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BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesBREWINGThis Spud's For You
In one of its mock commercials, Saturday Night Live once
touted a beer made from potatoes, called Spud, for people who've
just had electroshock therapy and "can't tell the difference."
But to the brewers at Wisconsin's Stevens Point Brewery, which
is situated in a potato-farming area, the idea doesn't seem
flaky at all. The 132-year-old company, maker of a regional
favorite called Point Special Beer, decided to introduce a novel
brew to coincide with a local university fund raiser called the
Spud Bowl. The brewers started with the basic beer ingredients
of barley and hops, but used potato starch in place of corn. In
late August the company delivered the first 1,000 cases of Spud
Premier, whose label depicts a leafy potato plant. If Spud finds
success, will consumers confuse it with the mascot of a more
famous brew? "Not at all," quips Stevens Point president Kenneth
Shibilski. "Theirs refers to an animal. Ours refers to an edible
starchy tuber."