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		<title>American craft beer expands to China</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/12/19/american-craft-beer-expands-to-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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The Brewers Association is a trade group that works to &#8220;promote and protect the U.S. craft brewing community&#8217;s interests.&#8221; Recently a BA&#8217;s Export Development Program went to China to showcase American craft beer in Shanghai and Beijing. Obviously, China&#8217;s 1.3 billion citizens represent a huge potential market for any product, including beer.
Here&#8217;s the press release:
Boulder, Colorado- December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budweiser announces 1400 layoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/12/08/budweiser-announces-1400-layoffs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Breweries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch, has announced that it will eliminate “1,400 U.S. salaried positions in its beer-related divisions, affecting about 6 percent of the company’s total U.S. workforce.” Plus, 250 vacant positions will not be filled and 415 independent contractors will also be cut. This is in addition to 1000+ employees who chose a voluntary enhanced early retirement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Twitter replace the pub?</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/12/01/will-twitter-replace-the-pub/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/12/01/will-twitter-replace-the-pub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Craft Beers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Microbreweries]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[social change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beer Utopia friend &#8220;Chipper&#8221; Dave Butler, author of the Northern Colorado Beer Examiner and Fermentedly Challenged, has an interesting theory about Twitter and other social media replacing the traditional pub.
If the current economy gets any worse, online social media sites like Twitter may soon reduce the need to go out to socialize and have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can craft beer survive a recession?</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/24/can-craft-beer-survive-a-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/24/can-craft-beer-survive-a-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beer Culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Craft Beers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Business of Beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[craft beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the current US and world economies have many crying in their beers, the fact that they are buying beer to cry into may be a good sign for the industry.
According to Nielsen research, 86% of consumers believe the country is currently in a recession, but alcoholic beverages are still seen as an affordable indulgence.
“Historical, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InBev takeover of Anheuser-Busch is complete</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/18/inbev-takeover-of-anheuser-busch-is-complete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/18/inbev-takeover-of-anheuser-busch-is-complete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Breweries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Business of Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[InBev says it has closed its $52 billion deal to take over Anheuser-Busch to create the world&#8217;s largest brewer.
The new company, named Anheuser-Busch InBev, will be headed by InBev CEO Carlos Brito and will be headquartered at Leuven, Belgium.
The new company already has its new site up: ab-inbev.com.
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		<title>Are &#8220;macro-craft&#8221; beers as good as other craft beers?</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/16/are-macro-craft-beers-as-good-as-other-craft-beers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/16/are-macro-craft-beers-as-good-as-other-craft-beers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beer Tasting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Breweries]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[The Business of Beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[budweiser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[craft beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[macro breweries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beerutopia.com/?p=922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How will craft beers brewed by industrial macro breweries like Anheuser-Busch measure up when  compared to traditional craft beers in a blind taste test?]]></description>
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		<title>Beer sales down around the world.</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/14/beer-sales-down-around-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/14/beer-sales-down-around-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Breweries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Craft Beers]]></category>

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		<title>Anheuser-Busch shareholders approve InBev merger</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/12/anheuser-busch-shareholders-approve-inbev-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/11/12/anheuser-busch-shareholders-approve-inbev-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Breweries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The takeover by InBev of Anheuser-Busch is one step closer to a done deal. From the press release:
Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. (NYSE:  BUD) today announced that a majority of its shares have been voted to approve the proposed combination between InBev N.V./S.A. and Anheuser-Busch during a special shareholder meeting held today.
At the closing of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How (and why) to age beer</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/10/16/how-and-why-to-age-beer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/10/16/how-and-why-to-age-beer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beer Culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Business of Beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beer cellar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[craft beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just about everyone is familiar with the concept of a wine cellar: a cool, dark place where wine is stored as it ages. But have you ever heard of a beer cellar? Cellaring or aging beer is not a something that the average craft beer drinker, much less the average beer drinker, has thought about.
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budweiser American Ale in stores today</title>
		<link>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/09/29/budweiser-american-ale-in-stores-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beerutopia.com/2008/09/29/budweiser-american-ale-in-stores-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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Budweiser&#8217;s first ale officially rolls into stores today, Monday, September 29, although I spotted it in my local beer store on Saturday. The significance of this beer goes beyond a brewer introducing a new product. This is America&#8217;s largest brewer introducing a craft beer.
The reactions to this ale have run the gamut in the beer [...]]]></description>
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