I’ve been finding out more and more info about the Craft Beer Bill the longer I talk to club members and people in the booze industry in Auburn. Some of it is a little odd, but the latest tidbit I found just really stuck out as ridiculous.
Silly laws go against common sense.
The passage of the [...]
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Interesting article in Wired this month about resurrecting 45 million year old yeast and pitching it into a pale ale. So folks, let that be a lesson to you when you rack to your secondary. Trub is GOLD!
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For those of you who haven’t seen this shout out to homebrewing, I figured I’d link it up.
I dig that these guys got together and made a video about homebrewing, but I think they could have changed a few parts of the script (which was lifted, nay, plagiarized, from the ‘I Am a Craft [...]
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Advocates for homebrewing in Alabama said they hope to build on the recent success of the gourmet beer lobby when the Legislature convenes its next session.
Alabama is one of four states — Kentucky, Mississippi and Oklahoma being the other three — in which it is illegal for a person to brew his own beer, according [...]
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Ok, so I modified the famous line from Neil Armstrong when he became the first man to walk on the moon on July 19, 1969. With the passage of legislative measure HB373, our limit has been raised from 6.0 percent 13.9 percent. We can drink foreign and microbrew beer now (legally)!
Overall this might not [...]
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That sums up Montgomery for this week. Oh, and also the Alabama Citizens Action Program is opposed to nearly everything on Wednesday’s legislative agenda. Here’s the text of the article about the red-blooded Americans:
Few lawmakers toast beer bill
by Markeshia Ricks, February 19, 2009
Committees in the Alabama Senate and House gave the green light [...]
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The Alabama legislature convened this week for its 2009 session. This is a good time to summarize the history of Alabama homebrewing legalization efforts.
The bill linked here was introduced in the 1997 and 1998 Alabama legislatures. In 1997, the bill was introduced in the Ala. House by Rep. Fuller. The bill was [...]
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An article published today in the local news in Athens, Alabama is bad news in that it can potentially lead to misconceptions about homebrewing beer, mead, wine and cider… a popular hobby in the U.S. The activity reported in the Athens news should be distinguished from the harmless hobby that many in Alabama enjoy.
No [...]
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Two articles were published in the past week, one in Birmingham and one in Auburn, each including statements that bring an interesting fact to light. The fact is this… if you’re a consumer who desires to see the availability of good commercial craft beer, brewed right here in your home state of Alabama, then [...]
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From the Montgomery Advertiser, on page 12A, just opposite the continuation page of the craft beer movement article.
Trouble’s a-brewin’
Home brewers try to change state law
By Rick Harmon • April 20, 2008
John Little of Auburn was named the best home brewer in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia.
As he examines documents in a posh east [...]
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Here is the main article in today’s Montgomery Advertiser. It is THE front page article and carries over to page 13A.
Coming to a head
Beer drinkers make inroads
By Kym Klass • and Rick Harmon • April 20, 2008
Mike Johnson pours a sample beer during a meeting of the Auburn Brew Club.
Two years ago, a bill [...]
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Here’s the audio from today’s Senate Tourism & Marketing Committee hearing on SB355, the bill that would legalize homebrewing in Alabama.
There’s silence :00 to :23 and again from 1:45 to 2:20.
SB355_2008-04-02.mp3 (16mb)
*** edit 4/3/08 ***
Here’s the text of an article (available for free thanks to Ben Cunningham) written in the Anniston Star about the hearing:
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Free the Hops hosted a reception following the March 4, 2008, House floor vote on HB196. It’s a good thing the bill passed, or it would have been a dreary event. Read more about the current status of FTH bills here. There were approximately 5 tables set up full of craft beer [...]
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Beer battle brewing in Alabama
Erik S. Lesser / For The Times
ILLICIT INDULGENCE: Debbie Tipton pours a glass of home brew. Under Alabama law, such beers are illegal, as are whole categories of higher-alcohol factory brews, including Russian stouts, Scottish ales and bittersweet barleywines.
Aficionados are fighting to end decades-old state restrictions on making and drinking their [...]
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Ben Cunningham is a good writer. We craft beer lovers are lucky to have him on our side. You have to have a subscription to read the Anniston Star online, but Ben duplicates his articles on his blog. This is his 3/5/08 article:
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On the heels of yesterday’s legislatin’ in Montgomery, here’s a [...]
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Our sixth weekly craft beer column in Auburn’s Corner News. This one focused on Witbiers available in the Auburn area. The thumbnail to the right links to an image of the Corner News article, or click here for a .pdf version. The original text is copied below. The end result appearing in the [...]
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