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Leinie’s Rolling Out The Barrels: Oktoberfest Back For 10th Year

By The Leinenkugel Brewing Company

For the 10th year, Leinenkugel’s is rolling out barrels of its seasonal Oktoberfest brew in time for crisp, cooler temperatures. Celebrating a decade of brewing Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest, the brewer will again bring the traditional German Marzen-style flavor to bottles and draft across the U.S. beginning late-August through October.
First introduced in 2001 to honor company namesake, Jacob Leinenkugel, who came from Germany and started Leinenkugel’s in 1867, Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest is brewed with Munich, Caramel and a blend of 2-row Pale malts. These barley malts give Leinie’s Oktoberfest a rich, hearty character and deep amber color, while four hop varieties provide an aromatic and smooth, well-balanced lager.
“Each year craft beer fans look forward to specialty autumn brews that enhance the flavors of the season,” said Jake Leinenkugel, president of the 144-year-old Upper Midwest brewery. “Over the 10 years, Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest has grown into a fan favorite and we’re delighted to share our festive autumn brew with Leinie loyalists year after year.”

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Posted on August 17, 2011

The Week in WTF

By David Rutter

1. Daley and Burge, WTF?
Hey, Mister Mayor, funny meeting you here.
Sometimes mayors are vulnerable enough that the law attempts to bring them to heel while they still serve in office. Takes a prosecutor with chootz-paw, as Michelle Bachmann says. It happened to mayors in Detroit and Washington.
But most of the big-timers are left alone with their sins until a successor takes the chair. So Richie will have to answer under oath, finally, about the Torture Era and his knowledge of it. Those purposely and purposefully addled answers he used to inflict on a helpless local press corps won’t suffice.

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Posted on August 11, 2011

U.S. Treasurer To Sign Currency In Rosemont

By The Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) will attend the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) World’s Fair of Money Convention, August 16-20, 2011, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.
The BEP is very pleased to announce the attendance of the Treasurer of the United States, Rosie Rios, at the ANA’s World’s Fair of Money on Tuesday, August 16, 2011.
Treasurer Rios will participate in the official “Ribbon Cutting Ceremony” at 8:45 a.m. and hold a “Public Forum” at the Mint Stage at 11:00 a.m. to take questions from audience members and to discuss issues that pertain to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States Mint, and Department of the Treasury.
Treasurer Rios will be available to sign currency at the United States Mint’s booth #1777 from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. and at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s booth #121 from 3 – 4 p.m.

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Posted on August 7, 2011

The Week in WTF

By David Rutter

1. Chicago pot, WTF?
In a rare moment of civic fuddyduddyism, WTF recently stated doubts (see No. 5) about the wisdom of giving everyone in Chicago a free toke. We want to reconsider that harsh, judgmental position against pot because it started to sound like WTF’s father. We like this position much better.
A marketing plan – let’s make pot free, but charge 100 bucks in tax for each Bic lighter. WTF claims shotgun for the drive to Hammond to buy cheap Indiana lighters.

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Posted on August 4, 2011

The Week in WTF

By David Rutter

1. Joe Walsh, WTF?
In a legislative body occasionally comprised of crooks, pedophiles and nincompoops, it takes some astounding level of moral decay to be the worst of the lot. But we think this guy qualifies, not perhaps as the worst legislator because he hasn’t really done anything, but the actual worst human being. He is the Worst Human Being in the U.S. House of Representatives.
You all know who this guy is. He’s loud, obnoxious, arrogant, never picks up a check, eats all your food when he visits, steals your monogrammed towels, lectures you interminably about how he is smarter than you are. And he’s resiliently unemployed. Yes, it’s your brother-in-law.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

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