Seasonal Beers are the gems of the brewing world. They can come and go in a cyclical fashion, and they represent the best in creativity and passion that a brewer can deliver. Seasonal beers focus on seasonal ingredients and highlight flavors that harmonize with the fare of the moment.

Last week, shareholders of Anheuser-Busch approved the $52 billion sale of the business to Belgium-based InBev, a deal that set the stage to create the world’s largest brewer.

The notorious animal rights activism group has requested that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont raise their health insurance rates for meat eaters (and drop rates for vegetarians).

White Castle is offering a unique twist to a Thanksgiving holiday favorite… turkey stuffing that is made with–what else–White Castle Sliders.

This holiday season, the Boston Beer Company is going dark. They will release Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, defined as “a rich, delicious, full flavored chocolate beer that is sure to enhance the holiday season for beer and chocolate lovers alike.”

Students at Rice University have created “BioBeer” using yeast genetically modified to produce resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound found in red wine that has been shown to have cancer-fighting and cardiovascular benefits.

A decade ago scientist Raul Cano drilled a tiny hole into amber (think Jurassic Park) and extracted a tiny colony of bacteria and yeast from a Lebanese weevil that had laid dormant for 45 million years.

In what we can only call a ballsy attempt to keep American drinkers blindfolded to what the company is really up too, Anheuser-Busch will launch “American Ale” this week.

Belgian brewer InBev announced earlier that it will buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion to create the world’s largest brewer. $70 a share was too good of an offer to keep CEO August A. Busch IV from selling an American icon to a foreign entity.

Coors beer and the Rocky Mountains was a magical marketing combination for 135 years. But with last week’s merger of the U.S. operations of Coors and Miller, Coors products now will be brewed in such flatland locales as Trenton, Ohio, and Irwindale, Calif. 
The brewer will save $500 million from “cross-brewing” at Miller and Coors facilities. [...]

World-record holder and defending champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut held on to his hot dog-eating title Friday in an unprecedented tie-breaker at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July contest. 
Chestnut, of San Jose, California, beat rival Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi, of Japan, in a “dog off” in Coney Island where the two contestants battled to see who could [...]

As women catch up with men in the drinking stakes, their waistlines are also catching up with the beer belly, according to health experts. 
An English dietitian has given the apple-shaped body type a new name– the wineglass–due to the love of the drink. 
Jacqui Lowdon, from the British Dietetic Association, said it was the result of [...]

So much happening in the Budmillors businesses… 
MillerCoors, the new joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Co., finally takes shape next week. 
The joint venture – which closes Monday – will unite the U.S. operations of the two brewers and will help prune costs. It will also create a more formidable rival to giant Anheuser-Busch [...]

Sure is a LOT of A-B in the news lately. Anheuser-Busch will reformulate its alcoholic energy drinks to remove caffeine and other stimulants they contain as part of a nationwide legal settlement. 
An investigation by attorneys general of 11 states found the largest U.S. brewer was marketing its caffeinated alcoholic beverages to minors and misrepresenting the [...]

In a move that has surprised many (including us) it’s been reported that Anheuser-Busch plans to reject InBev’s unsolicited $46.3 billion takeover offer, saying it undervalues the company. DrinkAmerican.US had more to say about this.