beer

Beer. We know it. We love it. We drink it to the tune of 133 billion liters — that's 35 billion gallons — each year. So much for 99 bottles of beer on a wall...

The pause that refreshes, or the nectar of the Gods — Beer is many things to many people. But mostly, it is an alcoholic beverage made through a brewing process combining water, a starch source like barley or wheat, and flavoring usually with hops.

Beer is also the world's third most popular beverage — trailed only by water and tea — and the source of a brewing business that as of 2006 generated some $294.5 billion in revenue. In countries like England, Germany, and increasingly America, beer is also an integral part of the culture.

Beer has become synonymous with everything from being the "guy's guy" beverage of choice, to armchair spectator sports (those Super Bowl ads), to more high-brow endeavors like beer tastings and festivals. Beer varieties vary from common commercial lagers like Budweiser and Coors, to golden, amber and pale ales, to microbrews and darker varieties like brown ale or the stouts brewed by companies like Guinness.

In the blogosphere, beer is celebrated on sites like the Beer Advocate, BeerMe.com, and the Beer Church. Chug-a-lug.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “beer”

• Danno’s Pub Inaugural Beer Tasting : Porters

  
  STL Hops - A St. Louis Beer Blog — Authority: 131
  Danno’s American Pub, located at 7895 Watson Rd, 63119, is a bar that has been family owned for about 30+years.  It’s gone through a couple of name changes over the years, but it’s historically been kind of a blue collar bar over it’s history. When Danno’s co-owner Chris Muether re-opened the bar under a ...
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• PBC Holiday Party & Pig Roast

  
  Foobooz — Authority: 486
  Philadelphia Brewing Co. is hosting their annual holiday party this Saturday from 2 to 5pm. The Delco Nightingales (Best thing going with Delco in the name) will be playing Christmas favorites and PBC’s Winter Ale will make its debut.The fine folk at PBC are asking for donations (cash, cat food, fleece blankets, ...
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• Talking Head: Thanksgiving beers: Don’t serve a turkey with your turkey

  
  Omnivore Atlanta — Authority: 434
  While wine may be the traditional alcoholic beverage to serve with Thanksgiving dinner, the rich palette of flavors is probably best complemented with beer.
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• Deal Feed: Thanksgiving Week Specials @ the Memphis Taproom

  
  Things to Do in Philadelphia: uwishunu Philly — Authority: 562
  Photo courtesy the Memphis Taproom The Memphis Taproom is saying showing their thanks a little early this week. On Wednesday, the popular Kensington pub will be pouring all their draft beers for just $3 a glass, all day and all night. They’ve got an impressive list of beers on tap, according to their website. ...
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• Shelton Brothers Dinner at Monk’s Kettle

  
  thefullpint.com - Beer News, Beer Reviews, Event Coverage. — Authority: 480
  The Monk’s Kettle to Host Beer-Pairing Dinner with Shelton BrothersOn Wed December 2, 2009, the Monk’s Kettle will offer a six-course dinner designed to highlight seven beers from different regions. Each dish was created ...
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• Stone Imperial Russian Stout – Vintage 2000

  
  thefullpint.com - Beer News, Beer Reviews, Event Coverage. — Authority: 480
  From TFP – We were lucky enough to attend a special 1o year vertical of Stone Imperial Russian Stout at Stone World Bistro and Gardens at the beginning of November, to celebrate San Diego Beer ...
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• Courting Morpheus X-Post

  
  Jodi Lee Bleeds - The Unspeakable Terror of BychWych — Authority: 118
  (x-posting from The Pagan & The Pen, groups)It’s been three years since the Courting Morpheus anthology was conceived, two since it was supposed to be in print and has been through two publishers. Finally, Courting Morpheus is being published!Featuring stories by Geoffrey Girard, Camille Alexa, and Louise ...
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• O’Fallon Is Going Big

  
  STL Hops - A St. Louis Beer Blog — Authority: 131
  Big props to Paul Hayden from the Wine and Cheese Place for discoving this bit of news, but it appears that O’Fallon Brewery has upgraded their liquor(?) license which will allow them to brew beers with higher ABVs. According to O’Fallon’s co-founder Tony Caradonna, they already have some big plans coming ...
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• Lift Bridge Crosscut Pale Ale Party

  
  MNBeer - Beer from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Paul and beyond — Authority: 140
  December 11, 2009 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm Come and help us celebrate Lift Bridge Brewery’s second label of bottled beer: Crosscut Pale Ale. From 6:30-9:30pm on December 11th the Lift Bridge Guys will be here to hand out samples and talk to you about their wildly successful brand of local beer. Enjoy reduced ...
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• Tap Handle Display – Holds Three

  
  Home Bar Blog — Authority: 503
  Show your love for baseball and beer with these handcrafted tap stands.   $12.95 | Beer Items | Read more...
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• Hops history

  
  Hop Talk — Authority: 132
  © Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited “The Zythophile” has a fascinating history of the use of hops in beer. As you might expect, we have a certain fondness for those little flower cones. A short history of hops When exactly hops began to be cultivated for ...
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• Spruce Goose to fly at Steamworks

  
  Fermentedly Challenged — Authority: 128
  Heres news of another returning seasonal beer coming from the Steamworks Brewing Company of Durango, Colorado. Look for this beer wherever Steamworks beers are sold. Spruce Goose returns as holiday seasonal at Steamworks Unique beer brewed with “spruce tips” from San Juan Mountains DURANGO, Colo. – ...
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• OFallon Russian Imperial Stout

  
  The Wine and Cheese Place — Authority: 138
  Some exciting news for Missouri... OFallon Russian Imperial Stout I noticed that OFallon got a Russian Imperial Stout registered (so far, just draft) and found out from Tony Caradonna that we will see a lot of new stuff this year now that they have a license to produce higher alcohol ...
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• Pork and Beer Health Boost at Nonbei, Hartamas

  
  After Giovanni — Authority: 112
  I had been plagued with a series of physicial ailments and dining out seemed like a distant concept. So when it came to catching up with Fat Tulip one night, I was happy to just jump in his car and go with whatever came up. We arrived at Nonbei in Desa Sri Hartamas with little expectations, other than some ...
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• ANYONE UP FOR A PERTH BEER FESTIVAL

  
  YeLPar — Authority: 131
  Regular readers will remember my issues with the Perth International Beer Festival earlier this year. Well its not long until this event returns to our social calendars. Although Im pretty sure its been scratched off a hell of a lot of to do lists since last January. If you arent familiar with the ruckus, have a read ...
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• People of Walmart Tees Volume 1

  
  Coty Gonzales | T-Shirt Reviews, Interviews and Coupon Codes — Authority: 135
  So I’ve be a bit amused by the site People of Walmart and spent some time the other day perusing their archives. The one thing that I noticed, other than an assortment of very obese and obscene people, was the collection of naughty and sometimes disturbing T-Shirts. I thought I’d share with you a few of them. ...
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• Bury Beer Festival

  
  Tyson's Beer Blog — Authority: 409
  Bury Beer Festival took central stage at the Met over the weekend with its expanded format proving popular amongst drinkers and music lovers alike. Certainly the inclusion of the downstairs bar area into the festival was very welcome as it vastly increased the amount of seating available. A quick head count made ...
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• Colt45 URCC 15 “Onslaught” Fight Result

  
  Between Bites — Authority: 426
      Last Saturday, my friend/”sole” sister Madz and I was at the 15 th installation of Universal Reality Combat Championship dubbed, “Onslaught.”  This time it was staged at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.  Thank goodness that the World Pyro Olympics was staged at the Fort or we would have been ...
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• You Know You are Having a Bad Day When…

  
  PurpleSlinky — Authority: 421
  There are some days when you know you should never have got up in the morning. You just know you are going to have a bad day. There are some days when you do not know you are going to have a bad day but have one anyway. Whether they knew it was coming or not, these people were definitely having a bad day: Now that ...
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• Salvator again

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 473
  Obsessions are wonderful things. I always have something to talk about. Its time to return to an old favourite, Salvator. That retired diplomat again. How I love the early days of the German Empire. Gründerzeit, thats what the Germans call it. (What a wonderful way with words the Germans have: Schadenfreude, ...
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