Entries from September 2005 ↓

I have no idea what that title means.  Anywhoo…

A-B (they make Bud—Weis—Er) are coming out with a pumpkin beer under the Michelob brand which will be called Jack’s Pumpkin Spice. From the article:

Anheuser-Busch has quickened the pace of new products this year as it seeks to drive up sales in a sluggish beer market.

Sluggish only if you are one of the mass producers. Microbrews are seeing a 7% increase. Hmm, maybe they are on to something with their flavor, interesting bottles and labels, and stuff?

Using pumpkin for the fall beer seemed a natural choice, [John Costello, product manager, Michelob Specialty Brands] said. “I like to describe Jack's as a wicked blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove and real delicious pumpkins.”

Jeez, you’d think they came up with the idea of making pumpkin beer. Although I haven’t had it yet, I’m going to guess it will be more like “an overpowering blend of cheap pumpkin spice and wickedly mediocre beer” but I’m cynical like that.

The rest of the article is filled with a press release disguised as a news article.

I am Jack’s beer snob.

Link via: The Brew Site

Well, not really. But some German inventors have created a beer mat (coaster) that will sense when your beer is almost empty and notify the bartender. Personally, I prefer the following invention to tell when I need another beer:

So you’re sitting around planning to tour all the US states and do a keg stand in each one. If you’ll be purchasing said keg, you’ll want to know which states have keg registration laws. Wikipedia is there to help.

So the title says at least. Give it a try and see what beer you are.

Just when you thought all the beer-related health news was rosy, it seems a recent study found people “defined as heavy beer or spirits drinkers faced more than twice the risk of developing significant colorectal neoplasia, compared with abstainers or moderate consumers”. Neoplasia is a fancy term for tumor.

Wine drinkers were about half as likely as abstainers to be at risk. I’m no doctor, but it would probably be too hopeful to just do the math and figure that if you had a glass of wine for every beer then you’d be back where you started as far as risk.