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The last time Wisconsin’s beer taxes were raised Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Rep. Terese Berceau is asking for for an increase of $8 per barrel, from $2 to $10. She claims that Wisconsin has a drinking problem and this would solve it.

The U.S. beer market is holding up well despite this economic crisis. Chief Executive Carlos Brito of AB InBev said that not only are U.S. beers doing just fine but imported beer as well.

On the flip, British beer drinkers seem to be slowing down. Or at least they are staying out of pubs, British pubs reported a 8.2% decrease in beer sales during the first 3 months of this year.

This isn’t a beer review. I was watching videos the other day and came across some Polish beer commercials. They are similar to American beer commercials but, obviously, they are in Polish and have different cultural context; this makes some of them funny. Check them out!

Lech Beer commercial

Another Lech Beer commercial

Tyskie Beer commercial - funny!

Another Tyskie Beer commercial - funny!

Zubr Beer commercial

Zywiec Beer commercial

Another Zywiec Beer commercial - funny!

Another Zywiec Beer commercial - funny!

Another Zywiec Beer commercial - funny!

The New York Times reports that Yankee Stadium should be carrying American craft pilsners instead of the usual macro brews. Apparently the stadium sells “beers of the world,” if you can call Heinekin and Guiness beers of the world. For $75 a ticket, you’d have to have some better beers than that to attract me there… Go White Sox!

A dime-a-drink tax in California had been withdrawn due to lack of support. Apparently beer brewers and wine makers are big contributors to political campaigns there, either way I’m glad the tax wasn’t approved.

The Daily Northwestern reports about Evanston, IL and their boozer history. Apparently Evanston was given the option to be a “wet” or “dry” town in 1934, they chose to be “dry.” This changed after local Northwestern students fought in court to have this reversed. Nice!

Paulaner Salvator Doppelbock

I apologize for the poor quality of the photo, I was in a bar and had to use the camera on my phone.

Paulaner Salvator is a German beer. Their brewery, Paulaner, is located in Munich. It has been around since the 1600s and was originally maintained by Minim friars, an order of Catholic Monks. Apparently this is a pretty popular beer over in Germany, I can see why it’s very good!

The beer is a dark caramel color, almost brown. It smells a bit fruity and tastes the same, plus a toffee or caramel flavor. By fruit I do not mean citrusy like other beers, and you get a taste of toffee/caramel (maybe?). I couldn’t put my finger on it but whatever it was it was very good! The beer is 7.9% alc/vol and you can taste it, it tasted great to me; it didn’t bother me that you could taste the alcohol because of the accompanying flavors.

Again, I apologize for the poor quality of the image.

As you can see the head was thin and pure white. It dissipated in a couple of minutes and left a bit of residue on the side of the glass. If you could make out the bubbles, you would see they are all very small.

All in all I give this beer a 9/10! This is the highest rated beer thus far at All Beer Blog. It deserves it, this beer tasted great, had a lot of alcohol in it and sat well in my stomach. I would definitely recommend you try this imported beer the next time you want something good to drink with your meal.

Regards!

How would you like a baseball game without beer? Well the Winston-Salem Dash fans have to deal with it because of the rules of the stadium they are using. I don’t know about you, but beer is part of baseball!

Beer sales rose last year while wine and liquor sales fell. Craft beer brewers and small breweries are appealing to the connoisseurs who appreciate quality beer instead of low grade cheaper beers.

The Maine Edge takes a look at some breweries that have been operating for years, some of which are among the oldest in the world.