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Chicago church releases a beer for Advent — and the end of the world
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 19, 2020
CHICAGO (RNS) — Church members stopped by to pick up the wreaths they’d ordered for the coming Advent season — OK, so they were cardboard drink holders filled with Advent-themed beers and topped with a green ribbon and Christ candle to light on Christmas Eve.
Campaign brewing to get Hindu god Brahma off popular beer
By William Kole — July 14, 2020
(AP) — A spokesperson for the brand said Brahma beer is a tribute to Joseph Bramah — an Englishman who invented the draft pump valve.
Holy spirits: Closed churches find second life as breweries
By Yonat Shimron — October 9, 2017
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The trend started after the 2007 recession as churches merged or closed because of dwindling membership.
At Israeli brewery, last sip of beer Jesus might have drunk
By Yonat Shimron — April 19, 2016
JERUSALEM – Herzl Brewery took wheat that Tel Aviv University geneticists say was the strain used for beer in the Holy Land two millennia ago.
Beer and Gregorian chant: These Benedictine monks have it all, and now you can, too!
By David Gibson — February 1, 2016
(RNS) If you loved the music of the Benedictine monks of Norcia in Italy -- and the Billboard charts say millions do -- then you'll love their beer, now available for purchase in the U.S.
On tap at Philly’s joints, papal brews
By Anne Marie Hankins — September 26, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Raising a glass (or eight) of special papal beers brewed to last only a little longer than Pope Francis' visit here.
Pope Francis souvenirs: cheesy, snuggly, silly and serious
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 15, 2015
(RNS) Entrepreneurs are banking you'll crave a papal-visit-prompted souvenir to crow about. Philadelphia is epicenter of mass marketing but the Internet abounds with Francis-fueled collectibles as well.
United Airlines apologizes to Muslim chaplain for soda incident
By Reuters — June 4, 2015
(Reuters) Ahmad said the flight attendant had discriminated against her when the attendant refused her request for an unopened can of Diet Coke, saying it could be used as a weapon, yet gave the man sitting next to her an unopened can of beer.
St. Louis Archdiocese orders end to alcohol at youth events
By Stephen Deere — October 31, 2013
Under a new policy that goes into effect Friday, drinking will not be allowed at any event that is directed primarily toward minors. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson announced the change in a letter to parishioners last week. Now alcohol at games or other events directed toward minors “is not to be served to anyone or brought in by someone,” according to the letter.
Samuel Adams unnecessarily brews controversy
By Jonathan Merritt — July 9, 2013
The beer maker omits reference to God in their Declaration of Independence advertisement, outraging some consumers.
What Would Jesus Brew? Lots, beer makers say.
By Kevin Eckstrom — March 23, 2012
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) Christopher McGarvey is a recent seminary graduate, a cantor at St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church and the brains behind the What Would Jesus Brew class -- part of a yearlong Heavenly Homebrew Competition of church teams brewing individual beers for a fall event benefitting a hospice center. By Amanda Greene.
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