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# Brews You Can Use
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/6500/
- Published: 2008-11-07T10:17:13.000Z
- Updated: 2008-11-07T10:17:13.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Food and Drink, TWE, #wpChunk

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A reader sends along this nifty little story: [Top 5 Beer Tours](http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/travel/stories/2008/11/02/STEP02.ART%5FART%5F11-02-08%5FF1%5F6BBNJ86.html?sid=101&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Excerpt: "Newport Storm brewery, in Middletown, R.I., near Newport, might be in the smallest state, but you won't find small portions here. The best "Beer for Your Buck" tour is only $5, but anyone who comes through the door can have free samples of the brewery's flagship Hurricane Amber Ale or other beers. At the brewery, beer is sold only in 64-ounce "growlers" for $10 with $5 refills."  
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Trendsetter, me. When I was a younger man, and living in my bedroom at my parents' house, my friends and I used to buy those 64-ounce bottles of [Little Kings](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/431/1298?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). They cost about one hour of work at 1984 minimum wage rates, packed a wallop, and tasted good (that last part is a gross exaggeration). We called them "porta kegs." Turns out, [we were on the cutting edge of high fashion](http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe%5Fsixpack/20081107%5FJoe%5FSixpack%5F%5FBig-bottle%5Ftrend%5F%5FBeer%5Fthat%5Flooks%5Flike%5Fwine.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com):

> \[T\]he next stage in the evolution of beer \[is\] from an everyday six-pack habit to a specialty product that increasingly is sold like wine.

> Yes, I know, big bottles have been around for years - and not just those familiar 40s of malt liquor. Rogue and Stoudt's, to name two craft breweries, made their mark 20 years ago with oversized bottles.

> But take a look at your friendly takeout store and you'll find even more space is being devoted to the big boys - 22-ounce bombers and 750 ml bottles seemingly more fit for Champagne. Some are boxed, many are corked and more than a few cost something north of $15.

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[Another use for beer](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-beer-smoking-blotter%5F05nov06,0,7896913.story?ref=thedailyeudemon.com):

> A Glenview man who poured beer over his apartment balcony onto the head of a restaurant employee who was smoking a cigarette late Saturday will not be charged, police said this week.

> The man told authorities he was upset because the smoke from employees at the rear of a sushi restaurant in the 2600 block of Aviator Lane wafts up into his apartment.

> Police said no complaints were signed, and restaurant management was told to designate a smoking area 15 feet from the rear entrance.

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Something's wrong with this, but I can't quite put my finger on it: [Coasters designed like floppy disks](http://gizmodo.com/5075458/please-insert-drink-5-of-12-to-continue-alcoholism?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/floppy-300x299.jpg "floppy")