stupidity. So, instead of altering that law, the country's officials decided the best way to combat the situation is to ban the "use of offscreen voices and animated bottles
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From the archives: nothing says summer like sangria
July 14, 2009 No Comments Yet
In DRAFT's July/August issue, we took a moment off from singing the praises of beer to sing the praises of sangria.
When it’s third-degree-burn-from-touching-the-steering-wheel hot, a chalice of room-temperature red wine won’t exactly quench the ol’ palate. You need ice-cold, quick-with-the-buzz refreshment, and you need it now. So did the Spaniards, who, in hot and red-wine soaked Delfia, devised one of our most beloved summer cocktails: sangria.
Admit it, you're gla
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50 Beers, 50 States
by: DRAFT Staff
School's out, work's slow, the weather's awesome: It's time to get outta town. Wherever your summer travels take you, there's surely a local brew beckoning. Here's some help: we've found 50 beers you can't get outside of the states -- and in some cases, the brewpubs -- where they're made. From seasonal summer refreshers to crazy, creative crafts, these local brews will make your beer journey one that your palate will never forget.
Trailing Texas 'Cue
by: Stan Hieronymus
Being crowned the top barbecue joints in Texas is (like everything in the state) no small matter. Stan Hieronymus explores Lonestar state staples that bring on the best of beef.
A La Beer: Southern Comfort
by: DRAFT Staff
From a Hot-lanta boundary-pusher's breakfast treat to a Nashville native's locally grown lunch to D.C. dinner with a twang, these three square meals prove that the taste of the South is alive and well.
Beer Town: Pittsburgh
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On the Cover: 50 Beers, 50 States
We need your "Backwash"
July 14, 2009 No Comments Yet
You want your pretty mug featured in DRAFT? It's easy. Just send your favorite pictures of you and your beer-drinking buddies to backwash [at] draftmag [dot] com. If you're lucky and make the cut, the images will be featured on the Backwash page of an upcoming issue. Keep the photos clean, keep the photos fun, but send us what ya got.
(*Standard legal rules applies. By submitting an image or images, you give us the rights to reprint them in the magazine.)
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About those color-changing Coors Light cans
July 13, 2009 1 Comment
Lyle Small is a man for this age.
The founder of Chromatic Technologies Inc. is the mind behind the Coors Light cans that change color when the beer is appropriately cold. The ink Small developed allows the mountains to turn blue when the brew is between 43°-50°F. Although CTI has other customers -- it booked 120 new accounts last year -- the beer giant accounts for 40 percent of the company's revenue.
Small originally approached MillerCoors in 2001 about working with
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Japanese beer market to consolidate further?
July 13, 2009 1 Comment
The (un?)holy union between Anheuser-Busch and InBev is so last year.
Two of Japan's biggest food and drink, Suntory Holdings and Kirin Holdings, are considering a merger that would create a giant company larger than the entity formed when the American and Belgium breweries united last July.
According to Katsunori Tanaka, a Tokyo-based analyst for Goldman Sachs, the merger could be “a major improvement for beer and soft drink competitive conditions in Japan.” The
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Kid Rock's beer arrives
July 13, 2009 1 Comment
It's finally here. After months of waiting, Kid Rock's brew -- American Badass Beer -- will hit the stands at Comerica Park this weekend during the rocker's two shows.
The statement from J. Patrick Kenny, CEO of Drinks Americas:
"We will launch American Badass Beer in Michigan starting with Comerica Park and then rolling out to the balance of the Michigan market. Kegs will be available followed by 12 oz. and 22 oz. bottles. We are very excited about the interest we are
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