Beer not just for meat pies
Foster’s Australia sponsors event giving culinary students an opportunity to pair food and beer.

Frank Zappa, this ale’s for you
Lagunitas Brewing offers up tribute beer to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the music pioneer’s Freak Out!, with more to come.

Grab a beer tonight after work
Craft beers and imports available at establishments in and around Palm Springs.

Canadian beer goes down smooth
Analysis of Sapporo’s purchase of Sleeman’s and discussion of the fact that there are no longer any large, purely Canadian-owned breweries.

Anheuser-Busch to market and sell Kirin beer
American megabrewer strengthens alliance with Japanese brewer to oversee all Kirin brands in the U.S.

Singapore Set to Stage Biggest Beer Festival in Asia
Three day festival slated to be held in February, 2007.

The Beer Geek’s Ultimate Pint Glass?
RedEnvelope.com offering a double-walled glass to keep your beer colder, longer.

Private Beer Party for charity
Stone Brewing is offering a rare private beer party for eight on eBay. All proceeds will be donated to fightald.com, an advocacy site for Adrenoleukodystrophy.

It’s no small beer
Classically-trained pianist and his opera singer wife run their own microbrewery.

This week’s weirdest technology
Review of several unusual beer accessories, just in time for football season.

Going organic
Profile of Jon Cadoux, owner of Peak Organic Brewing Company.

Canadians buy New York beer company
Montreal’s ICBS Ltd. buys another New York State brewery: Lake Placid Craft Brewing Company.

Drink beer; it’s good for our economy
The brewing industry employs 94,000 people in New York State alone.

Lion Brewery in Cleanup Mode
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania brewery flooded by backed-up storm drain. Many ingredients lost, and huge cleanup effort needed, but no beer should be lost.