Drag ‘N’ Balls

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:10:26 -0600

By: Yelena Kisler Local Personalities Dress up for Charity Softball Game Softball, cheerleaders, beer, and your local officials in drag. The Bat N' Rouge Comedy Softball Fundraiser takes place at Arcata Ball Park downtown Friday, Sept. 10. Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Queer Humboldt and Babe and #39;s One fo...

Great Western Malting plans for change

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:50:27 -0600

Great Western Malting Co., maker and seller of beer malt to large U.S. and international customers, is preparing to make way for the Port of Vancouver’s signature rail project. The company, a subsidiary of Australian grain handler Graincorp Malt, has asked Vancouver for a demolition permit and wants the city to sign off on environmental planning for future construction projects. The request is ...

Cheers!

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:44:20 -0600

♦ BEER It’s an outer borough kind of night thanks to the Brooklyn Brewery Brown Ale and Brooklyn Brewery-infused ice cream on tap at Odin (199 Lafayette St.; 212-966-0026). ♦ BOURBON Enjoy your cosmos elsewhere, lightweights — Billy Reid (54 Bond St.; 212-598-9355) pours Woodford Reserve bourbon and Heineken beers for chasers...

New beer tunnel found

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:48:34 -0600

Christian Moerlein Brewery officials and Over-the-Rhine Brewery District advocates plan to break through what they say is a newly discovered tunnel connecting former breweries in the neighborhood.

Is It Time to Legalize Moonshine?

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:06:27 -0600

Reason TV produced this six-minute video arguing for the legalization of moonshine. We regard home brewing as a fun, safe hobby that contributes to the delicious variety of beer in the world, but making spirits at home is still a federal crime. Via Boing Boing

Enjoying beer with your best mates? Good call!

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:21:56 -0600

Do you have an irrational need to say things like ‘cheers’, ‘santé’, or even ‘l’chaim’? Do you find nothing more delightful than the taste of a smooth lager when it first hits your lips?

The humble can gains respect among craft beer brewers

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:45:57 -0600

A small but growing number of craft brewers are turning to cans, which are cheaper to transport than bottles and easier to take to the beach. But they have to overcome long-held stereotypes of beer guts and cheap swill.

Beer was ancient antibiotic source

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:52:34 -0600

Ancient Nubians were regularly consuming antibiotic tetracycline, most likely in their beer, according to a chemical analysis of their bones.

The art of making antibiotics is 2000 years old

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:25:26 -0600

Washington, Sep 6 : Ancient Nubians were regularly consuming antibiotic tetracycline, most likely in their beer, according to a chemical analysis of their bones.

Making Beer Snobbery a More Beautiful Thing [Beer]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:56:48 -0600

# beer Although we stand by our claim that canned beer can be great beer , many enthusiasts still love the bottled stuff. But what if you want to sample without commitment? Enter the BeerVault—preserving and dispensing craft brewski as needed. More »