Entries from June 2005 ↓

Just in time for the holidays (yes, they are coming sooner than you
think so get off your lazy ass now and buy something!) you can get some
fine beer bracelets, rings, or  cuffs for that special someone in your life. Not recommended for anyone in a 12 step program.

Alan over at A Good Beer Blog has started a bitchin' post with a review of
seven hefeweizens. He's through four so far and has promised
to update the post as he samples the rest.

According to AdRants,
Wal-Mart will now be carrying US Beer Drinking Team apparel. You can
avoid the lines and the [insert bad NASCAR or other trailer park
sterotype] and get yours at the USBDT online store.

So much for my soy milk-beer-windex cocktail tonight.

Professor Fraser and her team tested combinations of three chemicals:
genistein; 8-prenylnaringenin, which is found in hops; and nonylphenol,
which is found in such industrial products as paints, herbicides and
pesticides, as well as in cleaning products and in the production of
pulp paper and textiles. The researchers investigated the effects the
chemicals had on capacitation, the stage when a sperm acquires the
ability to fertilize an egg.

“We found that combinations of small quantities of these three
xenobiotics stimulated sperm far more than when used individually,” she
said. In particular, the chemicals stimulated the sperm to undergo an
acrosome reaction. This is when the cap on the head of the sperm
ruptures and releases enzymes that enable the sperm to penetrate the
coverings of the egg.

What's this all mean? Beats me but any article that mentions beer and sperm is too hard to pass up.

Link: Daily News Central

I'm just practicing for a possible new bill going through the New York state legislature:

The
bill would create a tourism mechanism similar to the New York State
Wine Trail, a state program promoting tourism and marketing at state
wineries.”We have over 50 breweries in New York state making great
beers and diverse beers, and for the state to recognize that and
promote that is an honor and a very tangible business benefit to us,”
said Chris Ericson, board member of the New York State Craft Brewers
Association and owner of the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery.

Link via: The Daily Star