Posts Tagged: Beer and Health
Should I Like Beer Labeling Or Not Like Beer Labeling
Posted by on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 in - 7 comments
Here is the thing. I am allergic to sulphites. Monosodium bisuphite is a killer to me. Gives me a respiratory reaction, like asthma. It's in some beers. Apparently proposals for beer labeling in Canada would include declarations that sulphites are in the beer: • The labelling changes, first …
The Photo Contest Presents Are In The Mail!
Posted by on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in - 5 comments
I did it. Finally. After the entries are in, after the judging and the awards, after the indulgence of the season, after the travel, after the laying around doing nothing layered in tinsel, after going back to work and looking out the window and asking myself what the heck all that was about … read more »
Jancis Robinson On The Virtues Of Milk Thistle
Posted by on Sunday, November 14, 2010 in - 1 comment
The name of the article by British wine writer Jancis Robinson is titled "Milk thistle - the Drinker's Friend" which does sound a wee bit like an idea from another era, a less politically correct era that could give birth to a book entitled like Everyday Drinking. Do we really call ourselves" …
Units And "Man Walks Into A Pub", 2nd Ed.
Posted by on Saturday, September 18, 2010 in - 10 comments
You know, I have often wondered about the odd measurement of alcohol strength that the UK uses - aka "the unit" - because it is so obscure. For me, I would like to see the number of ml of pure alcohol listed on every bottle. Wouldn't that be the easiest thing to do? Instead, we in Canada get …
Beer Most Slimming When Not Consumed!
Posted by on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 in - 8 comments
This has to be up there with the "open source beer" clap trap... or maybe the "women better tasters" silliness. It seems the more people need to make a buck the greater the need to foist a 90% rubbishy idea on people. And this one is pure fool's gold: • CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, and the …
Beer Also Makes You Taste Better
Posted by on Sunday, May 2, 2010 in - 2 comments
Not only does it make you funnier, more attractive and a better dancer but it also tastier to insects in the family Culicidae: • The tents used a complex system of tubing to direct the volunteers' body odour into boxes in such a way that the mosquitoes could choose which scent to go after. Half …
Remember To Cut Your Six Pack Plastic Thingies
Posted by on Monday, April 5, 2010 in - 3 comments
I don't get that many six packs and even fewer sixes of cans but I just finished off a six of Dales Pale Ale that I picked up a few weeks ago when I was over to the other side. Apparently, they are actually called six pack rings or six pack yokes if you believe the internet. After I ripped off the …
What Else Do People Do To Justify A Beer?
Posted by on Friday, April 2, 2010 in - leave a comment
I found this article both a bit sad and a bit sensible. I have friend who runs to eat pie and I suppose it makes sense that there are any number of people jogging ("running" is so self-congratulatory) for the same effect: • “I think people who run sometimes use it as an excuse that they can do …
Question: What Claims To Fame Can't Good Beer Make?
Posted by on Thursday, February 18, 2010 in - 5 comments
I think the forces of anti-neo-prohibition are at it again. I have never been sure who the anti-neo-prohibitionists are but that goes for neo-prohibitionists as well. They each stand for everything good as well as everything else and in the end look a lot like each other. Best of all, they aren't …
Healthy Hop Bombs For Big Bone Wannabees?
Posted by on Monday, February 8, 2010 in - 2 comments
I suppose everything will be... then won't be... good for you - and then they will be good for you later. So, I was not too excited by the news that beer seems to be an excellent source of dietary silicon by contributing to bone mineral density... until I noticed this tid bit: • "We have … read more »
