Beer and Health

beer-glassClick the link below to read more about Finn Knudsen’s presentation on Beer & Health – a presentation covering information about Beer and its Health benefits often not known about this beverage!

Many people have never heard the message about the in-depth research, that has been done about beer & health at prestigious universities around the world. This presentation is trying to capture some of the key points from the research done, and still ongoing, and to share that information with all interested. This information has been shared with several Rocky Mountain Rotary Clubs and numerous fellow brewers.

Beer and Health Presentation

The 31st Great American Beer Festival 2012

Excerpt from: Scandinavian Brewers’ Review. Vol.69 No.5 2012

From our US correspondent, Finn Bjørn Knudsen – a loyal and regular contributor to the SBR – we have received the following article, subsequently elaborated on by your technical editor, on the 2012 version of the mother of all beer festivals, The Great American Beer Festival, which took place in Denver, Colorado, from the 9th through the 13th of October 2012. Finn and Anders Kissmeyer made up the Danish contingent in the judging panel of the completion this year.

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The Great Central City Beer Festival

Making beer for 150 years-up here!

Celebrate a milestone in brewing as Central City celebrates 150 years of brewing in Gilpin, Boulder, Clear Creek, Summit, and Denver Counties.

Over a dozen craft breweries, 50+ varieties, historical tours of ancient breweries and locations, food, fun, fortune.

Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012
Time: Noon to 7pm.
Admission: $20 in advance (Ticketswest), $25 at the door, includes tasting glass and exclusive, free casino offers.
Must be 21+ to drink, children, non-drinkers are free!
Location: Main Street, Central City, Colorado, 80427
Only 30 minutes from Denver, and Golden (Coors, Golden City Brewery)
I-70, Exit 243, Central City Parkway.
For more info: Dostal Alley Brewery, 303-582-5563. Playcentralcity.com
Area hotels: Reserve Hotel Casino, Centruy Casino Hotel-Central City, CO

Special Musical Guests:
From Boulder, the Riff Raff Family Band
Denver’s very own – Jewel and the Rough
Headlining from Nashville – Los Straitjackets!

Tickets available at ticketswest.com or
at any King Soopers or City Market store.

Brought to you by Dostal Alley Brewery and Casino, the City of Central and Central City Business Improvement District

30th Anniversary – Great American Beer Festival

From our close friend and frequent contributor, Finn Bjørn Knudsen, Knudsen Beverage Consulting in Evergreen, Colorado, we have received this personal article on the 30th Great American Beer Festival that took place in Denver, Colorado, from 28 September to 1 October this year. The article gives a closer insight into the judging process at this competition, continuously competing neck to neck with the World Beer Cup® for being the largest beer competition in the world.

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