NEWS RELEASES

Bar Crawl Downtown Encourages Recycling Bottles, Cans

Oct 18, 2009 by Kathleen  |  

With almost 100 bars in downtown alone, and thousands of beers consumed each week by residents and students, college town Athens is a prime candidate for a bottle and can recycling program. Jose Cortes, marketing coordinator for Leon Farmer & Co., recognized the possibilities and has been wor...

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WatchDawgs Return to Athens With New Name, Headquarters

Oct 8, 2009 by Kathleen  |  

The Athens Banner-Herald reported this morning that WatchDawgs, a UGA student organization offering free rides home to students, is once again providing its services starting tonight, after shutting down this past February due to lack of headquarters. Now called Designated Dawgs to better explain...

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Delicious Crafts Tasted at Vermont Brewfest

Oct 4, 2009 by Kathleen  |  

The Killington Resort played host to some of the Northeast’s finest craft breweries this weekend at the 13th annual Killington Brewfest in Vermont. Visitors to the resort were invited to enjoy live music, great food, and an assortment of the more than 60 fine beers available this year from ...

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Got a Magic Hat 6#? Take a picture!

Sep 30, 2009 by Kathleen  |  

A few weeks ago, a little “incident” with Magic Hat’s bottle labeling machine caused the distribution of who knows how many #9 bottles with an upside-down label. Magic Hat wants to see your 6#s!

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Great American Beer Festival 2009

Sep 28, 2009 by Kathleen  |  

The Great American Beer Festival took place last week in Denver, and I’m proud to say that Leon Farmer and Company distributes many of the beers who placed! Here are some of our award-winning beers for 2009: Budweiser Select won the Gold for American Style Light Lager. Redbridge won the Silver fo...

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