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Brews You Can Use

I'm not much of a Sunday drinker, but I can't hold this story back until Friday. Plus, I might need some booze to get me through the Academy Awards. From Britain [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4752164.stm]: > A distillery on a

Brews You Can Use II

> Dogfish Head Brewery [http://www.dogfish.com/] in Delaware's seasonal ApriHop is out. Basically fruit beer meets India Pale Ale, the beer is brewed with real apricots and finished with whole-leaf Amarillo and Warrior hops. 7% ABV 55 IBU. Link [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=95]

Brews You Can Use

Hop heart healthy: > Extracts from beer reduce inflammatory markers, according to a study by Austrian scientists. Hops may play a particularly important role [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002859.php].

Non-Brews You Can Use

Let no one accuse me of not giving fair coverage for my abstaining friends: > Teetotalers, rejoice. Toasting with grape juice may carry brain-sparing benefits, according to research presented here 24 February at the World Parkinson's Congress. In a series of cognitive and motor tests, grape juice-drinking rats

Drinking to Health

It's not too often you hear about Canada coming up with a good approach to a social problem, but this one doesn't sound too bad: giving whinos wine [http://theedge.bostonherald.com/healthNews/view.bg?articleid=128057]. > The Shepherds of Good Hope shelter in Ottawa

Odd Food News

I love good macaroni and cheese, and it's Sunday (a bad day for blogging, given the dearth of interesting material), so I post this: a site dedicated to macaroni and cheese recipes [http://blog.samradion.co.uk/]. Good for families with small children. Warning: The URL indicates it&

Pizza Crust

I didn't follow-up to see what caused this outburst at Hogs on Ice [http://www.hogonice.com/2006/02/math_for_crusthaters.html], but at least the writer doesn't sugarcoat it: > I hate people who don't eat pizza crust. They should all be

Brews You Can Use, Saturday Edition

I haven't left my hometownÂ all week, promise [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11553551/]:Â > WEST BEND, Wis. - Authorities are hoping to break up what must be quite the party after beer thieves made off with almost $26,000 worth of suds from a delivery

Brews You Can Use V

The November 30, 1929 issue of the London Illustrated News featuredÂ a full page article by G.K. Chesterton andÂ a full page Guinness Beer ad. Pretty sharp-looking. I'd re-produce it here, but I'm still having troubles with my new blogging software and can't

Brews You Can Use IV

You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd. And you can't drink beer with a buffalo herd. This man tried and lost [http://www.thedrunk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=996].