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Respecting B16?

Good for Bavaria: Solid beer drinking, without the debauchery: > The Munich Beer Festival has banned alcopops and pop music to stop the event turning into a 'drunken orgy'. > Scenes of drunken girls dancing semi naked on the backs of male party goers or on tables were

Brews You Can Use IV

> The [beer] industry today includes more than 2,400 brewers and beer importers, 1,908 beer wholesalers, and 551,000 retail establishments. The industry's economic ripple effect benefits packaging manufacturers, shipping companies, agriculture, and other businesses whose livelihood depends on the beer industry. Directly and indirectly, the

Brews You Can Use III

Don't swallow trash, even if you think it's beer: > A South Kingstown man who became ill after he drank from a beer bottle ingested a caustic liquid. > Police say the liquid that sent Michael Darigan to the hospital last Sunday resembles lye. > Lye

Brews You Can Use II

Just don't drive up the shelf cost: > Now environmental regulators say the same process that gives the [San Joaquin Valley, California] region's affordable reds, whites and blushes their pleasant punch is also producing a share of the smog that makes the valley one of the

Dream Job

Dwight Silverman at Tech Blog has described Eric Scheske's dream job: > Bars definitely have their own personalities, which is the sum of the characters who patronize it multiplied by the atmosphere of the venue, to the Nth power of the owner squared. (I knew high school algebra

Perfect Post for Monday Morning

> Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday. Link [http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-30/112524804049300.xml&storylist=

Brews You Can Use II

Something for the little lady. Best presented after a bender at the local drinking club: Beer Jewelry Link [http://www.elsewares.com/commerce/index.php?cPath=2_136].

Brews You Can Use

Don't know how we missed this one: > A beer launched in southern India claims to vitamin rich and protect the liver from harmful effects of alcohol. > Ladybird Bio Beer contains aloe-vera extracts as well as the normal ingredients of barley malt and hops, said inventor B.

Brews You Can Use

Yeah, we're bringing one a day early because the auction ends tomorrow. A trailer with a tiki bar. If Eric Scheske had one of these, he'd never go home. Link to eBay auction [http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Teardrop-trailer-vintage-tiki-style-woody_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50063QQitemZ4569992955QQrdZ1] .

Hey, Snickers, Leave Those Kids Alone

You can't get a bag of chips, but you can get the morning-after pill. > Food for thought is taking on a new meaning as students across the nation begin a new school year. Chicago is just one of many school districts that have mobilized to replace high-fat,