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Can You Identify American Breweries?
Happy American Beer Day! To commemorate the many great American breweries, I put together another round of the popular American beer identification game. I'll list a brew and you tell me if it's American or not.
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Noteworthy Nibbles — Sept. 23-29, 2008
This week, spice up your free time with the chili cook-offs that are setting the country aflame. Whether you're looking for an epicurean adventure at the Bellagio, or something more along the lines of a back-country roadkill cook-off, you're in luck. Check out what's going on in your neck of the woods this week, and let us know if we've left anything off the list!
Bye Bye Budweiser! American King of Beers Now Belgian
Belgium's government collapsed today, but at least they can drink away their sorrows. An American treasure — Budweiser beer — is now Belgian. Perhaps baseball or apple pie will leave us next.
Americans Are Drinking Less Beer — How About You?
In a recent study conducted over a 50-year span, scientists discovered that people's drinking habits have changed in the US. According to the new study published in the American Journal of Medicine, Americans drink less beer and more wine. I guess they've realized that beer isn't chock full of beneficial antioxidants like wine.
Which Will Be Legalized First: Pot or Gay Marriage?
Can you believe it used to be against the law in America to have a nice cold beer or a refreshing glass of wine? I can't! Perhaps that's what future generations will say when they look back at some of our more moralistic laws, specifically those banning marijuana and gay marriage.
Happy Hour: Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale
These days, my street isn't the only thing covered with pumpkins; so is my kitchen. I've been using the gourds in everything from moist pumpkin bread to chicken pumpkin stew, and so I decided it was high time I enjoyed it in ale form, too. Although it's believed early American icons like George Washington and Ben Franklin enjoyed pumpkin ales, one Bay Area craft brewhouse, Buffalo Bill's, brought the beer back into vogue when it became known for its special blend in the 1980s.The whisky-colored amber ale ($7.99 for six), which is brewed with fresh roasted pumpkins and malted barley, possesses only a delicate squash flavor, but has lingering pumpkin pie spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg that become more prominent as the beer warms.
Noteworthy Nibbles — June 9-16, 2009
From Dr Pepper to pork to Philly cheesesteaks, this week's noteworthy nibbles seem to pay homage to time-honored American food traditions. We can't wait for the first ever Great American Food & Music Fest in Silicon Valley, which will feature guests like Bobby Flay and Guy Fieri, as well as famous regional specialties from all across the United States. Know of anything we've left off the list?
Marijuana vs. Booze: Between Pot and a Hard Place
When Michael Phelps partied at the University of South Carolina last November, he was reportedly slamming beers and acting obnoxious. But it was smoking marijuana out of a bong that got him suspended from swimming and dropped by sponsors. In the forthcoming book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?, authors Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert wonder if our country has it all backwards.
Morning Links — Brad Pitt Not Joining Sherlock Holmes Movie
- Despite rumors, Brad Pitt will not be a last minute addition to the Sherlock Holmes cast after Guy Ritchie was unsatisfied with the first round of edits — Us Weekly
- District 9 tops the box office, with GI Joe in second place and The Time Traveler's Wife in third — BuzzSugar
- Lily Allen cries on stage over her back pain — PopSugarUK
- The Office's Amy Ryan is pregnant — lilsugar
- Mary J. Blige is the next American Idol guest judge — Lifeline Live
- Michael Phelps had a beer before his car accident — TMZ
- Alyssa Milano gets married to CAA agent David Bugliari in New Jersey — Celebitchy
- Did Tony Romo dump Jessica Simpson because she partied too much? — Fox Pop Tarts
- George Michael gets arrested on suspicion of DUI; he claims he was sober — Wonderwall
- Zac and Vanessa clear up engagement rumors yet again — I'm Not Obsessed
Say What? Lady Gaga Likes Cars, Thus Not a Feminist
"I'm not a feminist — I, I hail men, I love men. I celebrate American male culture, and beer, and bars and muscle cars."
Lady Gaga maintains that she is not a feminist because you cannot want equality for women and still enjoy beers, bars, and cars.
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