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Brews You Can Use

Not clear on whether he was knighted before this, in spite of this, or because of this: Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has been branded the "godfather of British binge drinking" by a Labour MP. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7131198.stm]

Brews You Can Use

Okay, these guys are off my list of acceptable brewers: Carlsberg's announcement that it has found customers for its $400 a 375ml bottle of a new beer known as Vintage No 1 [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=741]. Four hundred bucks for a bottle of beer ("

Brews You Can Use

It's St. Brigid's feast day [http://allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic/saints/brigid.html]. She liked her beer [http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/patron_saints.shtml]: > Probably the best known Irish saint after Patrick is Saint Brigid (b. 457, d. 525). Known as "the Mary

Brews You Can Use and Other

Beer stimulus package: $1,200 per couple, plus $300 per kid. My rebate: $3,300.00. Earlier versions of the bill capped the number of child rebates at three (which makes no sense; if they're giving child credits because people with kids have more expenses, why cap it

Friday

Brews for Friday. It's been a brutal week. I'm typing this at 6:20. I'll attend Mass sober at 8:30, but after that, all bets are off. Like most Fridays, I'm working out of my house today, which typically means I

Friday Video and Brews

Possibly the greatest prank call ever. I suspect many of you have heard it, but for those who haven't: __________ I find this a little bit disappointing: Coors Brewing Company has nurtured Blue Moon Belgian White Ale into a hot seller through below-the-radar marketing efforts [http://www.brewblog.com/

Brews You Can Use

I'm not terribly enthusiastic about drinking news this week. Not only am I still worn out from the holidays (goodness, it's taking a long time to rebound), but I'm about as inclined to indulge myself right now as an anorexic is inclined to eat

Brews You Can Use

Ten unexpected uses for beer [http://www.gomestic.com/Homeowners/10-Unexpected-Uses-for-Beer.61788]. The list is a bit disturbing and irreverent of the beer gods, but it's interesting. Don't use real beer for any of these things. I recommend Budweiser. __________ I don't know how I

Brews You Can Use

A neat assortment of beer pictures [http://beerblog.genx40.com/a/christmasphoto] . The blogger says they're Christmas beer pictures, but the scope doesn't seem quite that narrow. __________ Conviviality's last stand. People may be bowling alone, but they're drinking together: The American Homebrewers

Brews You Can Use: Special Edition

They're [http://centerstage.net/bars/articles/thanksgiving-bars-and-clubs.html] beginning to call it "Black Wednesday [http://www.onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/blackwed.html]," the biggest drinking night of the year, Thanksgiving Eve. The kids are home from college, the adults have four days off work. I'