Beer Top Links

Beer-based biofuel, trash brigade help turn convention green (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week.

Illinois man jailed after sending two of five hostages on beer run (Belleville News-Democrat)

An Illinois man who police say held five people hostage in a motel in Fort Madison, Iowa, was arrested after he sent two of his hostages on a beer run.

It was one big beer break in Polk (Orlando Sentinel)

Who stole the beer? Officials with the Polk County Sheriff's Office released security video Wednesday showing a man running out of a Lakeland convenience store without paying for two 24-packs of Busch beer.

Thieves stealing beer kegs to sell as scrap metal (Lawrence Journal-World)

Crooks are tapping into the beer market. As the price of stainless steel rises, thieves are focusing on beer kegs for supplemental income. And that has affected breweries and distributors across the country, including in Lawrence.

'Green' beer any day of the year (Arizona Daily Star)

New Belgium Brewery, best known for its Fat Tire beer, recently started selling a new product — Mothership Wit Organic Wheat Beer. It is the brewery's first all-organic brew.