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Oxbow Brewing of Maine has come up with a way to enjoy two of Maine's summertime staples at the same time: beer and lobster.

Pabst Blue Ribbon beer that also makes Colt 45 and Old Milwaukee is being sold to Russian investors. The company was purchase in 2010 by Dean Metropoulos for only $250 million and he will make a nice profit on the sale. The Pabst Brewing Company will be sold for more than $700 million.

The home of the Minnesota Twins, Target Field, will host the All Star game on July 15th, Target Field is also the home of Major League Baseball’s first beer vending machine. It’s called DraftServe and there is only one on site but a second will be added by the time the All Star game is played.

We have the B98.5 road trip to see the Boston Red Sox play the Kansas City Royal on Sunday, July 20 at 1:30 p.m. It’s the third game after the All Star break and the final game of a three game series with the Royals. The ticket price and bus ride is only $150, get yours here: b985.fm

It was tough long day at Fenway yesterday (May 1) as the Red Sox were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays. However, for one fan, it turned out okay. He is now getting his 15 minutes of fame after making a pretty spectacular catch.

The average cost for a small draft beer at a Major League Baseball game will cost you $6.09 this season. That is the same as last season, according to information collected by Team Marketing Report from each team.

His latest single says he's gotta 'Cold Beer With Your Name On It"! So why not see this country star in concert and have a cold one? He's coming in August 9th to the Asylum in Portland! How can YOU get tickets?

If you ever visit Colorado try to get invited to the Governor’s mansion, you might get a free beer. State officials said 3 beer taps have been installed at the mansion, paid for by private donations. Why would they want beer taps at the Governor’s mansion?

We as American like beer! According to new figures from the Beer Institute, a national trade association, people of drinking age drank an average of 300 beers each last year. Mainers definitely did their part!

Fenway Park is a baseball landmark. Every season the small ballpark is packed to capacity and the team has a home sellout streak of 793 games. All of that is in danger this season, after a 69-93 record in 2012. In a move to lure fans to Fenway, the team is offering deals on food and beer in April.

How does a minor league baseball team plan to get all the guys to the yard this summer? Milkshakes, made with beer. You said baseball? Don't be dumb.

Budweiser, or its parent company Anheuser-Busch, has had a lawsuit filed in federal court accusing them of watering down their beer. Not only Budweiser, but Bud Lite Lime, Bud Ice and Natural Ice have been suspected of being watered down.

While alcoholic folklore often paints a rotten picture of a man on a mission to drink himself blind with things like household chemicals, kerosene and anti-freeze, it is the consensus of “the committee” that not even the most desperate of the breed would dare knock back a bottle of decade-old beer.

Like a wingman cleverly disguised as an iPhone case, the Intoxicase always has your back. It will not only defend your phone from harm, it's also at the ready to pop open your beer (no more searching for openers or banging the bottle on the table), and will even tell you if you've had a few too many.

Since the Belgians took over Anheuser-Busch four years ago, the brewer has been searching for new ways to cut costs while their mad scientists relentlessly work to develop new product lines -- including Bud Light Platinum and Bud Light Lime -- in an attempt to attract the more discriminating beer connoisseur.

It's almost the weekend, which is my favorite time to crack open a can of...well, if I'm honest, these days it's usually PBR. Times are tough, but not as tough as they probably were before this day in 1935, when the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered it's first batch of 2,000 cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Cream Ale to one of my favorite cities in America: the dirty river city of Richm