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  • Barley Is In Trouble. Can Rice Save The Beer Industry?

    04/27/2025 7:26:49 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 58 replies
    Study Finds ^ | April 25, 2025 | Bernardo Guimaraes, Lawton Nalley and Scott Lafontaine (University of Arkansas)
    In a nutshell * Rice malt could help the brewing industry adapt to climate change, yielding twice as much extract per hectare as barley while requiring 50-67% less land * While rice malt costs 20% more to produce than barley malt, it offers significant advantages for gluten-free brewing and can reduce costs when used as an adjunct * As climate change threatens barley production, rice provides a more resilient alternative that’s already grown abundantly in warmer regions worldwide ****************************************************************** FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Beer prices might soon rise as climate change threatens barley crops, but an unexpected savior is emerging from...
  • Belgians hunt for hidden beers in Easter event

    04/21/2025 7:33:34 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 4 replies
    UPI ^ | April 21, 2025 | Ben Hooper
    April 21 (UPI) -- A brewery in Belgium swapped painted eggs for frothy brews when it celebrated Easter with the "World's Biggest Beer Hunt." The fifth annual Easter event at the Aywiers Gardens in Lasne, Belgium, saw over 1,000 registered hunters searching the grounds for 12,000 hidden bottles of Lutgarde beer. Hidden among the beers was a special golden bottle, which earned its finder a prize of his weight in beer. The event began Sunday with a chocolate egg hunt for children at noon, and the beer hunt then commenced at 12:30 p.m. A barbecue at 1:30 p.m. allowed the...
  • US President Trump’s trade wars threaten America’s craft brewers

    03/31/2025 1:19:40 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 46 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Monday, March 31, 2025 | Press Trust of India
    Washington -- America’s craft brewers already have enough problems. Hard seltzers and cocktails are muscling into beer sales. Millennials and Gen Z don’t drink as much as their elders. Brewpubs still haven’t fully recovered from the shock of COVID-19 five years ago. Now there’s a new threat: President Donald Trump’s tariffs, including levies of 25 per cent on imported steel and aluminum and on goods from Canada and Mexico. “It’s going to cost the industry a substantial amount of money,” said Matt Cole, brewmaster at Ohio-based Fat Head’s Brewery. Trump’ trade war “will be crippling for our industry if this...
  • Beer Crisis: Will Finland Run Dry?

    03/24/2025 7:23:23 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    Euroweekly News ^ | 24 Mar 2025 | Marc Menendez-Roche
    Smiling man in sauna holding Finnish beer, towel wrapped around his waist- Beer fear brewing in Finland: strikes at top breweries spark supply warnings. Credit: Shutterstock, r.classen A bitter row over pay and working hours has left Finland’s top breweries facing industrial action this week – and the nation’s beer lovers sweating over their favourite pints. Nearly 1,000 workers across three of the country’s biggest beer producers – Hartwall, Olvi, and Sinebrychoff – have downed tools in a strike that’s set to last until March 28. And while breweries insist the taps won’t run dry, retailers are sounding the alarm...
  • What Makes Stinky Cheese, Well, Stinky, and Why You Should Try It

    03/02/2025 5:55:02 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 57 replies
    Food & Wine ^ | March 2, 2025 | Merlyn Miller
    Behind that aroma is a complex cheese packed full of flavor.Just because an ingredient or dish is polarizing doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time. As a child I didn’t like mushrooms — their somewhat slippery texture can be off-putting — but learning to love them over the years has opened up new opportunities to enjoy a meaty, umami-packed, and versatile ingredient. What would I do without buttery mushroom pastas and crispy fried fungi in my life now? Among the world of misunderstood ingredients, perhaps none is as renowned stinky cheeses. Taleggio, Limburger, Époisses, raclette, and Gruyère are all varieties...
  • 🚨 “There’s something Wrong - Maybe it the SPRAY - we SPRAY all over the place”

    02/21/2025 1:33:35 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 46 replies
    X.com ^ | 1:21 PM · Feb 21, 2025 | Concerned Citizen✓@BGatesIsaPyscho
    Noway is Trump talking about what I think he’s talking about? ✈️⚠️
  • Dublin community in shock after three men injured in ‘awful random attack’

    02/09/2025 5:05:20 PM PST · by Vendome · 29 replies
    The Standard UK ^ | February 9, 2025 | CILLIAN SHERLOCK
    man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspected knife attack that left a Dublin neighbourhood in “a state of shock”. Irish police responded to a “serious incident” after approximately 3pm on Sunday. Three men, aged between their mid-20s and mid-40s, were injured in what was described as an “awful random attack” across several streets in the Arbour Hill area of Stoneybatter in the Irish capital.
  • Bud Light hopes Super Bowl ad can reverse boycott damage

    02/04/2025 6:20:05 PM PST · by artichokegrower · 80 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | February 4, 2025 | By Patricia Battle
    In 2023, Bud Light had one of the worst years of its existence as it faced a massive boycott and lost its spot as the top-selling beer brand in America. The controversy surrounding Bud Light erupted in April of that year after the beer brand featured Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender social media influencer, in a social media campaign that promoted a $15,000 giveaway
  • Congestion pricing to drive up the cost for NYC beer hounds: Another ‘nail in the coffin’

    01/12/2025 7:50:51 AM PST · by Libloather · 34 replies
    NY Post ^ | 1/12/25 | Deirdre Bardolf
    That’s a buzz kill! Big Apple beer hounds may have to fork over 13% more for a brew as congestion pricing drives up costs for customers and businesses alike in some of Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods. Anheuser-Busch, whose brands include Budweiser, Michelob Ultra, Stella Artois and Corona, will raise keg prices by $5 across the board for customers throughout the NYC area, a company sales rep told The Post this week. “We’re building the cost of congestion pricing into delivery fees,” the rep said. And that means bars will likely have to charge an extra dollar per pint to offset the...
  • Canadian official threatens to cut 1.5M Americans’ power, ban US-made beer in potential Trump trade war

    12/15/2024 12:59:46 AM PST · by Libloather · 54 replies
    NY Post ^ | 12/13/24 | Ariel Zilber
    A senior Canadian official is threatening to cut off electricity to some 1.5 million Americans and ban the import of US-made beer and liquor as part of a potential trade war with the incoming Trump administration. Doug Ford, the premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, suggested retaliating against possible tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose on products from Canada. During a meeting on Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other premiers, Ford predicted that there is a “100%” chance that Trump will make good on his pledge to slap a 25% tariff on all...
  • Bud Light sales will be ‘permanently’ lower. Citi says buy Anheuser-Busch InBev anyway

    12/05/2024 1:46:00 AM PST · by Cronos · 31 replies
    Market watch ^ | 1st October 2024 | Steve Goldstein
    Bud Light sales are never going to recover. And yet now is the time to buy shares of its brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, say analysts at Citi. Analysts argue that the weakness in U.S. volumes — where Bud Light sales are deteriorating even after more than a year of a consumer boycott — are being offset by lower costs and ongoing strong margin expansion. Bud Light sales first started to fall following a backlash to a social-media campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Even more than a year removed from the eruption of the controversy, Bud Light sales are still deteriorating...
  • Beer Before Liquor? Busting 6 Popular Myths About Hangovers

    11/27/2024 2:25:21 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 27 replies
    NPR ^ | November 26, 2024 | Andee Tagle
    Photograph shows a metal flask casting a huge shadow that looks like a looming monster, symbolizing hangover anxiety. Is there a way to prevent the unpleasant symptoms that come with a heavy night of drinking? Experts weigh in on common hangover myths. Photo illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR Hangover cures are a dime a dozen. Guzzle a few raw eggs. Take an aspirin before bed. Chug a beer in the morning. These remedies promise to banish some of the nasty symptoms that can come with drinking way too much alcohol: headache, nausea, vertigo, anxiety — or all of the above. But...
  • Russia's inflation is so bad that potatoes cost 64% more than they did at the start of the year

    11/12/2024 5:40:21 PM PST · by USA-FRANCE · 113 replies
    But Russia's red-hot wartime economy comes with a price: inflation, which hit 9.8% in September. The price hikes are trickling down to basic food items, with prices of potatoes — a Russian staple — surging this year by 64% as of November 5, according to official statistics. Potatoes' price surge stems from bad weather and the rising cost of production amid a labor shortage and rising wages. It's not just potatoes. The data from Rosstat, Russia's federal statistics service, show that food prices have generally risen across the board this year. In late October, economists on the MMI Telegram channel,...
  • Map Shows the Most Popular Beers in Every US State

    09/29/2024 7:24:14 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 84 replies
    Newsweek via MSN ^ | September 27, 2024 | Marni Rose McFall
    A new study has showcased the most popular beers across the United States based on internet search data, highlighting regional preferences. While some household names top the charts, the analysis by health research company Innerbody.com, which used Google Trends data, revealed some surprising state-by-state favorites. The top three most popular beers in the United States are: Corona Bud Light Modelo Corona is the most popular overall, leading in numerous states, especially in the South. States like Alabama, Florida and Georgia showed a preference for the Mexican beer, demonstrating its appeal far beyond its home country. On the West Coast, Mexican...
  • The Best IPAs Of 2024—According To The U.S. Open Beer Championship

    09/17/2024 6:23:02 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    Forbes ^ | Erik Ofgang
    The best IPAs of the year were announced by The U.S. Open Beer Championship in mid-July. The competition was founded in 2009 in Ohio and is considered one of the three most prestigious beer competitions in the U.S. alongside the World Beer Cup and The Great American Beer Festival. Even though this year’s Grand National Champion, Third Eye Brewing, won based upon its dark beers, the IPA remained the most popular style of beer overall in this year’s competition, which divided IPAs into more than a dozen subcategories. “The hazy IPAs had the most entries [with] 176,” Dow Scoggins, the...
  • Truck spills load of beer into Mississippi road

    08/21/2024 8:34:00 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 43 replies
    UPI ^ | Ben Hooper
    Oxford Police Dept @OxfordPolice Jefferson Ave between North Lamar and North 9th Street is closed due to an 18 wheeler losing part of its load. Please use another route. And no, you cannot come help “clean up.” =================================================================== Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Mississippi warned drivers to avoid an area Wednesday when a truck lost its load of beer into the roadway. The Oxford Police Department said on social media that Jefferson Avenue was closed Wednesday between North Lamar and North 9th Street after the 18-wheeler dumped part of its load into the roadway. Photos from the scene show...
  • The Schlitz Mistake: The Rise and Fall of Schlitz Brewing Co.(Featuring Primo) (Video)

    08/03/2024 4:26:08 PM PDT · by chickenlips · 67 replies
    YouTube ^ | Dec. 9, 2023 | Arthur Randal
    The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was one America's Largest beer producer. Creaters of Schlitz Beer (the Beer that made Milwakee Famous) the brand was beloved by many until the mid 1970s when attempts to cut production cost resulted in a gradual drop in quality eventually leading to it's decline. Those intrested in the companies fall will find a summery of events from it's founding until it's eventual fall in the early 1980s. This video also delves into the Hawaiian Beer Primo that was brought by Schlitz and could have served as a warning.
  • Boater uses live alligator’s jaws to open beer can: ‘The most Florida thing I’ve seen all day’

    07/07/2024 9:30:41 AM PDT · by chickenlips · 26 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 5, 2024 | Ben Cost
    He deployed a gator “aid.” No can opener? No problem. A reveler is going viral after using a wild alligator’s jaws to open a beer in what viewers are dubbing “the most Florida thing” ever. The jaw-dropping clip was first posted to the X account Catch Up Bites but was recently shared by user Wall Street Silver, amassing more than 3.1 million views. In the jaw-some footage — its exact location and creator are unclear — an unidentified boater uses his hand to lure a small gator to his vessel. The reptile swims up to the boat with its jaws...
  • The 50 Best Beers in the World

    06/07/2024 3:36:54 AM PDT · by Libloather · 72 replies
    Men's Journal ^ | 5/15/24 | Joshua M. Bernstein
    The best beers in the world are easier to get than ever before. Forty years ago, customers strolling through grocery stores would only find endless variations on the easy-drinking domestic lager. Care for a Busch? Miller High Life? Bud Light? If you were lucky, you might find an imported Irish beer like Guinness, a beach-y Mexican beer such as Corona, or perhaps even Foster’s, that Australian beer sold in the oversized can. Today’s hopheads can pick from tens of thousands of the best beers that deliver every conceivable flavor and alcohol level. Hazy double IPAs are now sold alongside zippy...
  • Is this the hangover cure we’ve been waiting for?.....The hangover “cures” on the market don’t work. A new hydrogel does.

    05/20/2024 8:59:45 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 35 replies
    Big Think ^ | May 20, 2024 | Ross Pomeroy
    KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Although many supplements are claimed to prevent or alleviate the headache, nausea, fatigue, and other uncomfortable symptoms that can accompany heavy drinking, none are backed by convincing evidence. * A novel hydrogel appears to be different. When ingested, it prevents alcohol from entering the blood and stops the compound acetaldehyde from accumulating. * In experiments conducted on mice, animals that drank alcohol and were also fed the hydrogel had much lower blood alcohol levels than mice that only drank alcohol. The mice given the hydrogel were also spared from liver damage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share Is this the hangover...