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Bar Stool Economics Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite...

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Brains and charm are fine, but a real guy needs to know how to do real stuff. After months of debate among PM’s expert editors, here’s our lineup of essential skills, broken down in 10 categories for the competent man—plus 20 tools you need to own. Automotive 1. Handle a blowout 2. Drive in snow 3. Check trouble codes 4. Replace fan belt 5. Wax a car 6. Conquer an off-road obstacle 7. Use a stick welder 8. Hitch up a trailer 9. Jump start a car Handling Emergencies 10. Perform the Heimlich 11. Reverse hypothermia 12. Perform hands-only CPR...

A Tyneside pub has called time on one of its regular visitors after the premises were refurbished. Peggy, a 12-year-old mare, used to enjoy a pint of beer and a packet of crisps alongside her owner at the Alexandra Hotel in Jarrow. ............

I know there must be a lotta beer homebrewers out there looking for those hard-to-find hop rhizomes such as Amarillo, Simcoe, Columbus, Warrior, Tomahawk, etc., etc. Let me know if anyone finds 'em, please! Dick Gaines GunnyGATgmail.com

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A father who bought a beer for his 4-year-old son at the Fond du Lac County Fair and shared it with the boy's 2-year-old sibling was cited after becoming belligerent when he was approached by police. A woman working at a beer tent last July told an officer she thought the man was joking when he asked for two beers — one for him and another for his 4-year-old son. When he was questioned by an officer, he told him it's legal for underage children to drink in Wisconsin, as long as they're with their...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 22, 2008 (LifeSitNews.com) - Last year, after horrified Americans bombarded the beer company with complaints, decision makers at the Miller Brewing Company chose to pull the company logo from an offensive advertisement for the Folsom Street Fair, an event which includes full nudity and public sadomasochistic sex acts.  Miller, however, has now flip-flopped on their decision and is once again endorsing the homosexual event, having paid for a full-page advertisement in the 2008 Folsom Street Fair Program Guide.The brewers landed themselves in hot water last Fall after their logo appeared on the highly controversial front page of the...

Yeast strains used today to brew lager have two genetic ancestors, not one as previously thought. The discovery may explain the origins of the two major categories of lager today, described in the trade as the "Saaz" beers such as Pilsner and Budweiser, and the "Frohberg" beers such as Orangeboom and Heineken. It turns out that both probably owe their origins to laws in 16th-century Bavaria that banned brewing in the summer because scorching heat ruined the ale that was brewed before the emergence of lager. Forced to produce their beer in the winter, brewers accidentally created conditions favouring the...

Genetics is often charged as providing a brave new world for science and now it seems that new research into the makeup of brewing yeasts in lager could revolutionise the very taste of beer, new research claims. In a study appearing online in the journal Genome Research, scientists from Stanford University in California say they have been able to identify the origins of Saccharomyces pastorianus yeast, a ‘hybrid’ organism used in lager. Such a breakthrough may help scientists and brewers to better understand how to manipulate the individual yeast strains that contribute to taste, colour and even aroma variation in...

A year ago, Coors Brewing - before its new joint venture with Miller Brewing - unveiled the creation of tiny AC Golden Brewing Co. The upstart brewery would operate as a stand- alone brewer, with its own budget. The aim: Brew small-batch, handcrafted beers that would mimic the success of the parent company's popular Blue Moon Belgian White, a craft-style wheat ale. Fast-forward one year. The clock was nearing 7 on a recent Wednesday morning at the MillerCoors brewery here. Two brewers were preparing to make the fourth batch - roughly 30 barrels - of AC Golden's debut brew: Herman...

<p>Barack Obama, defending his beer-drinking credentials, says his party's ticket won't be out-blue-collared by the Republican ticket with the union and hunting family on it.</p> <p>John McCain runnng-mate Sarah Palin's husband is a member of the United Steelworkers' Union, Obama was reminded in an interview aired by CBS' 60 Minutes. "Blue collar guy. Got a son on the way to Iraq,'' interviewer Steve Kroft told Obama. "It seems like just the kind of person who would appeal to voters in states that you absolutely have to win, And they have to win."</p>

Boys to men: Why guys aren’t growing upCareer aimlessness and beer and porn culture define ‘Guyland’ updated 10:41 a.m. ET, Wed., Aug. 27, 2008 After interviewing hundreds of 16- to 26-year-olds across the U.S., sociologist and gender studies expert Michael Kimmel found a trend of “guy” culture that is marked by the inability to have healthy relationships with women, murky career goals, and the desire not to grow up. In his new book “Guyland,” Kimmel writes about why many young men are trapped between adolescence and adulthood. An excerpt. **SNIP** Today, many of these young men, poised between adolescence and...

... Jessica Simpson's... the new spokesperson for Stampede Light Plus.... ... she's more than the face of the brand — Jess is part owner of the brew... ... the beer is for people who "choose to look after themselves"... "As an entrepreneur, I am always looking for ways to diversify my portfolio with good ideas and good people," Jessica said of the deal."Yes, I work out and take care of myself, but I also like a cold beer once in a while."

A few days ago, I did a post about the beer brand, Honey Amber Rose. In my opinion, its lack of real success is attributable to its selling campaign. Beer is a funny product; it has to be the friend of all, not some, and it can’t afford to alienate its core. I might be wrong (and it wouldn’t be the first time), but in my original post, I layed out why the brand inevitably has problems. It’s a chick beer in a man’s world.

MILWAUKEE It's the beer that made Milwaukee famous. Now Schlitz is making the city nostalgic.That beer with the old-time mystique is back on shelves in bottles of its original formula in the city where it was first brewed more than a century and a half ago. Schlitz was the top-selling beer for much of the first half of the 20th century, but recipe changes and a series of foul-ups made the beer - in many a drinker's opinion - undrinkable, turning what was once the world's most popular brew into little more than a joke. But after decades of dormancy,...

In the interest of being fair & balanced (cough, cough), here’s a link to what some brewers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area will be brewing up for the Republican conventioneers. Contrary to reports, there will be no McClain’s Older Than Dirt aged barleywine available.

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - Police in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove are asking for the public's help in returning a $150 pair of special goggles that are used to simulate the effects of intoxication. Officers say the goggles disappeared this week from a table at a National Night Out event at a local park. Officer Hector De La Paz says police believe the goggles were taken by accident. Sometimes called "beer goggles," the special glasses are used by police to demonstrate to high school students and parents how alcohol impairs a driver's vision and judgment.

Pint of beer to cost more than £5 by 2012 because of tax hikes Costly consumption: The price of a pint could rise to £5 by 2012 in conjunction with rising taxes Costly consumption: The price of a pint could rise to £5 by 2012 in conjunction with rising taxes A pint of beer could cost more than £5 by the time London hosts the 2012 Olympics, campaigners warned today. The Campaign for Real Ale said soaring prices were largely due to tax increases, which were forcing the closure of many pubs. Chancellor Alistair Darling's 2008 Budget increase was four...

Politicians and Wall Streeters are starting to ask why the Belgian beer company InBev purchased Anheuser-Busch and not the other way around. Anheuser-Busch is an iconic American firm and some find it almost unpatriotic that Anheuser CEO August Busch IV allowed the "King of Beers" to relocate across the Atlantic -- though shareholders were the big winners here with a $50 billion-plus takeaway. But here's the real question: Was the takeover basically financed by the savings Anheuser expected from escaping America's increasingly uncompetitive corporate tax system? According to the Tax Foundation, Belgium's corporate tax rate is 33%, but the effective...

Hydrogen Is The Answer ... Uh, Isn't It? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-parker/hydrogen-is-the-answer-uh_b_115164.html

Bell's Brewery Inc. beers are headed back to the Windy City nearly two years after the company pulled its brands out of the Chicago market following a nasty dispute with a distributor.

Sleeping in the parks after hours, protesting anything and everything, stockpiling human waste for tossing at cops, and trying to keep Hillary Clinton as far away from the DNC Convention Center podium as possible can work up a real thirst for Democrats coming to Denver, area brewers will be ready to quench the thirst of delegates, Super Delegates and any former presidents trolling for young interns at the Hilton bar. Charlie Papazian, as The Beer Examiner, takes at look at what local brewers will have on tap, contrary to reports to the contrary that the Messiahobama will simply bless 5,000...

California's smallest beer makers, including Stockton's Valley Brew, have become engaged in a political fight against industry giant Anheuser-Busch Co. The battle is being waged over souvenirs - specifically, the amount of money California law allows beer companies to spend on the trinkets they give away at bars and festivals. Anheuser-Busch is backing Assembly Bill 1245, authored by Rep. Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont, which would allow beer companies to spend as much as $5 each on the promotional items they give away. The current law puts a 25-cent cap on the items, known in the industry as swag. A statewide coalition...

As expected, after years of news release after news release extolling the virtues of this beer, THE FIRST BEER FOR WOMEN with a “…touch of Clover Honey,” is on life support, and probably has been for awhile. The two female owners of this Amazonian beer, however, are spinning this story in a different way. Beautiful Brews Inc. has decided to put the entire operation up on e-Bay because they have “…not been able to raise enough capital to take the Honey Amber Rose to the next level” with one of the owners suggesting that “This is an opportunity for established...

So there I was, watching Modern Marvels on the History Channel, and I saw one of their factoid splash screens that announced that home brewing was legalized by Bro. Jimmuh on October 14, 1978. Naturally, I almost lost an entire Weizen through my nose upon hearing this auspicious news. (No, I was able to control myself, so there was no abuse of good Schneider Weisse) I thought to myself, this CANNOT be! Removing government control on some aspect of life? Carter? Nah, could never happen! Rather than take the word of the MSM, I got on the 'puter and took...

St. Louis—In what could be the biggest disaster since Hurricane Katrina, Budweiser—after being sold to Belgian based InBev—has immediately plans to change the formulation for their beer. The change comes to reflect a European style of beer, giving it a more “fruitier and nuttier taste,” a veritable Bud “spritzer.” The beer, known to the common working class man, will now appeal to the most erudite of Americans. The “King Of Beers” will indeed have a flavor made for a king, flushing years of perfection down the toilet.

Why Beer Is Better Than Obama "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Benjamin Franklin Soldiers like beer. Sailors like beer. Marines like beer. Beer won't take half your paycheck. You're sad if there's no more beer. Beer makes life a little better. You know what's in beer. Beer doesn't come from Madrassas.

(Pabst touts ascent to No. 1 American-owned beer maker) Pabst Brewing Co. doesn’t operate breweries anymore, but it wants to be the first choice for every red-blooded American beer drinker. The company, which owns dozens of beer brands and contracts with MillerCoors LLC to create most of its brews, is staking its claim as the largest remaining American-owned beer maker. Just days after industry giant Anheuser-Busch Cos. announced its sale to InBev, a European brewer, Pabst is conducting an online survey, asking customers about it. “Did you know that after this sale is completed, Pabst Brewing Company will be the...

S IN an old-fashioned Western bar brawl, Anheuser-Busch tried to hit InBev with anything that came to hand. The American brewer was attempting to rebuff an assault by its Belgian-Brazilian rival, which had offered $46 billion in an unsolicited bid on June 11th. Anheuser-Busch tried to use the business equivalent of a bar stool over the head—a lawsuit claiming that InBev had misled investors. The American firm even dealt the low blow of citing InBev’s Cuban businesses as a reason to reject the bid. These tactics came to nothing, however, after InBev opened its wallet and upped the offer to...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man convicted of his seventh drink-driving charge was spending about A$1,000 (487 pounds) a week on beer -- enough to buy more than 2,500 small bottles a month, a newspaper said on Tuesday. The heartbroken construction worker began drowning his sorrows after breaking up with his partner five years ago, the Northern Territory News said, quoting his defence lawyer as telling a court in Australia's remote, tropical north. The magistrate declined to jail the father of four, Michael Leary, noting he had quit drinking since his latest arrest, but he banned Leary from buying or...

Anheuser-Busch's board has accepted a $52 million takeover offer from Belgian brewer InBev, creating the world's largest brewer, the two companies announced late Sunday evening. The company will be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, and InBev CEO Carlos Brito will be the CEO of the combined company. "Together, Anheuser-Busch and InBev will accomplish much more than each can on its own," Brito told reporters in a conference call Monday morning. The announcement ends a month of hostility between the brewer of Budweiser and InBev, which traded lawsuits when InBev tried to oust A-B's board. "We always tried to engage with the Anheuser-Busch...

The US brewer Anheuser-Busch has agreed to be taken over by Belgium-based InBev, in a move that will create the world's largest beer maker. The $50bn (£25bn) takeover bid by InBev, which makes Stella Artois beer, was accepted by Anheuser's board. The combined company will now be called Anheuser-Busch InBev. Anheuser makes Budweiser - the most popular beer in the US - and some US politicians had expressed anger at the prospect of a foreign takeover. 'Unrivalled brands' In a concession to political concerns about the deal, Budweiser's headquarters will remain in St Louis, Missouri while none of Anheuser's US...

BREAKING NEWS: Anheuser-Busch and InBev have completed a deal at $70 per share, which will create a new company to be named Anheuser-Busch InBev. Anheuser will get two seats on the combined board.

Anheuser-Busch's (BUD) stock closed up over $5 at $66.50 on Friday and is trading at $67.00 after-hours. This price suggests the market is nearly certain that InBev will buy BUD at the rumored $70/share, and it may even incorporate the expectation of an additional price increase: given the political scrutiny this deal will receive, a 5% gap between the trading price and deal price is small. In other news, InBev's potential purchase of BUD is reverberating through St. Louis and the country...and folks aren't happy about it: Jordan Moore took the news that his beloved Budweiser could soon fall into...

MONTREAL — Using pretty women to sell beer is not exactly a novel idea, but Molson finds itself under attack this week for a series of calendars featuring scantily clad Quebec "goddesses." The idea was to highlight the most beautiful women from five Quebec regions, and auditions were held to make the selections. In some cases the winners received a trip to Cuba for the photo shoot. The images (which you can see here, and are only marginally safe for work) are for the most part no racier than what one would find in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition (Mind you,...

The development of civilization depended on urbanization, which depended on beer. To understand why, consult Steven Johnson’s marvelous 2006 book, “The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.” It is a great scientific detective story about how a horrific cholera outbreak was traced to a particular neighborhood pump for drinking water. And Johnson begins a mind-opening excursion into a related topic this way: “The search for unpolluted drinking water is as old as civilization itself. As soon as there were mass human settlements, waterborne diseases like dysentery became a...

PHILADELPHIA: Anheuser-Busch Cos on Monday raised the political and emotional stakes in its fight against an unwanted $46.3 billion (23.5 billion pound) takeover bid by highlighting its foreign suitor's ties to Cuba. Belgium-based InBev wants to buy Anheuser-Busch to create the world's largest beer brewer, but its overtures have been rejected repeatedly by the St. Louis-based brewer of Budweiser. InBev on Monday moved ahead with plans to try to replace Anheuser-Busch's board with its own nominees. In rejecting InBev's offer as too low and uncertain, Anheuser-Busch on Monday also called attention to InBev's operations in Cuba. InBev, through a subsidiary,...

WASHINGTON—Anheuser-Busch will remove the caffeine, guarana, and ginseng from its flavored malt beverages Tilt and Bud Extra, and is calling on its competitors in the industry to similarly stop making pre-packaged caffeinated alcohol beverages. The move comes as part of agreements reached with the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest(CSPI), which in February threatened to file suit against the company over the drinks, and a group of 11 state Attorneys General, which has separately been investigating the company. Miller Brewing Co., which markets caffeinated alcoholic drinks under the brand name Sparks, is not a party to the settlement...

When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer, according to an old ad campaign. And, as Milwaukee-area beer lovers are discovering, a lot of places are out of Schlitz, at least in the bottled form. Within days of the Schlitz 1960s formula being brought back to Milwaukee, the beer was largely sold out - snapped up by both older guys who remember the beer from back in the day, and younger drinkers curious about the fuss. A new shipment is coming to liquor stores and taverns beginning Wednesday, but it will be relatively small, said Mike Merriman, president of...

Budweiser Bought By Foreigners? Jackie and Dunlap, the new Face of America, on Belgian company InBev's hostile takeover attempt on Budweiser. Click the pic to watch the video! "Oh Good Lord, I tell you what, I've watched every Bud Bowl. I drank Budweiser through the clydesdale horses, old Spuds McKenzie, the frogs... I drank it through all the animals. I tell you what, Budweiser's American as baseball or apple pie or violent overreactions to foreigners buying U.S. companies and I'll be damned if I'll pour another drop of this down my gullet if it's owned by a bunch o'...

Anheuser-Busch Cos. will stop making and selling caffeinated alcoholic drinks as part of a settlement with 11 state attorneys general, the attorneys general said Thursday. The states' top lawyers began an investigation of the U.S.'s largest brewer by sales a year ago. They alleged that the St. Louis company had failed to adequately disclose negative health effects of its Tilt and Bud Extra drinks on their labels, made false or misleading marketing claims that they help users stay up late for partying, and illegally targeted minors with its advertising. "Quite simply, alcohol mixed with high amounts of caffeine is a...

Union leaders representing InBev workers in Brazil, Canada and Europe have a simple message for Anheuser-Busch employees if InBev takes control of the St. Louis-based brewery: Watch out. "They should worry, because the production is going to be concentrated and the work force reduced," says Siderlei Oliveira, president of Brazil's 1.2 million-member food workers union, citing a reduction in Brazil's brewery workers to 13,000 from 23,000 since the 1990s. "This is the strategy that they have." In Canada, labor-management relations are "starting to thaw after a significant period of turmoil" marked by years of strikes, lockouts, changes in work rules,...

LOS ANGELES - An L.D.S. actor is receiving hate mail from fellow church members after appearing in a commercial for Miller Lite beer. The ad appeared in the N.B.A. finals and caused quite a stir in the Mormon community that until now has been Kirby Heyborne’s meal ticket. The L.D.S. silver screen has been more than kind to Heyborne...it made his career. The 31-year-old actor appeared in many popular L.D.S. films such as “The Singles Ward,” “The Best Two Years” and “Sons of Provo.” In his first national commercial, Heyborne is seen grabbing a bottle of Miller Lite beer before...

Warren Buffet, the investor known as the sage of Omaha, is this week expected to privately step into the $46bn hostile bid by Belgian brewer Inbev for Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser beer. Buffett, who owns 5 per cent of Anheuser through his group Berkshire Hathaway, is planning to speak to August Busch IV, the Anheuser chief executive, within the next few days to discuss the hostile bid, according to sources close to the deal. Buffett wants to remain neutral in the early days of the controversial offer, but it is understood Busch wants to know his opinion of the...

Political conventions are known for a certain conviviality which often spills into the local watering holes when all the floor speeches are finished. But this is taking beer-power to a whole new level: Our colleagues at The Stew report that the official General Motors vehicles at the Democratic National Convention - the ones shuttling delegates, candidates and the rest from place to place - will not only be running on flex-fuel, but also will get their ethanol from a uniquely Coloradan source: The Molson Coors Brewing Company.

Saw an advertisement for Sam Adams Summer Ale. Ordered one up with my pizza. Interesting flavor - kinda fruity and it sort of tasted like a malt beverage rather than a lager. When I read the label it said it was made with wheat. Would those of you with more experienced palates explain to me the difference I was tasting? Would the wheat change the flavor that dramatically?

Anheuser-Busch Cos. has begun preliminary talks with Mexico's Grupo Modelo SA about a possible combination of the two brewers that could help the St. Louis beer giant thwart an unsolicited, $46.35 billion bid from InBev NV of Belgium, said people familiar with the matter. Anheuser-Busch approached Carlos Fernandez, the Modelo chief executive who is also an Anheuser director, about a deal in recent weeks, after news surfaced that InBev was weighing a bid for Anheuser, these people said. It isn't clear what kind of transaction Anheuser and Modelo have discussed, or that anything will come of the talks. Anheuser, which...

McCain Delivers Remarks at the National Small Business SummitCQ Transcriptswire Tuesday, June 10, 2008; 12:50 PM **SNIP** If that authority is entrusted to me, I will use the veto as needed. I will veto every single beer -- bill with earmarks.

Excerpt - Anheuser-Busch Inc. confirmed it has received an unsolicited $65 per share offer from Belgian brewer InBev to buy the iconic American brewer. With more than 713 million shares outstanding, the bid is valued at more than $46.3 billion. Anheuser-Busch's board of directors will evaluate the proposal and make its decision to InBev's proposal in due course. The brewer of Budweiser and Bud Light said that its board of directors will act in the best interests of the company's stockholders. Anheuser-Busch is the dominant domestic competitor of Miller Brewing Co., of Milwaukee. ~ snip ~

Fitger's Brewhouse in Duluth is updating the old concept of the milkman for beer drinkers. The brew pub says it's the first in Minnesota to offer home delivery of growlers -- half-gallon jugs of fresh beer. The pub plans for weekly and daily routes through Duluth. Brewmaster Dave Hoops says the company will drop off the beer and take the empties away, sort of like and old-time milkman. The growlers are $14 each, or $11 for a replacement. There's a special introductory charge of $1 per delivery, but Hoops says with today's gas prices that will go up. The pub...