Archive for July, 2009

Stephen Colbert chimes in on the “Beer Summit” where Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Crowley insist on three different brands of foreign beer for their White House meeting.

If a mosquito bites me after I’ve had a beer, can it get drunk? An interesting question that PopSci.com has tackled, since no major alcohol-related insect studies have been conducted on this topic.

Sometimes I hate to blog about things that everyone else is talking about. But we cover beer news, and you may have heard some mention about the so-called “beer summit” that President Obama will be arranging. Our take? Too bad they’ll be drinking foreign beer.

What started as a college drinking game is expanding beyond the frat house. Beer Pong leagues are popping up around the country–and there’s actually some substantial money in the game for expert players.

Joey Chestnut, a.k.a. Jaws, won the 2009 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest in Coney Island, New York. The three time defending champion ate his way through the 94th annual contest on the Fourth of July after choking down 68 dogs in 10 minutes–a new world record.

B.J. King’s Wingwalker Lager is a bit of an odd man out.
It is called a “fully krausened” pilsner, but right in the name is the word lager. The label says both, and adds that it has smooth hops. I have to say that it is more like a light IPA gone wrong.
I was dissapointed [...]

This 4th of July, declare independence from big, foreign owned breweries and Drink American. Put down that Belgian owned Budweiser, that South African owned Miller or that Canadian owned Coors and pick up an American independent.