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A Guy's Dream Good-lookin', drinks beer, and knows her place: A Muslim model has been sentenced to six cane strokes for drinking a beer [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,653578,00.html]. Her actions were pretty insidious: > The young women in the hotel

What's A Guy Gotta Do to Get a Drink Around Here?

The Distiller and the Bureaucrat I have a friend out in the stix [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=out%20in%20the%20styx]. He has neighbors, but it's definitely rural; nothing but woods and fields. He's an individualist with a unique personality, but lots of

Brews You Can Use

Snake in a Beer A friend dropped off a copy of Jackson, Wyoming's alternative newspaper: JH Weekly. The cover story: Making Suds at the Base of the Tetons [http://www.planetjh.com/news/A_105362.aspx]. It's a nicely-crafted (heh, heh) piece, and they write highly

Brews You Can Use

Brewing Anti-Trust Problem? InBev (Bud's adoptive father) and MillerCoors are raising prices on their beer at the same time . . . and at the same time that deflation still rules and consumers can ill afford to pay more for their alcohol. The NY Times smells an anti-trust rat [http://www.

Brews You Can Use

Another drinking public service: Thrillist [http://www.thrillist.com/mktg/41950/Nation]. > Let us help you find free booze. > Thrillist, a free daily email, sifts through the crap to find your city's best events, including sweet open bars all over town. > Each day, you'

Brews You Can Use

Helping Weather the Recession These gents have performed a nice public service. Scary at parts, but a nice service nonetheless: Cheap Booze Taste Test [http://www.zug.com/live/82078/Crappy-Consumer-Reports-Cheap-Booze-Taste-Test.html] . Some of the best booze pictures I've seen lately and very good--if at times off-color--narrative. Samples:

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Buddery Slope to Water A TDE reader sends this along: "AB InBev's adjusted EBITDA in its North American division, which is mainly the U.S. market, rose 43% to $1.74 billion from $1.22 billion a year ago. In addition to cost-cutting, the brewer's

BYCU: Essay Edition

The Joy of Drinking St. George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon He drank a pint of English ale Out of an English flagon. For though he fast readily In hair-shirt or in mail, It isn't safe to give him cakes Unless you give

Brews You Can Use: FTN Edition

Drinking Sense Is that you vomiting in the corner from drinking too much? Did you bring your three pre-schoolers to the pub? Do you have a knack for playing completely inappropriate music (or no music at all) during a party? If so, you might lack drinking sense. “Drinking sense” is

Brews You Can Use

Best Pilsner Ever? A TDE regular of German descent writes: "This is the local brew that my family quaffs in Kappelrodeck, Germany (Black Forest) [http://ratebeer.com/beer/bauhofer-ulmer-pilsener/40310/]. I might be sentimental, but it's the best pils I have ever drank (and continue to drink