Hail the Ale! Beer Blog

That’s the news according to Realbeer.com. From the article:

“What we’re about with the return of Little Kings is the same thing that we’ve been doing with Christian Moerlein Lagers and Ales the last four years, which is repositioning the brands to make them relevant with today’s consumers,” CEO Greg Hardman said.

While for many, this doesn’t mean much, Little Kings holds a special place in my heart. It was Little Kings that we used to buy while in high school and it became the beer of choice for the group I hung out with. It had more flavor than the light beers typical to most high school drinking sessions and, more importantly (at that time), it had a higher alcohol content. Good to see that the brand may make a comeback.

From their email newsletter:

Live Music by: BIG JEF SPECIAL
Hors d’oeuvres, &
Mindnight Chapagne Toast!
9 PM to CLOSE
Tickets Online NOW!

Tickets are only $10. Unfortunately, the link to buy tickets online was a PayPal form so I can’t just easily link over to it but you should be able to get tickets at the brewery prior to New Year’s Eve but I’d definitely call to make sure.

On the first day of 2008 I posted a short list of predictions for this year. How’d I do? Here’s the rundown…

Craft Beer Sales Will Increase: While the year-end numbers aren’t out yet, at the midway point craft beer sales had increased by 11%. I’m confident that when the numbers come out for all of 2008 that we will see something very close to that.

The Drinking Age in the US Will Not Change: Nope, it didn’t.

2008 Will Be the Year of Consolidation: A-B and InBev, Magic Hat and Pyramid, and a few other smaller breweries all tied the knot.

Big Brewers Will Get Better at Creating “Craft” Beers: Bud American Ale is the notable standout here.

I Will Continue to Post Erratically: Self-fulfilling prophecy? Check.

Stay tuned for my first post of 2009 where I make more safe predictions and tout my lack of knowledge. Until then, happy holidays!