This is the end of Ølfabrikken

I just got an email from Gourmetbryggeriet and one from Ølfabrikken. Gourmetbryggeriet now owns 100% of Ølfabrikken. Not that long ago Gourmetbryggeriet bought the first half of Ølfabrikken. Ølfabrikken is now just another brand of Gourmetbryggeriet.

Christian Skovdal Andersen, the co-counder and brew master of Ølfabrikken is leaving the this new instalment. This makes me sad, as Christian *is* the spirit of Ølfabrikken. Without him I consider the brand to be a hollow shell.

Money talks, I guess.

The letter from Christian (translated in to my poor english):

Dear shareholder,

It is with great regret that I have to inform you that Gourmetbryggeriet has taken over 100% of the brand Ølfabrikken, that will continue as a brand within the context of GB.

That means that you, as shareholder, still have your shares, but in a company with debt and very few assets. The debt will be repaid by me the undersigned and the director of the company Martin Larsen.

All alternative solutions that would mean that we, the shareholders, would stay as owners, have been rejected by Gourmetbryggeriet and as a result I have dismissed myself.

[SNIP]

We shall see if the brand stays unchanged, but I seriously doubt it.

Here's to the Ølfabrikken that once was.

Novel Beverage Refrigerator

FEATURING seven revolving shelves which accommodate 504 bottles, this novel electric beverage refrigerator display unit measures only 37 inches in diameter, saving floor space while advertising many brands.

Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

Why bother brewing craft-style in a light version?

Miller Brewing Co. will test market three new versions of Miller Lite as the brewer tries to cash in on a growing consumer preference for craft beers.

They apparently will test market the "Miller Lite Brewers Collection" in February. The three new versions of Miller Lite will be a blonde ale, an amber beer and a wheat beer - each with fewer calories and carbohydrates than a typical beer for that style.

The three new beers will target mainstream drinkers and capitalize on trends that favour light beer, greater variety of beer styles and a willingness to pay more for "higher-quality" beers.

I hope that the light-wave will miss Europe, and we keep on getting heavy beers. Heavy on quality, taste, smell, ingredients and overall experience.

If we are counting calories, I'd rather drink fewer beers, than drinking lighter versions.

Source: twincities.com

Soldering your own furniture from beer cans

How about some home made metal furniture from beer cans (Aug, 1936). 420 cans has been soldered together and has produced the table and chair shown in use below. Bernard Dier of Chicago made it in ten days. I think that the construction would not last a week in my home. Are the cans empty or not. Empty ones seen way too unstable to do furniture like this.



Source: blog.modernmechanix.com