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April 10, 2008

Beer News - April 10

Here are today's news listings:
  • American Craft Beer Week is coming up (5/12 - 5/18)
  • Miller Lite is entering the craft beer market (is it really craft beer if a macro brewer is doing it?)
  • A continuation of the Top Craft Beer List (by volume), also includes top 50 brewers by volume (registration necessary)
  • Thanks to a change in the law, craft beer is booming in South Carolina

Posted by Fred
Labels: News

1 comment:

Matt said...

Miller will send you free samples of those 'craft beers'. I did a write up on each one like a month back.

April 10, 2008

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