entries filed under ale fail

Beer isn't always good.

 

 It always good to remember that drinking and driving is a bad idea, but sometimes a story of stupidity helps illustrate that point even better. Take for example the story of the North Carolina man who ran his car into a mobile DUI checkpoint lab. The checkpoint had closed for the evening, but the driver of the ’89 Chevrolet Camaro still thought to stop. Well I guess you can call that a type of stop. Luckily no one in the lab was injured during the ...

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Next time you're sitting in the front row of a hockey game be sure to hold onto your beer. As this poor man and his beer learned at last night's Canucks v. Flames game: that glass has lot of wiggle room. I wonder how much money he spent on that beer? I am sure it wasn't cheap. But, hey, he's sitting in the front row so I am sure he can afford another one.  ( via Deadspin / Reddit )

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Scranton Pennsylvania is apparently the new home of a fake brewing company. I already know Scranton because of it's fictional paper company, but this is something a bit crazier. An article from thetimes-tribune.com has all the details about The Scranton Brewery Company who seems to have built an imaginary brewery with imaginary investors. The best part? You can order their fake beer on their website. I can't wait to taste their Gator Bait IPA. Sounds tasty! I wonder if Dwight K. Schrute ...

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How gay is your beer? Great poll question from Eatocracy that was inspired by a Time magazine article covering a brewery in Jalisco Mexico who caters to a specific audience: the gay community in Mexico. That's cool. But here's the strange part, apparently the LBGT brews from Cervecerua Minervao are flavored for the refined palates of gay men and lesbians. From Time, "Minerva, a small brewery in Jalisco, Mexico, believes its "artisan honey-ales" will appeal to gay men and lesbians whose refined tastes ...

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the categories

| ale fail

Beer isn't always good.

| beer events

Sometimes people have events, fests and stuff featuring beers.

| drinking holes

Looking for a place to drink a beer? Well here's a few places to go (and a few to skip).

| et cetera

Shit, I don't know where to file this entry. I'll just put it here.

| gadget

Buy me this.

| history

Yeah, a bunch of stuff happened the day before yesterday, yesterday.

| homebrew

The best beer is the beer you make.

| not beer

Seriously. You think I only want to write about beer?

| pint fight

What happens when two or more beers get together and face a fierce battle of mortal combat? Well that's what PintFights is all about.

| pintwell

Sometimes we talk about ourselves and worse sometimes we talk to ourselves (but mostly when it's quiet and no one is around). 

| snobbery

This is where we exhibit and/or shame the snobification of beer.