A Vermont home brew will be on tap at Gillette Stadium this fall for Patriots’ home games. Vermont Edition talks with Matt Welz of Cornwall, whose smoked porter won that honor in Sam Adams annual home brew contest.
Beer lovers are
cheering passage of bill that will allow stronger beer to be sold in stores
across Vermont.
The specialty
beers, with an alcohol contest of more than 8 percent, are now only available
in liquor stores. The bill, which was passed by the Vermont House last year and
the Senate this week, would allow the beer to be sold at grocery and
convenience stores statewide.
Magic Hat Brewing
Company is acquiring a Seattle-based beer maker.
Pyramid Breweries
Incorporated has agreed to be acquired by Magic Hat for $2.75 a share in cash.
A worldwide
shortage in hops, a key ingredient in beer, is hitting home in Vermont.
Breweries are
raising prices and re-thinking their recipes to cope.
It’s
been pointed out that the definition of a living wage can vary, depending on
each worker’s needs and hopes and circumstances.
As
part of our series on getting by, VPR’s Nina Keck spoke with Steve Leonard.
He’s a 24-year-old bottle sorter at the Beer King in Rutland, and he says he’s satisfied – at least for now – with
the work and the compensation.