Posts Tagged: Beer and Health
Are There Too Many Questions About What's Too Many?
Posted by on Thursday, January 21, 2010 in - 4 comments
Lots of talk around these days. Pete has posted his series on the media and stories about representing alcohol use in the UK. Jay has had a mirroring series that has been a theem for sometime. I am still not fully satisfied because, while Pete and Jay each have honestly shared past experience … read more »
Has An Unacceptable Level Of Drinking Been Described?
Posted by on Sunday, January 17, 2010 in - 8 comments
Pete Brown has run a series of posts this week and last that delve into stats being issued by various government agencies and health lobby groups in the UK. It is important work that Pete is doing as there is no stat worse than the unexamined stat. Today's post was called "More Hilarity with …
Day 13: Xmas Photos Of Beer Are Still Arriving
Posted by on Saturday, November 28, 2009 in - leave a comment
I am a little less than pleased with the idea of Xmas beer today. I did the math and realized that one bottle out of the six - usually a sensible session - overwhelmed the others, sneaking an extra 38% of strength into the evening. Oh, for a session beer culture. Not sorry headed or anything but …
Your Very Weird Beer Health Story Of The Day
Posted by on Sunday, October 11, 2009 in - leave a comment
Yes, the verdict on beer and health is all over the place. Seems like it'll help if you want to keep your ticker going so that you have a better chance of facing that cancer it cause. If that's important to you, well, beer may be your drink. It's hard to figure out what you are supposed to think …
Dammit. Dammit Dammit Dammit.
Posted by on Thursday, September 17, 2009 in - 8 comments
I should never read health news. But this report was Canadian. I thought it would be OK. • "Our results show that the heaviest consumers over the lifetime had the biggest increases in the risks of multiple sites of cancer," researcher Dr. Andrea Benedetti said. Many studies have suggested that …
BBADD: UK 'Fraidy Cats To Ban Beer Glasses
Posted by on Monday, August 24, 2009 in - 8 comments
'Fraidy cats. The world is full of them. BBADD has no time for them. Yes, beer bloggers should be against crime and dumbness that leads to real harm but 'fraidy cats are not worried in the same way. They want to sweat the small stuff... but then try to make it look big like this: • The UK …
Mmmmm... I Love Material In My Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 in - 5 comments
It's not so much a material I get to taste as a material that removes other material to make a material difference to beer. Makes sense? Me neither - here's the story: • A material that could lead to beer with significantly longer shelf life has been designed by researchers. The approach works … read more »
BrewDog Now Attracting The Mathematically Challenged
Posted by on Monday, July 27, 2009 in - leave a comment
Tokyo beer has over 18%. Scotch whisky has over 40%. Let me try that again. Tokyo beer has over 18%. Scotch whisky has over 40%. Funny. The way you would read this quotation from BBC Scotland today would make you think that 18 is more than 40: • ...Alcohol Focus Scotland chief executive Jack Law …
Thank Heavens We Maintained The Canuck Stereotype
Posted by on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 in - 2 comments
Lesson: Whatever you do to a Canadian in a time of confusion and crisis, however you restrict his liberties... you can make it all better with a beer: • Quebec students put under a seven-day quarantine in a small hotel in northern China are getting beer and McDonald's delivered and spending … read more »
Book Review: "Everyday Drinking - The Distilled Kingsley Amis"
Posted by on Sunday, April 19, 2009 in - 1 comment
There are days and there are days. Some days you have club soda instead. You go for walks. You have a salad and are good to yourself. And other days you do not. That is the way things go in these times of the general awareness of the need to be healthy. But not so long ago there were not these …
