Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
Bad Branding
Posted by on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in - 3 comments
I think I have to agree with the politically correct crowd on this one: • “Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams said it was an ugly, sick and shocking way of encouraging young people into a drinking environment. The look-alike beer was sold in brown glass bottles and had a frothy head …
Finally - Useful Information Technology
Posted by on Sunday, October 23, 2005 in - 1 comment
From the ever vigilant Ale Fan comes this news of an actual practical application of information technology: • “My thanks to yesterday's Independent for a little article pointing out this wonderful service. I suspect the more enlightened of you know about it already; Wherever you are in the …
Beer Ad Panic!
Posted by on Thursday, October 20, 2005 in - 2 comments
It must be what happens when people get ice cream headaches that never go away. They start writing studies and reports about the certain, widespread and accepted evils of beer, like this one: • “...the study found that 35 percent of the kids agreed that a Budweiser beer ad featuring a rock star …
Canned Beer Taste
Posted by on Monday, August 29, 2005 in - 6 comments
I received a heads up from The Wall Street Journal's designated reader of A Good Beer Blog, Carl, that the paper has posted an interesting article on US craft brewers using cans rather than or in addition to bottles. A taste test ensued and I will spoil the ending for you: • “Details are in the …
The <i>New York Times</i> on Summer Ales
Posted by on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 in - 1 comment
Have a look at today's article in the NYT on some ales for your consideration this summer. It amazes me how many columns there are on wine but so few on beer, especially given how big we all know beer is. Check-out the interactive feature, audio with a slide-show, to the left of the Times article.
Portugal Takes A Stand
Posted by on Thursday, April 28, 2005 in - 2 comments
Interesting to read this this morning in my review of the Portuguese media: • “Lisbon - Portuguese gym-goers are being urged to drink beer as part of a healthy diet in a campaign launched on Wednesday by the nation's main association of producers of the alcoholic beverage. A total of 20 000 …
<i>All About Beer</i> Magazine
Posted by on Sunday, April 3, 2005 in - 1 comment
I bought the May 2005 issue of All About Beer, published for 25 yeas now out of North Carolina. The picture shown is of an earlier issues as the magazine's web site has not caught up to its current newstand issue. I seem to buy an issue every year or so which is a fair comment on my regard for it …
Beer: not fattening?
Posted by on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 in - 16 comments
This article from the BBC asks the question "Is beer less fattening than wine?" It provides evidence that beer is, in fact, not as fattening as we have been lead to believe -- that it is less fattening than wine and far less fattening than spirits. It claims the beer bellies that abound in the …
Bad Beer, Baaad Beer
Posted by on Saturday, March 5, 2005 in - 4 comments
Have a look at this article in the on-line version of UK paper The Independent about a sex crime crack-down in Russia. This is the headline: Kremlin acts to stem tide of porn, beer and thong ads. The article, however, is really about the movement to address sexual morality in Moscow. Beer is … read more »
Red Alert!
Posted by on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 in - leave a comment
Sadly, evil lerks in the hearts of men: • “The FBI was called out to investigate a suspicious bag in Auburn [California] Wednesday, just one day after a pipe bomb was found near the city's Department of Motor Vehicles office. Authorities were called to a building under construction at Maidu … read more »
