Beer in Review 2008\nWe wrap up the year with a beer in review show. this is where we pick our top three beers, rap about festivals like beer week, chat about taxes and tell you about the upcoming trip to San Diego to open Toronado then back to San Francisco to close the same. That trips isn\u2019t going to happen on the dates said in the show so stand by for the new plan.\n\nTopics covering 2008\nCraft Brewers Conference in San Diego\n\nInBev buys AB\nMiller and Coors merge\n\tBig brewing down to two giants\nBudwieser makes a new brand\n\tAmerican Ale\n\nOld brands making a come back.\n\n75 years of the repeal of prohibition\n\tprohibitionist still very organized\n\t\tincreasing taxes\n\t\tlowering the acceptable BAC\n\t\tsmear campaigns\n\nBeer Festivals in no particular order\n\tBistro\n\t\tDouble IPA\n\t\tHop Rysom\n\t\tIPA\n\t\tBarrel Aged\n\tOregon Brewers Festival\n\tAnderson Valley\n\tBreast Fest\n\tFirken Fest\n\tno GABF again\n\tFresYES!\n\tOctoberfest\n\t\nCinco De Cember\n\tmy new holiday\n\thttp://cincodecember.com/\n\nTop Three Beers\nMotor\n\tRuby - McMinimums\n\tRepeal Ale - 21st Amendment\n\tSarah\u2019s Ruby - Mild Magnolia\n\nJohn\n\tDeschutes - Black Butte XX\n\tEffing Great - Valley Brewing\n\tHarvest - Sierra Nevada\n\nNotable\n\tMyers Scotch Ale the first batch\n\tLagunitus Pale - the reformulated Kill Ugly Radio\n\tStone - XII\n\tevery IPA\n\tother beer we talked about\n\nfor some reason my notes have the words chicken, sheep, cow on the notes page. and the number 55:07. also the URL bubbleocity.com.\n\nBeers on the Show:\nSierra Nevada Celebration 2008. or maybe it was Coors Light.\xa0\n\nHomework:\nthe year ahead is full of festivals. plan ahead to get good deals on travel. and post the dates of your local festivals on your fridge.\n\nRelated past:\nhttp://www.beerschool.com/144/beer-in-review/\n\neverywhere:\nhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6351328213\nhttp://youtube.com/beerschool\nhttp://twitter/com/beerschool\n\nFollow JohnFoster & BeerSchool on Twitter.com\nHosts: John Foster and Motor\n\nEmail us at info@beerschool.com\n\nGood noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 01/04/2009.\n\nBeerSchool, BeerSchool.com, and "the homework is beer" are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. \xa9 2009 Ayer Media, Inc.