Winners in the 2010 United States Open Beer Championships were announced last week. More than 700 beers in 50 different categories were submitted.

Budweiser, Live Nation and Haymon Events announced the return of Budweiser Superfest, which begins August 5 for an 18-city tour. The 2010 tour will feature an all-star lineup including Anthony Hamilton, Kem, Jaheim, Raheem DeVaughn, Abraham McDonald and Hal Linton, with more to be announced.

The brewers at Samuel Adams and artisanal meat purveyor Jake Dickson unveil the innovative Samuel Adams Boston Lager Cut. The partnership between the brewers and Dickson, owner of Dickson’s Farmstand Meats in New York City, marks the first time a brewer and specialty meat purveyor have teamed up to design an original cut of beef.

The Board of Directors of the Beer Institute, a national trade association representing companies which produce and import more than ninety percent of the beer sold in the United States, announced that 29-year Navy veteran Capt. Joseph S. “Joe” McClain has been appointed as the next president of the Institute.

I just found out that Mac’s Tavern, the real-life bar from the TV Show It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, opened this month in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood. Mac’s Tavern has 17 beers on tap, gastropub fare, a jukebox and occasional acoustic musical talent.

The 2010 Washington Brewers Festival will return to Saint Edward State Park this coming Father’s Day Weekend with a beer list that will include summer seasonals and longtime festival favorites to rare vintage gems and the latest releases from some of the newest breweries in the region. Two hundred beers will be available for tasting.

For each goal scored during the FIFA World Cup that starts this Friday in South Africa, Anheuser-Busch and Budweiser will donate $500 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), up to $100,000.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original release of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis’ 1970 paradigm-shifting landmark fusion breakthrough, Delaware’s Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has created its own ‘Bitches Brew.’