Useful Beer
I've said it many times: Don't drink for the health of it. Drink for the hell of it. But that doesn't mean beer can't be useful. It turns out that beer can be used for more than just drinking and shampooing. This nifty list of 14 possibilities is great, especially if you have some old beer in your fridge that you're going to throw out. My two favorite tips:
Distract bees and wasps from your outdoor gathering: Beer placed in cups around the outskirts of your picnic or barbeque will attract bees and wasps. It's not a long-term wasp control tactic; it's more like placing difficult relatives at the furthest table.
Fertilize your gardens: The sugars in beer are also enjoyed by your garden vegetables and flowers.
Too Funky
Two new beers coming out soon:
Mother's Foggy Notion Barleywine: Not quite English. Not quite American. Foggy Noggin is a big ole, 100% Ozarks-born barleywine ale.
Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Porter: To be released in 750s. Made with maple syrup, apple-smoked bacon and vanilla beans.
I think I'll just order a Pabst.
Damn Reds Win Again
The Telegraph reports that Chinese Snow Beer, a joint venture between SABMiller and China Resources Enterprise, scored the global number one sales for the past three years. It sold 16.5 billion pints last year alone, twice as much as Bud Light, which had kept first place until 2008.
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