An old friend came into town this Sunday. We kicked off the celebration with a bottle of DeuS and, long story short, I haven't gotten around to blogging until today. Perfect time to catch up on this week's beer happenings with a beer blog round-up.
- There's been a lot of chatter about the Men's Fitness list of "America's five best bars for beer lovers." In today's beer climate, limiting the list down to just 5 seems impossible, and, with as little offense to Men's Fitness as possible, I'm not sure if they are the magazine to do it.
- The idea of healthy beer has been a headturner as a number of blogs and news sites have been running the story of scientists at Rice University who integrated the anti-aging chemicals from red wine into a new BioBeer. Here's what Discovery had to say about it.
- Hipsters really seemed to Digg this article on Sloshspot discussing The Evolution of Pabst Blue Ribbon's Beer Advertising. Or you can just drop into Bob & Barbara's on South St. in Philadelphia and see it all firsthand.
- As the InBev buyout of Anheuser-Busch continues to move forward, it's a hot topic on the blogs. Here's the long and here's the skinny.
- A couple weeks ago, I talked about the trend towards more canned beers. Well, last Friday, Joe Sixpack discussed the "Big-bottle trend: Beer that looks like wine." Anything to stand out from the crowd.
- Guinness will be releasing a 250th Anniversary Stout next year according to Beernews.org. If I ever celebrate a 250th anniversary, I think a beer will be in order.
- It's a question I often wonder myself: How many beer blogs are really out there? Well, yesterday HopTalk announced they now have over 200 blogs indexed for searching on their Beer Search Engine. Um, stick with me, people.
- And finally, here's a fun story we can all relate to: Trying to pay your bar tab with gum wrappers. Sure the economy is tough, but this is a poor solution...
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