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Brews You Can Use

Returnables: 1960s Style A TDE reader sends this along: Straub Brewery [http://www.straubbeer.com/] still uses returnable bottles. I thought to myself, "Most breweries use returnable bottles because various states impose a bottle deposit. In Michigan, each bottle requires a ten-cent deposit." But here's what

Brews You Can Use

On Tuesday evening, I felt like Zeus, aloft on Olympus, eyeballing the humans' wives for my next encounter: Mead, courtesy of this place in Ferndale, Michigan [http://www.bnektar.com/], and my brother-in-law who came down for a visit. It wasn't bad, but it was closer to

Brews You Can Use

Summer Beers A long-time TDE reader sends this along: "Summer beer: Many brewers aim for lighter, sunny flavor [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100803/ART06/100809946] ." That's a great-looking picture, and the article is pretty good, if a lot of fluff. There&

Monday

More Evolutionary Fitness Stuff I blogged back in April about "evolutionary fitness." It's a work-out regime that doesn't require you to work out. Its practitioners stroll, then sprint, stroll some more, then maybe sprint . . . or do the same thing on a bike. Its practitioners

BYCU

A small hangover this morning (see pic), so blogging will be slow. I do, however, have this major technological break-through story: Wine vending machines debut in Pa [http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/strange/swipe-smile-and-blow-pa-has-wine-vending-machines-ob10-jgr_3472017] . My first thought was, "The Neo-Prohibitionists are gonna have a coronary." Oddly

Brews You Can Use

Taking my micropolitan area by storm: Incentive Vodka [http://www.incentivevodka.com/Main.html]. Friends say it's better than Grey Goose, but priced just a bit cheaper.

Brews You Can Use

All Beer Items Today Another great old ad, perfect for drinking Friday. I drank a lot of Blatz as a young man, but never got it this way . . . though goodness knows I tried to talk my girlfriends into it! (Just kidding. No lectures about impurity needed.) * * * * * * * Boston Beer Company, the

Brews You Can Use

Beer profile: Trappist ales [http://blog.beeriety.com/2010/06/16/style-profile-trappist-ale/]. Good stuff (the article, but the beer too). * * * * * * * I used to drink copious amounts of beer and watch the VHS of the Blue Brothers. I didn't realize I was engaged in a quasi-religious experience: L'

Friday

21, TV, and Pabst As I get older, I increasingly dislike the age-21 drinking requirement. I dislike it for a lot of reasons (logic and fairness top the list), but one of the reasons: it makes alcohol more seductive. Once a kid reaches age 21, it's like a

Brews You Can Use

Hung Morning Small hangover this morning. A client hosted a "dry run" for its new restaurant/bar. Oberon is always good, especially when it's free. I'm paying for it this morning, though. * * * * * * * I'd always wondered about this: "Irish distillers, like their