Beer & Me

It all started with He Said Beer She Said Wine by Sam Cagalione and Marnie Old. They promoted the popular book with a series of dinners that compared his beer pairing suggestions with her wine pairing suggestions.

The idea has caught on and similar events are beginning to show up all over the place. The latest is a dinner scheduled this week in St. Louis. Wine from Majestic Wines and beer from Schlafly Beer will by paired to various dishes and compared by the participants. Benefits from the event will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

For more information check out the press release Beer vs. Wine? You Make the Call.

No doubt you’ve heard the news by now – Anhueser-Busch finally acquiesced to being taken over by Inbev. After the Belgian beer giant upped their bid by four or five billion – but what’s a few billion among friends? – the board at A-B decided that was their price.

It’s been a remarkable few months. Back in the beginning of 2008 three companies dominated US beer sales – Anheuser-Busch, Miller and Coors. At the end of 2008 none of these companies will exist! Miller and Coors’s respective foreign masters decided to join their American interests into a single company called MillerCoors and now Anheuser-Busch Inbev, or as some are already calling it A-B Inbev, will replace the once mighty brewer of Budweiser.

By the way, if you want to get an in-depth look at the brewer that was Anheuser-Busch, CNBC is airing a show that should be pretty interesting this Friday.