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...single-serving combination of a depressant (alcohol) and various stimulants carries a certain nightclub logic; Anheuser-Busch used to advertise its caffeinated beer, Bud Extra, with lines such as YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE 30 and WE SUGGEST 18-HOUR MASCARA. But public-health and law-enforcement officials--who have mounted an aggressive campaign against alcoholic energy drinks--worry that drinkers will assume they'll be wired enough to drive home after a long night of consuming these beverages. (More on the science later, but caffeine makes you feel only "wide-awake drunk," as researchers have...
This time the disillusionment started in a neighborhood pub. I met up with a friend there, one with whom I hadn’t had much contact in a while. At first, all was well. The beer was cheap! It was good! My friend was also growing a beard! But then the empty pint glasses started to add up. Something in me turned, and nothing seemed right. This friend—a smart, funny, creative young guy—was still in Portland, living with his parents. As far as I could tell, he wasn’t doing much...
...that same morning, I boarded a plane for a week’s vacation at home in Portland, Ore. Shortly after landing, I was in heaven: not only was I spending time in the beer capital of America as a newly-minted non-minor, but everyone around me was rocking a beard...
...fend off the unsolicited merger, Anheuser-Busch management last month itself unveiled its own "Blue Ocean" cost-cutting program, promising savings of $1.09 billion by 2011 but losing around 1,200 jobs in the process. And with global recession threatening, beer markets consolidating, barley and aluminum prices soaring, and sales declining in many mature markets, there are fears of further cuts. Tellingly, Brito made no promises on job cuts, nor on the sale of non-core assets like Anheuser-Busch's theme parks and its aluminium can recycling units...
...Alfons De Mey, president of the 110,000-member Belgian food and hotel workers union. "InBev is all about money. We've seen centuries-old breweries close down here in Belgium, and there are now only two big ones left in the country, in Leuven and Jupille." He says beer-making has changed beyond recognition in recent years. "Before it was run by brewers, but now it's bankers...