Month: July 2008

New York pub crawls: Because your regular drinking dens are like following the spin-dry cycle

Germans have seen cheaper, sunnier and smokier days

We just heard about this from the Brits and zee Germans are hurting for beer customers. Hotter days may call for more beer drinking but ultimately it’s the rising prices, the “health” factor and a few things not mentioned below, the trend to move expand drinkers pallets to other brews, wines and hard cocktails that …

Drunk with fire crotch leads to jail for “friends”

I think we’ve all been there at some point where those that pass out early are susceptible to practical jokes. Usually these pranks involve shaving cream, hair clippers, permanent markers, food, or the left over trash. Then there are these guys that thought it would be a laugh to light their friend on fire and …

Beer losing British Iconic appeal?

LONDON (AP) – The iconic British pint is fast losing ground as the national drink, with a report out Monday showing beer sales in pubs slumping to their lowest level since the Great Depression. Squeezed by a nationwide smoking ban, rising costs, competition from supermarkets and the economic downturn, beer sales fell 4.5 percent between …

Win a Fantasy Football draft day from Redhook Brewery

Fantasy football players across the country are preparing for the most important event of the year: their draft day party. As players delve into intense stat checking and hours of ESPN watching, Redhook is offering fantasy football teams the chance to win a draft day party even NFL players would show up for. Beginning July …

This Bud’s for EU

Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewing company in the US has agreed to sell itself to the Belgian brewer InBev (brewer of brands Leffe, Becks, Bass, Stella Artois, Brahma, Hoegaarden, & Staropramen) for about $52 billion, the two companies confirmed today [NY Times reporting], putting control of the nation’s largest beer maker (new name being announced as …

Virtual Beer Pong Controversy? or Green Gaming?

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s attorney general isn’t happy that a video game called “Frat Party Games: Beer Pong” was rated suitable for children as young as 13. The video game is based on a popular college drinking game where competitors toss a pingpong ball into the opposing player’s cup. If the ball lands in the …

Disabled UK man in electric wheelchair refused 3rd beer

Just last month we heard about a man pulled over for DWI because he was driving an electric cooler while intoxicated, and now we have further idiocy where a man confined to a wheelchair was refused brew because a law limits intoxication for motorized riders of wheelchairs? This is completely ridiculous to us. Going 4 …