Category Archives: Beer
HR 1297 passes!
The resolution we have all been waiting for. The House passed yesterday Resolution 1297, which celebrates the “goals and ideals of Craft Beer Week.” This is a true victory for American beer drinkers. It’s good to see that the beer … Continue reading
Filed under American Politics, Beer
The Times (UK) asks the tough questions
like, “Are Nile feluccas safe?“ A British tourist drowned in Upper Egypt when his felucca capsized during last week’s floods, which is, of course, why the Times cares. Basically, they just say “be careful.” Not that interesting. I haven’t done … Continue reading
Filed under Beer, Egypt, Life Abroad
An unfortunate meme
Here’s a pretty ugly video that’s been circulating on many of the blogs that I read. It shows a bunch of drunk, stupid American Jews in Israel incoherently trashing President Obama and his Muslim sympathies. For someone like Phil Weiss … Continue reading
Filed under American Politics, Beer, College, Israel-Palestine, Jews, Mistakes
SB09!!!!
Sorry loyal readers, but I’m going on vacation for a few days for spring break. There will be neither wet t-shirt contests nor hot tubs in the off-season, Midwestern tourist town where we’ll be hanging out. Nor will there be … Continue reading
Mistakes
When this happens in Las Vegas it’s not news, but in Israel-Palestine it’s a pretty good story. (Via the Palestine News Twitter Feed.) A Tel Aviv stripper got drunk on Thursday night and woke up in Ramallah on Friday morning. … Continue reading
Filed under Beer, Israel-Palestine, Mistakes
Graphs can be fun and not even in a nerdy way
If you haven’t seen Wallstats, you really should. Jess Bachman makes graphs. Really fucking cool graphs about all kinds of things. The most famous is about death and taxes, but the most recent graph is about a subject particularly close … Continue reading
Filed under Beer
My friends are less interesting than I thought
The New York Times dining section ran a story today about “Brooklyn’s new culinary movement”. This “movement” is basically a bunch of Brooklyn hipsters who enjoy making traditional foods in traditional ways. Beer, pickles, chocolate, cheese, meat. Believe it or … Continue reading
New Beer of the Week
Second Beer of the Week: Big Foot Ale, a Brandywine Style Ale from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Most of their beers taste the same, but this one is exceptional.
