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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."