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Some of you will be celebrating Memorial Day Weekend with a trip to the movies to watch Hangover 3. Hanson’s Mmmbop makes an appearance in the flick so the band was invited to the movie premiere earlier this week. They brought beer. The MmmHops beer concept that the band revealed back in November of 2011 is now a reality thanks to the work of Mustang Brewing. Both the band and the brewery hail from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a tasting event was held at a bar there last year. The final product is a pale ale. In a red carpet interview at the premiere, the band quipped that “You can now get a hangover with Hanson,” before belting out an ear-shattering a capella rendition of an upcoming tune. They also said that the beer would be available “this month.” One oddity to note is that the beer which appears to be a ‘commercial’ product based on the photo below did not have TTB label approval published publicly as of earlier in the week. The TTB regulates beers that fall under interstate commerce. [We've reached out to a Beverage Law expert and will update.] There is now a website for the beer as well as a Twitter page and a Facebook page. This wouldn’t be the first brewery-band collaboration. While Dogfish Head’s collaborations with Pearl Jam, Deltron 3030 and others have proven to be successful, there are exceptions. Michigan Brewing went out of business not long after losing a contract for the Kid Rock-branded American Badass beer. [Pictured above: Taylor Hanson and Ed Helms from The Hangover 3]

#bbpBox_337705043966951424 a { text-decoration:none; color:#D0001E; }#bbpBox_337705043966951424 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } @beerpulse BeerPulse Lagunitas added 8 750-bbl fermentation tanks at its Petaluma facility on Weds. 135,000 BBLs of annual capacity. Pic: http://t.co/zKBUf1tIKd 24 minutes agoReplyRetweetFavorite

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On Saturday, 5/25 at 2pm Beachwood BBQ & Brewing will Tower Takeover The Blind Donkey. It will be the ”very first tap takeover” for the Pasadena joint and Owner Gabe Gordon, Head Brewer Julian Shrago & Creative Manager Jarred Ekstrom will be in attendance with the following on tap: Foam Top – American Cream Ale – 5.5%ABV (GOLD Award 2012 World Beer Cup – Blonde or Golden Ale) Hef Leppard – Bavarian Style Hefeweizen – 5.1% ABV El Verano Saison – Belgian Style Saison – 6.7% (Bronze Medal at 2012 Great American Beer Festival® French/Belgian Saison) Street 3, Block 2 – American Pale Ale – 5.5% ABV – 70 IBUs Hops of Brixton – English Special Bitter – 6.1% ABV Knuckle Head Red – American Red Ale – 5.7% ABV (Bronze Award at 2012 San Diego International Beer Competition) The Falcon – West Coast India Pale Ale – 7.1% ABV – 99 IBUs Full Malted Jacket – Wee Heavy Scotch Ale – 9.2% ABV Still Life – Smoked Double Oat Stout – 8.8% ABV – 69 IBUs Beyond a Reasonable Stout – American Imperial Stout – 10% ABV – 85 IBUs

Press Release: (Chicago, IL) – It’s summer, but it’s about to get cold. Coors Light® is on a mission to refresh the most people this summer and is pulling out all the stops to do it. Whether delivered by beer vending machine or dog sled, Coors Light is using cool and unexpected ways to arm as many legal-drinking-age consumers as possible with the World’s Most Refreshing Beer. It all starts with the latest packaging innovation from Coors Light: the World’s Most Refreshing Can™, with a smoother pour thanks to a new double-vented wide mouth. The new can also features past innovations such as the Frost Brew® liner, cold-activated mountains and two stage cold indicators. The “Most Refreshing Summer” adds a unique delivery method, starting next week. Coors Light Refresherators, custom vending machines specially designed to ensure the World’s Most Refreshing Can is only the push-of-a-button away, will be available as part of a national sweepstakes and through local text-to-win promotions. Visit www.CoorsLight.com/refresh or participating retailers for official rules and details on how to enter. Coors Light will kick off the first day of summer, June 21, by giving away hundreds of gift cards that legal-drinking-age consumers can use to buy Coors Light in a still-to-be-determined city. Check the Coors Light Facebook and Twitter pages for details about the giveaway. “This summer, our goal is to refresh the most people and we’re going to do that in a variety of ways,” said Sarah Ross, senior director of marketing for the Coors Family of Brands. “But if we really want to show we’re serious about this, what better way than to hand-deliver the new cans? That’s where our Coors Light Explorers come in. People love them in the Coors Light ads, and now they are going to extreme lengths to deliver the World’s Most Refreshing Can to beer drinkers throughout the country.” You may have seen them traveling to the ends of the earth to deliver refreshment as cold as the Rockies in commercials, or more recently in a YouTube video surprising a group of Miami pool party-goers. Throughout the summer, these committed mountain men and women will be popping up in cities and bars near you, delivering the World’s Most Refreshing Can. These summer activations will be supported with robust marketing plans, including: · Three Coors Light “Explorers” television ads that include appearances by Jason Aldean and Ice Cube, as well as five new spots supporting the launch of the World’s Most Refreshing Can. · Digital support that includes buys with ESPN Scorecenter, Bleacher Report, Turner NBA and entertainment programming, Comedy Central and Live Nation. For more information on the Coors Light “Most Refreshing Summer,” please visit CoorsLight.com or Facebook.com/CoorsLight. About MillerCoors MillerCoors brews, markets and sells the MillerCoors portfolio of brands in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Built on a foundation of great beer brands and nearly 300 years of brewing heritage, MillerCoors continues the commitment of its founders to brew the highest quality beers. MillerCoors is the second-largest beer company in America, capturing nearly 30 percent of U.S. beer sales. Led by two of the best-selling beers in the industry, Coors Light and Miller Lite, MillerCoors has a broad portfolio of highly complementary brands across every major industry segment. The company offers a variety of leading craft and import brands, including Blue Moon and Leinenkugel’s, through its Tenth and Blake division. MillerCoors operates eight major breweries in the U.S., as well as the Leinenkugel’s craft brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., and two microbreweries, the 10th Street Brewery in Milwaukee and the Blue Moon Brewing Company at Coors Field in Denver. MillerCoors insists on building its brands the right way through brewing quality, responsible marketing and environmental and community impact. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing

Los Angeles is a tough town to navigate if you want to build a brewery from scratch.  And to try to do it on the Westside would seem close to crazy considering the cost of a large amount of space would cost. But according to the L.A. Eater, “someone” is trying to start one up in Santa Monica.  That would be big news and a large step forward for a brewery to open there. When/If more news develops, you will here it here.

The expansive, new area within Universal Studios will be anchored by the mega-attraction, The Simpsons Ride, and will allow guests to enter the world of The Simpsons like never before. It will be the only place in the world where guests can walk the streets of Springfield. It will include a brand-new outdoor attraction, places and foods pulled right from the show and two new Simpsons characters who will make their debut with the new area – Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Bob. And yes – there will be Duff Beer, brewed exclusively for Universal Orlando. More >> TouringPlans.com.

Crooked Stave owner Chad Yakobson, who formed his distributorship in Colorado to handle his beers and 12 Percent’s, will be the only company to have them here; none of 12 Percent’s breweries has sold beer in Colorado before. More >> Cafe Society.

The result is a beer with plenty of citrus oomph and a multi-faceted woody character unlike anything we’ve ever tasted. When it was time to remove the bats from the tank, several members of the San Diego Padres came over from PETCO Park to do the honors. That group included our Operation Homefront player liaison, catcher John Baker, relief pitcher Luke Gregerson, infielder/outfielder Kyle Blanks and utility infielder Logan Forsythe [...] More >> The Stone Blog.