| Forest City Brewers Official
Meeting Info |
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Shooter's Bar and Grill @ Don Carter
Lanes
4007
E. State St, Rockford, IL
May
21st, 2008 7:00PM
Club
meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month. We
host monthly homebrew contests at each meeting that are
sampled and judged by those attending. See our Monthly Contest
Beer Styles section for detailed featured beer style
info. |
| "Tasters Guild" Meeting
Info |
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Der
Rathskeller - Directions
1132 Auburn St., Rockford, IL
May
7th, 2007, 7:00PM
Taster's
Guild meets the first Wednesday of each month. No minutes, no
rules of order, and sorry...no homebrew sampling. Just brewers
enjoying good times and some commercially available beers.
Please feel free to bring your spouses, friends or significant
others, but please no pets. Dinner is part of the festivities
so plan accordingly. |
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Forest City Brewers News and Headlines
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Spring Brewfest 2008
The Stateline Brewing Society is
holding their annual Spring Brewfest. This year's event will
be Friday May 23rd from 4:30 - 8:00. Go to http://www.statelinebrewingsociety.com/
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Rockford business owners and customers talk about
the rising cost of beer.
Click the link below to read
about it.
http://www.rrstar.com/communities/x1041580385
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Upcoming Chilton trip
!!!!
Bad news everyone. Tickets
sold out before we could get ours. We will not be going to
Chilton this year.
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A sad anouncement
was made today from the Goose Island Company. They are being
forced to close their Clyborn Pub after 20 years
there.
Click on the link for the full story
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Notice from Sam Adams:See also http://www.samadams.com/cidefault.htm
As a loyal supporter and fan of our beer, we
wanted to
get in touch with you about an announcement that
we made yesterday. We
have announced a cautious, voluntary
product recall of some bottles of
Samuel Adams. While there
is no problem with our beer, we believe a
small proportion
of bottles from our outside glass supplier could
contain
some small bits of glass.
The bottles we've identified
as being possibly
affected are from one glass plant of the
five that we get our bottles
from. The issue affects less
than 25% of our bottled beer and of that
amount, we believe
far less tha n 1% of the bottles we're recalling
are
actually affected. We have no reports of any injury
from our drinkers
related to this issue. But because the
safety of our drinkers is of
paramount concern to us, we
are being cautious and issuing the recall
for all bottles
from this glass plant.
But not to worry, this doesn't
mean that you have to
stop drinking Samuel Adams! All draft
beer is perfectly fine and most of
our bottled beer is not
in these possibly affected bottles. It's easy to
spot the bottles we're
recalling: they are all embossed to say "N35" at
the base
of the bottle below the label (see photo on web
site). We are
working with our wholesalers
and retailers to ensure that the affected
bottles are
removed from stores quickly.
We wanted to be sure that
our loyal Sam fans are aware
of the problem and know that
we are doing everything we can to address
this situation
quickly. We are disappointed that because of these
bottles
supplied to us, we didn't live up to your expectations as
a
loyal Sam Adams drinker. We believe that we are taking
all the right
steps to ensure that the bottled Samuel Adams
beer out there meets our
quality standards and your
expectations. If you have any questions about
the recall,
we created a special web site and a toll-free number
1-888-674-5159
to answer your questions.
As always, we appreciate your
support.
Cheers,
Andrew &
Bert
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Brewers Association Releases Top 50
Breweries List
Boulder, Colo. April 7, 2008 The Brewers
Association, which tabulates industry growth data, announced
its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies. Released
are both a Top 50 Craft Brewing list and a list of the Top 50
Overall Brewing Companies. Statistics are based on sales in
2007.
"The majority of breweries in the U.S.
are independent craft brewers who continue to push the
envelope in flavor and diversity and who continue to set the
pace for the beer category," states Paul Gatza, Director of
the Brewers Association. "In 2007, 1,406 of the 1,449
breweries were small, independent and traditional
brewers."
Twenty-one states are represented in
the top 50 brewing companies list, according to the Brewers
Association. California hosts eight top breweries. Colorado
and Oregon each host five, and Pennsylvania hosts four top
producers. The remainder of the top 50 operate from Minnesota
(3), New York (3), Wisconsin (3), Illinois (2), Massachusetts
(2), Missouri (2), Vermont (2), and Washington (2). Alaska ,
Delaware , Georgia , Hawaii , Louisiana , Maine , Michigan ,
Ohio , and Texas each host one.
The following are
complete listings of the Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies and
the Top 50 Overall Brewing
companies.
Top 50 Craft Brewing
Companies by Beer Sales Volume
(Based on 2007
sales) |
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Rank |
Business
Name |
City |
State |
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1 |
Boston Beer
Co. |
Boston |
MA |
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2 |
Sierra Nevada Brewing
Co. |
Chico |
CA |
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3 |
New
Belgium Brewing Co. Inc. |
Fort
Collins |
CO |
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4 |
Spoetzl
Brewery |
Shiner |
TX |
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5 |
Pyramid Breweries
Inc. |
Seattle |
WA |
Top 50 Overall Brewing
Companies by Beer Sales Volume
(2007
sales) |
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Rank |
Business
Name |
City |
State |
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1 |
Anheuser-Busch
Inc. |
St.
Louis |
MO |
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2 |
Miller Brewing
Co. |
Milwaukee |
WI |
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3 |
Coors
Brewing Co. |
Golden |
CO |
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4 |
Pabst
Brewing Co. |
Woodridge |
IL |
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5 |
Boston Beer
Co. |
Boston |
MA |
For the complete list visit www.beertown.org | |
