Climate Change Could Double the Price of Beer

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Oct 17, 2018 The world’s brewers face paying much higher prices for a key ingredient of beer as climate change hits barley crop yields. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Budweiser Is Renamed ‘America’ for the Election Season

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2016 Belgian-owned beer company Anheuser-Busch’s announcement has met with mixed reactions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

World’s Two Biggest Brewers Will Merge

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Gov. Walker Targets Wisconsin’s Craft Breweries

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2011 Gov. Scott Walker's budget includes yet another (previously overlooked) way in which he's willing to serve big business at the expense of the little guy: He's taking aim at craft breweries by making it more difficult for them to distribute their products. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Red, White and Brew

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Beer Summit

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jul 26, 2010 Dig deeper

Malaysia Canes Women

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2010 Although the oppression of women in some foreign countries is routine, we ought not to forget cases like the recent ones in Malaysia in which three women were caned for having extramarital intercourse and another awaits a caning decision for, *gasp*, drinking beer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Primordial Brew: Did Alcohol Inspire the Cultivation of Civilization?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2010 Sure, it behooved our Neolithic ancestors to band together and form proto-civilizations for many reasons, but one main motivation, according to archaeologist Patrick McGovern -- who works, and we kid you not, at the University of Pennsylvania Museum's Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health -- was the time-honored pursuit of alcoholic intoxication. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Green Is Your Beer?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2009 Watching your environmental impact is almost as important as watching your liver impact. To that end, Greenopia has rated "15 of the largest breweries in the world." Guinness, Heineken, Coors, Sam Adams and Tecate all got the lowest possible rating, while Fat Tire's maker, New Belgium, took home four out of four green leaves (adorable). Remember to consume environmentally friendly beer responsibly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Bonuses, Blue Dogs and Beer

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2009 This week's show covers flagrant shenanigans in the financial world -- could it be that Tony Blankley makes a move toward the left? Meanwhile, lefty Robert Scheer is the surprising deficit hawk in the mix, and Arianna Huffington and Matt Miller clash over whether the absence of a strong public provision in Congress' emerging health plan represents a betrayal of the American people. Also: beer! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Summit Up

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‘To Health’?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2009 A study published in The Lancet medical journal concludes that the effects of alcohol should be viewed in the same light as the effects of smoking. Alcohol consumption is linked to one in every 25 deaths worldwide, the study said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )