August 2008

iPhone Application for the Beer Aficionado

by Luke

Popular online Social Networking blog Mashable.com today had a post describing 18 different iPhone applications all centered around drinking. Most of them were lame “guess your BAC level” and “R U Drunk” tests and shouldn’t get a second mention. But one of the applications, however, does seem really neat (neat enough that I may download [...]

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Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen: Jessica Simpson Pushing Shitty Beer

by Luke

The Internet has been abuzz today of news that failed singer actress reality tv star entrepreneur pop star Jessica Simpson has teamed up with Dallas’ Stampede Brewing Company to become the new face of Stampede Light Plus. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Simpson is reportedly taking on a 15 percent stake in [...]

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Photoshoping a Glass of Beer

by Luke

psdtuts.com has a neat tutorial today on how to draw a glass half-full of bubbly beer in PhotoShop: In this tutorial, we’re going to draw a beer glass with some beer in it. We’ll create the shiny curly glass with reflection, put some beer in it, add some bubbles, and finally we’ll make the shadow [...]

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Fun Beer Links: Summer Brews, Beer & Cheese, New Brew Mag

by Luke

Good evening, all – just wanted to share some fun beer-y things from around the web on this warm summer evening: First, a story from Primer Magazine entitled “The Beers I’m Drinking This Summer — And Why“, which goes beyond the American Light Lager to encourage folks to drink Blondes — like Pyramid Curveball Blonde [...]

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When All You Need is a Beer

by Luke

As I mentioned in my previous post, I spent the first few days of this week at Affiliate Summit East in Boston. Monday was the longest and most grueling day of the conference and when it was over my co-worker Nate and I were in desperate need of a beer. While we’re both relatively familiar [...]

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Beer Briefs: Benefits, Beer Blogs and Cask-Conditioned Gold Metals

by Luke

It’s been a crazy couple of days – I just got back from three days at Affilite Summit East at the Seaport Hotel in wonderful Boston, Massachusetts. It was an exhausting, whirlwind trip but I met a lot of good people and learned a lot of great things. I’ll definitely be returning for Affiliate Summit [...]

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