An offer from the Cracked Kettle

The Cracked Kettle must have discoverd my blog. In the shoutbox on the side of the blog they've posted the following: "Cracked Kettle have 33cl cans of Grimbergen Blond (6.7%) @ 1 Euro. Mention this blog & get 10% off".
That's nice.... Grimbergen Blond 33cl cans for €0,90 cents if you mention my Blog at the Cracked Kettle.
You can find them at Raamsteeg 3 in a small alley between the singel canal and Spuistraat directly across the street from the Belgium beer cafe Gollem. They are about a 5 minute walk from Dam square and are open daily from 12PM-10PM. For more information call them from Amsterdam at 020-6240745 anytime. Outside the country call +31-(0)20-6240745.

Lots of Rain = Pricey Beer

Bad news for all beerdrinkers.... Because of the bad weather in the last two months, the wheat hasn't really grown all summer so the prices of all wheats have gone up at least sixty percent. Besides beer all other wheat product are going up in price as well... Sorry breadeaters, Gindrinkers, pastamunchers, eggfriers etc. etc. etc..

No Pubs for a While.

Unfortunately I won't be going to any pubs, bars, clubs or anything else for at least 2 or 3 weeks. Why? Because I've been run over by a car last week, because the fucker did a hit and run, because I broke my fucking cheekbone, my fucking eyesocket and chipped part of the back of my fucking skull and because I have to be in a fucking brace for weeks on end. I feel okay but it'll take a while to heal. So unfortunately no beers for me... I'll write somewhere in August again... Email Me for questions at jeroenpater@gmail.com

Bitter beer blow as VB gets downgrade

The alcohol content of Victoria Bitter is to be cut as brewer Foster's tries to slash millions of dollars from its tax bill. Foster's will also raise the wholesale price of all its packaged beers by about 2 per cent next month.Industry experts say the VB alcohol content reduction - from 4.9 per cent to 4.8 per cent - could save Foster's $20 million in beer tax a year.But the company has assured drinkers the taste of the iconic VB will stay the same."It certainly doesn't affect the taste, which is very important to our VB drinkers," VB spokesman Ben Wicks said."The taste will stay exactly the same. Our master brewers have done a lot of work to make sure of that."The lower-alcohol VB will start appearing in bottle shops from late August.
Mark Bowles, industry analyst at IBISWorld, said the drop in alcohol content would mean a "significant saving" for the brewer.
"Our estimate would be that they could save potentially between $10 million and $20 million," Mr Bowles said.
More conservative estimates put the excise saving at $5 million to $10 million.