January 2010

Beer Book Review: The Naked Pint

by Luke

The following is a guest post written by Dave, a craft beer drinker and occasional craft beer writer at sevenpack.net. If you would like to write a guest post for BlogAboutBeer.com, please give me a shout. When I think “beer book” I envision an oversized book found on one’s coffee (or beer) table, filled with [...]

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Beer’s Key Ingredient in the Fight Against Cancer

by Luke

I always had a sneaking suspicion that drinking moderate amounts of beer was good for me. Turns out I’m right. The presence of the antioxidant Xanthohumol in the oils of hop leaves has been known for awhile (I first wrote about it in December of 2007), but this week even more reports and studies on [...]

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Chinese Frozen Beer Sculptures

by Luke

This video was shared with me this afternoon (thanks Wren) and I had to share it with you. Apparently it was shot somewhere in China this most recent December on a chilly, -34 degree (Fahrenheit?) day using Harbin Beer (a subsidiary of, you guessed it, Anheuser-Busch). It’s pretty neat to watch, despite the awkward use [...]

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Throw a Beer Party to Beat the Winter Doldrums

by Luke

I’m not talking about a raging kegger, I’m talking about a clever, themed “Better Beer Party”. There are plenty of options for themes: beer and cheese pairings, beer and chocolate pairings, traditional beer tastings (especially fun if you have friends who aren’t yet converts, so you can really teach them about beer) or you can [...]

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Announcing the 2010 BlogAboutBeer.com Mother of All Beer Blogging Contests

by Luke

It’s been awhile since I’ve run any sort of giveaway here on the blog and I’m in the giving mood. Plus it coincides nicely with the recent redesign of the site, being a new year, etc. etc. I’ll go over how to win and the fine print and all that momentarily but first the good [...]

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The 2010 Vignola Beer & Cheese Dinner is Coming Right Up!

by Luke

Happy New Year one and all. With each new year, comes January. And with each January comes what has, in recent years, become one of my single most-favorite, most-undiscovered Better Beer events in the state of Maine. I am referring, of course, to The Belgian Beer & Cheese festival at Vignola restaurant in downtown Portland. [...]

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