You may recall the Republicans’ budget trick in Wisconsin which was designed to protect MillerCoors from competition from the InBev distribution network. The provision also royally screwed small craft brewers. The great GOP champions of free market competition effectively made it illegal for craft brewers to market their beer wholesale, prevented them from organizing co-ops …
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Standing on the corner of fifth and vermouth
I had the best Manhattan I have ever had last night, at this place. It was smooth without being overly sweet and had a bit of cherry taste to it. The cherry taste probably came from some juice from the brandied cherry, but I haven’t figured out how it got so smooth without being over-vermouthed …
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State of the Union: Game on, Boyfriend
Tonight is the State of the Union Address, not a presidential debate, but still… …this clip from the West Wing is one of my favorite clips in all the land: Also, if you plan to have a couple drinks tonight, might I suggest the State of the Union drinking game? Everytime he says filibuster, drink …
Five o’clock world
Everyone remembers the Paul Masson commercials, but the Carlsberg commercials are good too: There are those who prefer James Earl Jones, but for my money, Orson Welles was the best voice-over guy ever. Update. I inadvertently posted this from the future, it went on at 5 am. I should retitle this feature 17 o’clock world.
Antibiotic beer
My uncle used to say that winter was death, fall was the diagnosis of a terminal disease. This fall feels especially grim now that Republicans’ 80 point lead in the all-important generic preference poll is inspiring liberal bloggers to muse about how badly Democrats will respond to certain defeat. To ward this off I’m going …
Balloon Juicers- Our Time Has Finally Come
I’ll drink to that: But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren’t entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one’s risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers’ mortality rates are higher than those …
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Beer and lemonade
I think Matt Welch is reading too much into what I wrote on beer deregulation. When I say that regulation in and of itself is pretty meaningless, what I mean is that for better or worse liberals, conservatives, and libertarians often treat regulation or deregulation as some magic bullet. You often hear on the left …