Food and Drink

A blog with lots of pretty pictures [http://beer.textamerica.com/?qs=xdefault&page=0].

Beer sales are declining in Germany [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002834.php]. And all this time, I thought just their morals and economy were slumping. Maybe their morals and economy are slumping because of depressed beer sales. > Beer sales have contracted more 15% in the last

A blogger recommends Super Bowl beers [http://www.hailtheale.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/1/1739484.html]. A couple of recommendations from Pennsylvania and Washington.

Well, it's brews you can use, if you have a daughter who likes to drink: > A judge who sentenced three teenagers to probation threw them in jail after he saw them ridiculing him and drinking alcohol on a Web site [http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?

> Japanese beer maker Asahi plans to give away 5000 personal bartending bots, each of which can store up to six cans of beer in a refrigerated compartment within its belly. At the push of a button the simple robots will open a can and pour the chilled contents into

This marketing blogger says there might be a movement afoot to start a "beer is good" campaign [http://raybacon.blogspot.com/2006/01/beer-brotherhood.html], in order to take back the recent market share gains by spirits and wine. The blogger's biggest question: can the

Looking for breweries and brewpubs in your area? [http://beermapping.com/us-brewery-map/]

I found this interesting observation at Video meliora [http://poncer.blogspot.com/2006/01/thats-gotta-hurt-title-stolen-from.html]: > One of the biggest tragedies in being over forty is that Guinness, even in small doses, now gives me blinding headaches. Red wine too. "Sulfites" they

A blogger writes about learning to drink beer [http://www.slashfood.com/2006/01/16/learning-to-drink-beer-a-noobs-notes/]. Fortunately, the blogger is a woman. Otherwise, I'd assume I was reading a blog by a teeny-bopper. Anyway, it's mildly interesting for those

The Catholic Church in Lithuania is justifiably upset with a company's beer logo [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/catholic-church-condemns-beer-company/2006/01/18/1137467025353.html] .