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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Seasonal beers always popular among students
KELSEA ECKENROTH editor@kansan.com
Summer is beer season.
Beer drinking and summer activities go hand in hand, said Matt Easley, general manager of On the Rocks, 1818 Massachusetts Street. Easley said beer is most popular during the summer, and the biggest seasonal beer selection is available.
"Summer beers are usually lighter and usually lower in alcohol content so people can drink more of them." Easley said. "Lighter beers, wheat beers, fruit ales and summer beers like Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy sell well during the summer."
Dan Dutcher, a fifth-year senior from Witchita, said his favorite summer beer is Samuel Adams Summer Ale. According to the Samuel Adams website, it is a wheat ale made with malted wheat, lemon peel and Grains of Paradise, a rare African pepper
"Wheat beers are the right kind of beer to be drinking when you are sitting around a campfire or something. It just feels right." Dutcher said.
Blake Tillman, a fifth-year senior from McPherson, said he is always open to trying new beers and enjoys going to 23rd Street Brewery,
3512 Clinton Parkway, to try whatever seasonal beers the brewery has on tap.
People are very tuned into and interested in seasonal offerings and local breweries are keeping up with the public's interest.
"I like the Bartertown Brown at 23rd Street Brewery," Tillman said. "I'm just trying to taste new things and not be hesitant to try a new beer."
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
This summer, Free State Brewing Company, 636 Massachusetts St., came out with a summer beer called Stormchaser Summer IPA. Free State owner Chuck Magerl said Stormchaser is golden colored with a citrus flavor, a great summer beverage.
Magerl said Oktoberfest, which he called an "immensely popular seasonal beer," will start appearing towards the end of summer and will be sold throughout the fall.
"We had two versions of Storm Chaser and served them both downtown, then took the best characters of both and combined them into the beer that is in the bottles," Magerl said.
-Edited by Allison Kohn
WATER
Local water toxin free despite algae blooms
Toxins from a large algae bloom in a northeast Kansas reservoir wound up in the Kansas River, a major drinking-water source, but the toxins weren't present in the water after it had undergone standard treatments, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The study, conducted in September and October 2011, involved testing for algae toxins in samples from about 170 miles of the Kansas River, from the Milford Reservoir to the Kansas City area. It was prompted by concerns about water releases from Milford Reservoir during a large algae bloom last summer. Releases from the reservoir head into the Kansas River, which provides drinking water for about 800,000 people in eastern Kansas.
Excessive toxins from algae blooms can make people sick, causing diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms. Animals can die if they drink too much water affected by algae blooms.
The blooms in Kansas last year were among the worst and forced the closure of several lakes in the state.
Associated Press
BARS
Many places around town have special prices every day on certain beers. Summer beers have become very popular among the college crowd.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Happy hour comes to Kansas thanks to new legislation
ANNA ALLEN
aeallen@kansan.com
Afternoons and evenings in Kansas got a little happier over the summer. Since 1985, Kansas bars and restaurants have been prohibited from alcohol with happy hour promotions for alcohol, but a new law ending the ban went into effect on July 1.
During the ban, many bars operated within a loophole by offering day long drink specials, including Louise's, 1009 Massachusetts St., The Eldridge, 701 Massachusetts St., and Tapas Mexican Food, 724
Massachusetts St.
Kyle Black, an alum from Lawrence, said he's always found it odd that Kansas laws didn't allow happy hours. "It seemed to be that Kansas was behind the times," Black said.
Ryan Callihan, a graduate student from Lenexa, said he won't benefit from the change since he's usually busy with class or work between 3-6 p.m., the time when many happy hours are offered.
The Casbah Burger Stand, 803 Massachusetts St.,however, seems to have a solution to Callihan's problem.
"We're offering reverse happy hour," David Swenson of the Burger Stand said. "The drink specials will vary but it will be from 10 p.m. to midnight."
Though it's still early to tell how the new laws will affect businesses, but Black said he thinks it will help attract customers.
The Burger Stand started their new promotions the day the law first went into effect.
Edited by Allison Kohn
La Parillia, 814 Massachusetts St.
2-6 p.m.
Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St.
3-7 p.m.
Tortas Jalisco's, 534 Frontier Rd 3-5 p.m.
Carlos O'Kelly's, 707 West 23rd St.
3-8 p.m.
The Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St.
3-7 p.m.
Johnny's Tavern, 401 North 2nd St.
4-7 p.m.
The Ranch, 2515 West 6th St.
8-10 p.m.
Drink specials may vary daily.
Source: Lawrence.com