BEST PLACES TO WATCH SUPER BOWL XLVI

So it’s another Charger-less Super Bowl and a game that can be easily forgotten about if you’re not from the East Coast. But like many, it doesn’t matter what teams are playing – it’s a great day to get out and do some daytime drinking. Here’s a guide to the best places to watch Super Bowl XLVI in San Diego:

BEERS FOR SUPER BOWL XLVI

A selection of excellent Patriots or Giants-oriented possibilities

Yes, it is once again upon us, the gladiatorial apex of American sports, the most exciting game of the year (well, not usually, but it’s supposed to be), the day that drives sales of more than 51 million cases of beer (not to mention 53 million pounds of avocados, which brings…

NYC PUB REFUSES TO SELL BOSTON BREW DURING SUPER BOWL

Imagine you’re a New England Patriots fan and you happen to be in New York during the Super Bowl.

You couldn’t think of anything better than flaunting your colors in a New York City pub while having your favorite Boston brew.

Then you go into Foley’s Pub in NYC and discover it has banned Sam Adams for the day because…

SHOCK TOP HOPS UP PORTFOLIO WITH WHEAT IPA

Shock Top Marries Refreshment of a Wheat Ale with the Hop Bitterness of an IPA for Newest Offering

As the Shock Top family continues to grow in popularity, so does its line-up of offerings, beginning the year with Shock Top Wheat IPA, which hits store shelves Feb. 6.

The newest full-time addition to the Shock Top family,…

SELECT 55 INTRODUCES NEW 35- & 32- CALORIE PACKAGES

Low-Calorie Beer Now Available in Eight-Ounce Cans and Seven-Ounce Bottles

Already the brand of choice for beer drinkers who want to enjoy a crisp, refreshing beer with few calories, Select 55 is now introducing smaller-sized cans and bottles. Now available at retailers nationwide, Select 55 “Little Lights” include sleek eight-ounce, 35-calorie cans, available in 12-packs; and seven-ounce,…

DOGFISH HEAD NOBLE ROT: A HYBRID OF BEER AND WINE

Noble Rot is the most ambitious hybrid of beer and wine in thousands of years

Complexity comes from grapes infected by benevolent fungus

Clay is the perfect material for capturing time in a bottle. As molecular biologists have discovered by unearthing ancient tombs, organic residue trapped in porous chards of pottery reveals quite a bit about what our ancestors drank…

BUD LIGHT PLATINUM HITTING SHELVES THIS MONTH

Bud Light Platinum Launches Nationwide in 2012

Bud Light, the world’s best-selling beer, will add to its portfolio when the brand debuts Bud Light Platinum in early 2012.  With a slightly sweeter taste, higher alcohol by volume (6%) and signature cobalt blue glass bottle, Bud Light Platinum provides beer drinkers an upscale light beer option as a…

STARBUCKS EXPANDING BEER, WINE SALES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Starbucks Corp, which sells the coffee that helps many Americans get wound up for their day, is offering more of their customers a way to wind down.

The world’s biggest coffee chain plans to sell beer and wine in as many as 12 cafes in Atlanta and Southern California by the end of the year, as it expands beyond…

YUENGLING BECOMES AMERICA’S LARGEST BREWER

Passes Boston Beer as Top U.S.-Owned Domestic Beer Maker

Quick, name the largest American brewer.

Anheuser-Busch? MillerCoors? Nope and nope — both are foreign owned.

It’s actually Pottsville, Pa.-based D.G. Yuengling & Son, which has passed Boston Beer Co. as the largest U.S.-owned brewer that makes all its beer in the states.

According to new estimates from Beer Marketer’s Insights,…

SAMUEL ADAMS UNVEILS A NEW SPRING SEASONAL BEER

Brewed with Noble Hops From the Alps, Samuel Adams® Alpine Spring Hits Shelves this Month

The brewers at Samuel Adams have crafted a brand new seasonal beer, Samuel Adams Alpine Spring. This beer has the balanced maltiness and hoppiness of a helles, the strength and smoothness of a bock, and the unfiltered haze of a kellerbier. Although it’s…