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The Beer and Run Dilemma

The Shark — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:23:43 +0000

When I tell people that I'm an avid beer drinker, they glance down at my stomach, nod approvingly, and ask "Why are you telling a total stranger this information?" But when I tell them I'm also an avid marathon runner, they look more apt to believe that Charlie Sheen really got rushed to the hospital for laughing too hard.

Detox, or: Why I Hate First Dates

Levi J. Lieb — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:12:07 +0000

The late child actor Stanley Fafara known for playing Beaver Cleaver’s friend Whitey on Leave it to Beaver, who spent the last portion of his life in the Old Town slum of Portland, Oregon, said that he made the move to Portland from Los Angeles because it was a city catered towards drunks. “Instead of waking up in prison, I would find myself in a detox center with a free breakfast,” Fafara told the Oregonian newspaper in a 2002 interview not long before his death.

My Beer, My Hound Dog and Me, or: An Argument for Drinking Alone

Levi J. Lieb — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:50:38 +0000

Most people, especially those who visit a web site dedicated to beer, drink socially. For events as big as a wedding to as small as watching a college football match, to marking a friend’s return or a loved one’s passing, to celebrate passing a test and to forgetting about failing one for at least another day; beer serves us with a social lubricant to make any event seem a little better. I too subscribe to this and like my memories spiked.

Brew Stories - Ron Silberstein - Thirsty Bear Locavore Pale Ale

Jonathan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:39:11 +0000

Today on Brew Stories, we have the pleasure of interviewing Ron Silberstein, a leader in the local and organic craft brew movement. He talks to us about the Locavore Pale Ale that Thirsty Bear made from all organic/locally sourced ingredients. However, the process is a good step in the right direction, but a truly sustainable model in CA is missing one key ingredient. Watch the episode to find out more. Music by Brad Sucks http://www.bradsucks.net/. Thanks to Ron Silberstein for the interview and insight on the local craft brew community.

In Other Brews - News that matters - October 5, 2010

Jonathan — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:51:14 +0000

Anchor Dan Sullivan discusses the fair and balanced news that matters. The demise of Hummer, Mercury, Saturn and Pontiac, hotels in outer space, the Giants victory on Sunday and more.

Full Moon Brewing

Tony — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:46:05 +0000

For the first time in 20 years, Autumn in the north began with a full moon. Concerned readers are shouting "WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BEER LOVERS?" To these concerned readers, I say "please stop shouting. There's information about beer-crazed monks coming up."

Airport Drinking or How I Stopped Worrying

Levi J. Lieb — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:21:59 +0000

Currently in the middle of a backpack trip to Europe, I am writing this ithe downstairs bar of an 800-bed hostel in London, witnessing the evening’s crowd of international youth dwindle down, and drinking what should surely be my last cider of the night, cider not being my first choice of drink, but as they say, ‘when in Rome’, or in this case, England.

Brew Town – Portland, Oregon

Levi J. Lieb — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Greetings from Portland, Oregon, the city from which, along with former figure skating angel, Tonya Harding, I have called my home for most of my life. This is the place that Kerouac called the land of bridges, whose nicknames vary from; the Rose City, Stump Town, P-town, Rip City, PDX, and which the former mayor dubbed ‘Brew Town’, a city that had double-digit unemployment long before it was popular, more strip joints per capita than anywhere else in the country (and most recently made news for the first ever vegan strip club), home to an active volcano within city-limits, soapbox derbies, and naked bike rides where attendance is in the thousands, and where at one point in history was the world capital of the white slave trade which according to various local legends, drunken citizens awoke to find themselves facing the decision of offering their services on a boat in the Pacific or a long swim home.

Brew Stories - Lost Abbey - Yellow Bus with Tomme Arthur

brewdies.com — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:29:55 +0000

Hanging with Tomme Arthur, owner of the Lost Abbey, and savoring a bottle of Yellow Bus is a beer connoisseurs' dream. Yellow Bus is a sour ale made of heirloom peaches ... and not just any peaches. Check out this amazing behind-the-scenes story.

In Other Brews - News that Matters - August 31, 2010

brewdies.com — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:13:05 +0000

Anchor Dan Sullivan talks about the news that matters: President Barack Obama, Kim Jong Il, Starcraft 2, Fox News, Coffee served in "cups", Facebook, and the weather. And he gets busted shotgunning a brewski.