Anheuser-Busch announced that it’s buying Seattle’s Elysian Brewing—the brewery as well as the four Seattle brewpubs. The East Pike Street locale, which opened in 1996, was the company’s flagship spot. According to a press release from Anheuser-Busch, Elysian’s co-founder and CEO, Joe Bisacca, who will continue to work with Elysian, said, “For two decades, we’ve welcomed guests into our brewpubs and served them creative and impeccably crafted beers. After a lot of hard work, we’ve grown from one Seattle brewpub to four pub locations and a production brewery. With the support of Anheuser-Busch, we will build on past successes and share our beers with more beer lovers moving forward.” Is the beginning of the Starbuckization of Seattle’s beer scene?

Grand Central Baking

is capitalizing on the Hawks’ Super Bowl run with the bizarrely named “12th Man Loaf.” The bakers, in self-proclaimed “Yeast Mode,” will bring you this football-shaped batard—complete with 12 stenciled in flour—beginning Friday, Jan. 30 through Super Bowl Sunday.

In more 12th-Man capitalism, Theo

Choco

lates is offering their very own commemorative chocolate-covered Super Bowl treats beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 28 in their retail store. Featured items, all under $10, include 12th Man Beast Mode Bites (Peanut Butter Big Daddy confections with 12s drawn on top) as well as chocolate-drizzled potato chips, pretzels, and kettle corn. E

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