b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Lifestyles Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Brew Ha Ha: what’s all of the fuss about beer?

Archive for January 2008

January 31st, 2008

Beer and pretzel tour

If you were entranced by my post on beer and pretzels of earlier this month, you should check out this Beer and Pretzel Tour, offered by a number of inns in Lancaster County, PA. It combines two brewery tours with two pretzel bakery tours - my kind of day in the country. The only problem […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 30th, 2008

Hey, R2D2, pour me a beer

This is the coolest thing ever. The Asahi beerbot is a robot which is also a beer fridge, and it can pull out a beer, open it, and pour it into a glass for you. Even better, it holds up to six beers. The only problem is, it’s sold out, and since the manufacture of […]

By Chris -- 2 comments

January 29th, 2008

Wouldn’t the Stout win?

I don’t really understand how facebook works, but apparently users have been using a facebook application called beer wars to rate and promote their favorite beers. The beer wars people describe it as follows:
In case you don’t already know, Beer Wars is a cool new Facebook app that allows you to nominate:
- the beer you’re […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 28th, 2008

Should I go for the Stubbie or the Pony?

Apparently ordering a beer in Australia is a rather complicated task, and depends heavily on where you are and whether you’re ordering a beer from draft or in a bottle. A stubbie, for example, is a bottle of beer, and a pony is a tiny glass. A pot, on the other hand, is a glass […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 27th, 2008

Beer industry news

If you’re looking for some serious beer industry news, you’ll enjoy the brewblog. Check it out.
Share This

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 26th, 2008

The fifth season approaches

If you haven’t looked at airfares recently, travel to Europe in the winter is pretty darn cheap (although the exchange rate will make your stay pretty darn pricey). Nonetheless, if you’re looking for a way to spend some of that money on a beer-related trip, Munich’s Starkbierfest may be the answer. The Starkbierfest, also called […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 25th, 2008

What, no vitamin E?

Take a look at your beer next time and try to figure out how many calories are, or what the nutritional value is. What? You can’t?
Well, if lobbyists don’t get their way, you may be able to sooner than you think. According to this article in the Washington Post, proposals currently being discussed require disclosures […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 24th, 2008

Belgian Beer

I was wandering around the internet in search of a post, and I stumbled across this very cool website promoting beer travel to Belgium. It’s chock full of information about the country and its beers, with an events calendar and links to a host of different breweries and other resources about Belgian beers. If you’re […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 23rd, 2008

Beer for dinner

I’ve been talking a lot about food this week, and in the course of researching those blogs I stumbled across Beer for Dinner, an entire blog dedicated to cooking with beer. There was a time when I might have thought that an entire website dedicated to cooking with beer would be too much, but that […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Beer bread

Since we’re on the subject of carbs and beer, it’s time for a recipe! My wife, who has been using her new bread maker to make a host of different beers, found this recipe for a quick Beer Bread in a Rachel Ray magazine (also available from the Food Network here).
Beer bread
Cooking spray
2 1/4 cups […]

By Chris -- 2 comments

Site Meter
Close
E-mail It