May 10
0 Beer

Boston Beer and Dogfish Head Merger Worth $300M

Samuel Adams maker, Boston Beer Co. Inc. is merging with beloved Delaware-based Dogfish Head Brewery in a $300 million cash and stock deal.  According to the Brewer’s Association, Boston Beer is the second-largest craft beer maker and Dogfish head the 13th largest. Dogfish Head co-founders Sam and Mariah Calagione will receive around 406,000 shares of Boston Beer stock (NYSE: SAM) which is valued at $314.60 per share.  This makes Sam and Mariah the largest non-institutional shareholders of the company right behind Boston Beer’s founder, Jim Koch. Existing Dogfish Head shareholders will receive $173 million in cash!

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May 09
0 Beer Travel

FUNK Boston: A Wild & Sour Beer Fest

Cyclorama, or the Boston Center for the Arts along with BeerAdvocate are hosting this year’s FUNK Boston: A Wild & Sour Beer Fest on June 14th and 15th with three sessions each day.  There will be over 40 breweries in attendance, pouring over 150 varied ales and sours for you to taste.  There will be only 700 tickets sold for each session to keep an intimate experience.  And, VIP tickets are already sold out, so make sure if you plan on going, you get your tickets in advance.  Tickets for general admission ($65) include all beer samples, a tasting cup, and a printed fest guide.  Food is sold separately though at this event.

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May 08
0 Cocktails

Beacon 70’s Bloody Bar

Perched on the Metedeconk River and overlooking the Forge Landing Marina in Brick, New Jersey is a fantastic spot for brunch, dinner, drinks, and music!  Beacon 70, built out of reclaimed wood from the iconic Beacon Hotel in Point Pleasant embodies a 19th century industrial modern steampunk design with unique lighting, a waterfront folding glass wall, a 10ft see-thru glass fireplace, and 60 HD TVs.  Their food ranges from lobster, to wings, to brick-oven pizzas!  And, their drink menu is definitely something to rave about.

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May 04
1 Beer

“Crap Beer” – A statement for Sustainability

Stockholm-based craft brewery, Nya Carnegie has produced Sweden’s first beer crafted from purified sewage water.  New Carnegie Brewery, Carlsberg Sweden and IVL, the Swedish Environmental Research Authority collaborated to create PU:REST, with the brilliant idea stemming from Swedish researchers.

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May 01
0 Food Lifestyle

Urban Leaf – The World’s Smallest Garden

Fellow Lafayette alumni Rob Elliot, and Nathan Littlewood met at Columbia University in early 2016.   They bonded over the idea of sustainability.  Rob has a background studying plants, and Nate has a background in food and business.   Their joint passion for urban farming led them to the creation of Urban Leaf.  A project where growing food in urban environments is possible –shortening the “supply chains by putting fewer miles between food and eaters, creates less waste, uses less packaging and has a higher nutritional density.”

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