EVERETT — As gasoline prices keep rising, Lyle Rudensey laughs all the way to his garage. That’s where Rudensey, a 52-year-old Seattle resident, uses a 15-gallon plastic water tank and an old electric water heater to brew biodiesel for his 2002

Short’s Goes Long with new facility - Traverse City Record-Eagle
ELK RAPIDS — Brewing up a popular pub in a quaint northern Michigan village would be a success story for many. But for Joe Short of Short’s Brewing Co., his thriving brew pub and restaurant in downtown Bellaire is only the first chapter of his

Homemade Brews Flow At Their Farm Wedding - Hartford Courant
Allison Wills and Geffrey Stopper knew each other remotely as clarinet and tuba players, respectively, in the fall of 1998. Saturday, they became man and wife. They did not bring their musical instruments to their farm wedding. They treated each

LONDON - Raise a pint to the old British pub: Dark-paneled, fixed on the English landscape , and, more than ever these days, empty. Beer sales in British pubs have slumped to their lowest level since the Great Depression, including a 10 percent drop

One armed Frenchman fails to swim the channel - Daily Telegraph
Olivier Desmet, 56, whose left forearm was amputated after a motorcycle accident in 1976, said he had dreamt of attempting the 35-kilometre (22-mile) crossing for the last five years. “For me it’s a great success and not a failure”, Desmet said

U.S. beer industry charts stormy economic seas - Forbes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. beer makers are trying to plot a new course as their industry faces a roiling sea of political and economic uncertainty and global consolidation. Industry executives gathered in New York Wednesday for the annual members-only

There s nothing like enjoying an ice-cold beer or a full-bodied glass of wine. For some local residents, however, a lot of hard work and time goes into that one bottle of beer or wine, because they make it themselves. Steven Cardinal of Dunstable

Short’s Goes Long with new facility - Traverse City Record-Eagle
ELK RAPIDS — Brewing up a popular pub in a quaint northern Michigan village would be a success story for many. But for Joe Short of Short’s Brewing Co., his thriving brew pub and restaurant in downtown Bellaire is only the first chapter of his