Beer Chips

{{short description|American brand of thick-cut kettle style chips}}

Beer Chips is a brand of thick-cut kettle style chips with alcohol flavours, invented by Brett Stern in around 2005.{{cite news|last=VALERIE VINYARD|first=DOUG KREUTZ|title=Tasty Beer Chips|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27091836.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629120512/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27091836.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2014|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=AZ Daily Star (subscription required)|date=July 24, 2008}}{{cite news|title=Shopping Cart: Beer Chips, Flavored Crackers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042801547.html|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 29, 2009}} The chips are covered with a heavy coating of sugar, honey, and salt,{{cite web|last=Foyston|first=John|title=Portland's own Beer Chips available for a limited time in Fred Meyer stores.|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2009/09/if_youve_been_to_the.html|publisher=Oregonian|accessdate=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212954/http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2009/09/if_youve_been_to_the.html|archive-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead}} and are covered in beer.{{cite news|last=MONTAGNE|first=RENEE|title=All That And A Bag Of Beer Chips|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-153943098.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629115004/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-153943098.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2014|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=NPR Morning Edition (subscription required)|date=4 Jul 2008}} These chips are non-alcoholic as the alcohol is removed during the making. The SouthtownStar reviewed the company's beer, margarita, and bloody mary flavors, which they said were tasty.{{cite news|title=Food for thought|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1229F1DF143B2748.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629120535/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1229F1DF143B2748.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2014|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=SouthtownStar (subscription required)|date=July 31, 2008}} Beer chips are produced in various flavors, such as buffalo wing, margarita shot, barbecue, and pretzel.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Josh|title=Beer + chips = Beer Chips|date=4 June 2008 |url=http://www.mlive.com/kalamabrew/index.ssf/2008/06/beer_chips_beer_chips.html|publisher=Kalamazoo Gazette|accessdate=27 May 2014}}

The product is distributed in Oregon, California and Texas. In 2010 Stern sold the company to Barrel O’ Fun for an undisclosed sum of money.{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Jon|title=Deal Watch: Snack company swallows Beer Chips|url=http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/83-april-2010/3207-deal-watch-snack-company-swallows-beer-chips-|publisher=Oregon Business|accessdate=11 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520122344/http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/83-april-2010/3207-deal-watch-snack-company-swallows-beer-chips-|archive-date=2010-05-20|url-status=dead}}