The issue at hand is uncovered here actually: http://blogs.pe.com/business/2009/10/maker-of-monster-energy-drinks.html
to quote the most telling part:
So essentially Hansen is planning an alcoholic version of Monster. An ALCOPOP or as those in the industry prefer to call them...
Well, they may have a relationship with AB as well I do not know for certain.
I do know they have a deal with Coke definitely. I got my information directly from hansens website. Under their investor relations page their is a press release announcing a distribution deal with coca cola.
Or you can go after the big big shot. The COO of Hansen the parent company.
Give him an email, or a phone call...
http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/21475155657/291dd990/Nick/Gagliardi
I encourage all VT folks to talk to their local business' and encourage them to pull Monster products and Hansen natural products.
Here is a letter I will be handing out to my local business'. Feel free to use it verbatim or modify it as you see fit.
There is more information here
and a...
If you live up this a way check out Granite Cask
They are located in Whitefield NH. Just checked them out today. Small shop but really good selection for these parts and decent prices.
I am stoked because finally there is a shop with decent liquid yeast close by...
and star san, and...
Well it is a useless thread and I actually find it pretty annoying myself. So whatever, but I am starting to wonder what else I have posted is being censored deleted rearranged...
I love this place and it is the only forum I contribute to. I would like to think I have something to offer...
10th of February 2009
He has eluded me for months now. It is the season when bigfoot is known to briefly come out of hiding. Still, spotting him has proven nearly impossible. I nearly had him last Thursday. A tip led me to a location not far from my outpost but somehow he must have known...
Nah, that would require writing and thinking...
I just want it to be a sensory research trip for my own edification.
er, meaning I just want to drink my way through! :drunk:
Hey, I was just quoting the book. :D
My only info is from reading not experience. Never been to the UK. From what I understand CAMRA frowns on sparklers so the above quoted comment seemed to be valid. Hey, I have been know to use the cheap trick of using a "flavor injector" syringe to...
:off:Went top down eh?
Any reason why? Part of my whole project was to build the yeast with each succeeding brew. I have only used one propagator pack of Wyeast 1728 for the whole series. I actually made a starter from the original pack. Pitched it in the 60/- then I washed the yeast from...
The OG ended up being as calculated at 1.096. But I was about 3/4 of a quart short on volume at the end of boil. Had to try and squeeze as much as possible out of the kettle so I got a lot of trub which I believe is actually mostly cocoa powder. My preboil gravity was 1.067 when expected was...
while I wait for it to ferment I figured I would play with flavors some to decide the next steps.
Whipped up a batch of "actual" xocolatl today based on the information I found online so I could see what it may have tasted like. Using what ingredients I had at hand.
I took 2 cups of water...