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Light Beer: Love It or Hate It?
The other day I went to Tommy's Joynt, a San Francisco institution, for the first time. The establishment serves up hearty food (it was featured on Triple D) and has an extensive list of beers from all over the world. My sister ordered an amber ale, but I wanted a light beer and asked the bartender for an exotic recommendation.
Guinness Tests Out Mid-Strength Beer
After more than 200 years, it appears Guinness is trying to make a splash with its new products. First, it unveiled its 250th Anniversary Stout, a limited-edition carbonated beer, and now it's begun testing out a version of the world's best-selling stout that contains less alcohol. In comparison to at least 4.1 percent in standard Guinness, Guinness Mid-Strength, as it's called, contains only 2.8 percent alcohol.
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Fast & Easy Dinner: Spicy Tofu Bento Bowl
After overindulging on pub favorites and loads of beer, tonight keep things light and healthy with a vegetarian meal that's full of crunchy veggies. The spicy tofu is seasoned and seared with a sauce made from sesame oil and soy sauce. The mixture sits on a bed of brown rice, baby greens, shredded carrots, sliced cucumbers, and creamy avocado.
Is Your Beer Cold Enough? Check The Label
In order to help folks across the nation "stop suffering from warm beer syndrome," the Coors Brewing Company is launching a new Cold Activated Bottle. According to research by Coors Light, consumers want to know when their beer is at optimum temperature. To help them out, Coors designed a label that will turn from white to blue when at the perfect temperature.
Bud Light's "In the Can" Commercial Aims Below the Belt
To promote its new Bud Light Lime cans, Anheuser-Busch is getting the word out through an interesting campaign that takes raunchiness to the next level. The online commercial features confessions of people who claim they enjoy "getting it in the can."
Industry vets have called the spot a "wannabe viral video" that's "crude" and "juvenile."
Yummy Links: From Watermelon Salad to Vending Machine Pizza
- Watermelon, goat cheese, greens, and balsamic vinegar come together to make the Summer's prettiest salad. — The Recipe Girl
- Interested in trying a new wine? Here are 25 bottles under $25 that are worth sipping now.
Sunday Slow Cooker: Barley Vegetable Soup
A little forward thinking today will go a long way. Chances are, after the big game, you'll be craving something light, fiber-rich, and low in fat to help you get over too many beers, chips, and buffalo wings.
Before you head out to your Super Bowl festivities, bring together barley, broth, seasonings, and whatever vegetables — canned or fresh — you happen to have on hand.
Happy Hour: Spaten
This week was off to a good start with an extensive tasting at 2010's Winter Fancy Foods Show. But I must admit, walking around eating everything from chocolate to caviar was exhausting.
Midday, we were sampling some serious chili sauce from Indonesia.
Happy Hour: BarbaRoja Barrel-Aged Red Ale
While Argentina's not exactly a place known for its beer, it should be known for one beer in particular, the superbly smooth, easy drinking BarbaRoja barrel-aged red ale. Although this beer comes in a Champagne-like bottle with a cartoon pirate label, it's not feminine or cheap-tasting. Rather it's a rich, frothy ale with light body and malty, slight caramel flavor.
Corona Introducing 24-Ounce Cans
This news might come as a surprise to Anheuser-Busch, but Bud Light lovers aren't the only ones who like to get it in the can. So do Corona drinkers. Crown Imports, the importer and distributor for the popular Mexican beer, plans to roll out 24-ounce, single-serving cans of Corona and Corona Light.
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