Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

Using beer to win the war against slugs

Are you a gardener? If so, you probably are familiar with slugs and the damage they can do. Well, it's beer to the rescue! Beer traps are simple and effective way to take control of the slug population in your garden. They are easy to make and work, literally, overnight.

You start with a small container, just a few inches across and an inch or so deep. I've used single-serve yogurt cups and the cardboard tube that frozen juice concentrate comes in cut down to size. Next, you dig a hole in your garden that it your container can sit in with its lip flush with the ground. Fill it half way with beer and wait. The following morning you'll find your container full of dead slugs. Keep doing this until there are no more slugs in the morning. Then, set the trap occasionally, maybe every week or two, to make sure that you have no new invaders.

This really works; I've done it myself quite a few times. Maybe the best part about it is that it only takes an ounce or so of beer so what else are you going to do with the other 11 ounces of beer in your bottle but drink it, right?

Oh beer, is there nothing you can't fix?

How Beer Saved the World review

If you live in the US you might have noticed a program on the Discovery channel last year called "How Beer Saved the World." The basic idea is that beer is responsible for nearly every bit of progress that humans have made since the dawn of civilization. For everything from the wheel to modern medicine and almost advancement in between, we have beer to thank.

It's out on DVD now and the company marketing it sent me a copy. From the first email to the press release and then on the DVD box and plastered prominently throughout the program was that "quote" from Ben Franklin that you know I tend to go on about a little too much. My expectations weren't high. But, the film is actually quite entertaining. Was it accurate or even believable? Check out my review here.

And the biggest US brewer is

I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.

Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.

New beery articles for February 2012

I just published a handful of articles for February. Check 'em out:

• What is extreme beer?
• Extreme beer defined
• Beer and sugar for the homebrewer
• Lactose defined
• Fructose defined
• Maltose defined
• What is malted barley?
• The many faces of pale beer

The first extract homebrew beer recipe

This is not exactly extract but it seems fairly familiar to those of us who have brewed with the thick, syrupy wort extract sold in homebrew stores. It's a homebrew recipe from 1825 found in a working man's notebook.

Thomas Denton was tired of paying for his favorite beer, London Porter, so he came up with this "Recipe for Cheap Beer." It calls for a peck of barley, 7 pounds of treacle and 4 ounces of hops. The barley, which I'm presuming shouldn't be malted, is toasted and soaked in hot water. Then the water is drained off and boiled with the treacle and hops. Not unlike a typical extract/partial mash recipe that homebrewers are using today.

I'm tempted to try this. I'd probably use sorghum molasses which isn't quite the same thing as treacle but close enough. Here in the States, I can only find treacle locally in little half pint tins so I'm not buying 7 pounds worth that way. Otherwise, though, this looks pretty doable and could just make a tasty beer. Well, if not exactly tasty it would be at least interesting.

New beer articles for July

Here's some summertime beery goodness:

• How beer is made - Malting and Brewing
• How beer is made - Lagering and Packaging
• Do women like beer?
• What exactly is craft beer?
• Beer travel - A brief history of Missouri beer
• Beer Travel - Missouri beer today
• Golden Wing Blonde Ale from Finch's Beer Co. - Tasting notes and review
• What is the best way to store my beer?

New articles for May 2012

Here's a handful of freshly brewed beer articles for your reading enjoyment!

• Tasting notes and review of McChouffe from the Achouffe Brewery
• How do I brew with herbs and spices
• Chouffe Houblon from the Achouffe Brewery
• What should I brew for my first homebrew?
• How do I judge beer?
• Reputations and preconceptions in the beer world

Arnie the beer vending machine

Let me start by saying that the odds that you will ever actually encounter Arnie are nearly zero. It or he is available only to the staff at Arnold Advertising, a Boston-based ad agency. So, unless you work at that particular company, Arnie isn't interested in you. That's a shame because it seems that Arnie is a pretty cool guy to know.

The machine is packed with beer brewed by the agency. (I guess that would make it workbrew instead of homebrew, right?) They brew six 15 gallon batches at a time, package and label it then load it into Arnie. Arnie resides in the agency bar where employees can stop by for a beer.

But, there's more to Arnie than that. He knows you. He can recognize the people who regularly use him when they enter their order. He even has a twitter account and a facebook page where he announces new beers and occasionally invites people to come hang out.

Sounds like a nifty beer gadget although I'm not sure how I feel about a pushy vending machine.

New beer articles for March

I've been busy churning out some more beery goodness. Check out my latest articles:

• Beer just can't get no respect!
• Is German beer superior to all other beer?
• Beer ads
• Beer brand loyalty
...and a few new definitions added to the glossary:
• Unit of alcohol
• Bottle conditioned
• Alcohol by volume (ABV)
• Esters

New beer articles for June

Check out the new beery goodness I just dropped on the site:

• Why do some brewers use rice or corn in their beer?
• Lawnmower beer styles
• How to host a beer dinner
• What is that stuff in the bottom of my beer bottle?
• What is the most important ingredient in beer?
• What are hybrid beers?
• Beer and barbeque
• Yeah, I just really don't like beer

A couple of beer firsts

For a long time, Redhook and Spoetzl breweries shared an interesting little quirk. They each only brewed one type of beer. Rehook brewed only ales and was proud of that fact. I remember touring the brewery a few years ago and listening to the tour guide expound on the virtues of ale.

Spoetzl, the brewery that makes Shiner beer, lived on the other side of the beer world. The brewers there brewed only lagers. Their beer rose out of the German lager tradition which was popular when they opened over a hundred years ago.

But, recently, both breweries decided to take a ride on the other side. Redhook introduced a one off, summer seasonal Pilsner in 2010 that was such a hit that it's now in their regular line-up. And just this month Spoetzl is introducing their first ale.

Both breweries sent me samples of their beers so check out my reviews of Redhook Pilsner and Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale.

• What's the difference between ale and lager?
• More info about ale
• Lager
• Pilsner history
• Pale ale profile

Blokesonly homebrew competition Seriously

You know I tend to go on about how brewing companies see women. Over the years, beer marketing was strikingly misogynistic. For a long time it was mostly the big companies although lately I've noticed a few so called craft brewers breaking out the bikinis.

But, we're not here to talk about that. This time it was homebrewers. Like most things beer, women tend to be in the minority when it comes to homebrewing. Even so, there are lots of female homebrewers out there and many of them make some great beer. However, according to the organizers of the Lake Hayes A&P Show in Queenstown, New Zealand when it comes to homebrew competitions, the ladies need to stay at home.

It was Rachel Beer who discovered this when she tried to enter the competition. "Blokes-only" was the answer she received. Her response was perfect. "Who cares if I have or haven't got balls? At the end of the day, a home brew is a home brew."

Classy move, boys.

Calling all beer pros

I'm looking to expand my coverage of the beer world to professions involved with beer in any way, be it brewing, distribution, advertising, writing, selling or anything else. I'm looking for folks interested in anything from a long interview to a few thoughts about specific beer questions.

So, if you making a living from beer and are interested in sharing a few thoughts with my readers please contact me. Let me know how you're involved in the beer industry and how long you've been at it. You can contact me by leaving a comment on this blog post or send me an email at beer.guide@about.com.

Force carbonation defined

Here's a little semantic bonus for the home brewers/keggers amonst us: force carbonation.

Beer ice cream

This one is about a couple of ice cream flavors made from beer. Well, not beer actually. They are made from wort.

Wort, as you beer nerds and homebrewers know, is unfermented beer. Wort is the stuff that beer is before yeast converts the sugars in it to alcohol and CO2. Wort is sweet, sticky, brown water that is full of beery goodness without the alcohol. Really, can you think of a better thing to make ice cream out of, other than milk, of course?

So, this ice cream is made with wort by Victory Brewing Co. in Pennsylvania and is available only at the brewery. It comes in two flavors which are based on the beer that the wort was supposed to become before the ice cream maker co-opted it, Triple Monkey and Golden Monkey.

January beer articles

Here's a round up of the articles I've been working on for this month. Hope you enjoy them!

• What is a good beer or beer style for cold weather?
• Does free beer exist?
• Beer book review: Beer for Dummies, 2nd ed.
• Brown ale style profile
• Can I age beer like wine?
• Pasteurization defined
• Redhook Pilsner Reviewed
• Beer review:Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale from Spoetzl Brewery

Finchs turns one

Chicago based brewery Finch's Beer Co. is celebrating its one year anniversary. You can read all about the brewery on the press release they sent me a few weeks back.

So, I hear you ask, why are you bringing this up? Lot's of breweries are having their first or any other anniversary so why are we talking about this one? Frankly, the answer is that they sent me a few beers to review and mentioning the anniversary is a bit more interesting than just announcing that there are a couple of new beer reviews to check out.

Stop dawdling and check them out already!
- Cut Throat pale ale
- India Pale Ale, a collaboration brew with Threadless.

Beer bottle jeans

We've discussed beer bottle houses before. They are those strange yet oddly mesmerizing structures made by stacking beer bottles until walls, floors and roofs form.

This is nothing like that.

Actually, if you didn't know that these jeans were made from beer bottles you wouldn't know it. They look like regular jeans. But, somehow and I can't even pretend to know how, these jeans from I'm Not a Virgin, are made from crushed beer bottles and cotton.

The company is still looking for funding on Kickstarter so if you have some cash lying around doing nothing so, why not kick a few doubloons their way? I really want to wear beer bottle jeans to the next beer festival I attend. It seems like a much better way to get into the spirit of things than wearing lederhosen.

Beer at work

I just read this article about companies that make beer available to their employees. The author's human resources perspective lumps this perk in with other benefits such as free food and the famous sleeping holes at Google. In the end, she appears to conclude that allowing employees the occasional beer is okay and is a useful barometer of the company's environment. Are you the kind of person who thinks that beer and work don't mix? Then, you probably shouldn't work at a company that keeps a well stocked beer fridge in the breakroom.

I'm really on the fence about this. Of course there are jobs where there should be absolutely no alcohol whatsoever - healthcare and trucking come to mind - and other jobs where it wouldn't be a big deal. Most office jobs would probably be fine. There are a few jobs where it's actually part of the job. Many breweries ask their employees to taste the product, either for quality control or just to keep them in touch with the product.

The reason I might not be in favor of beer on the job is the question of self-control. Here in the US we are still a little prudish about any form of alcohol. As such, some people can go overboard when they suddenly find that they are allowed to drink in unusual or unexpected circumstances. While most people in most situations could handle a beer on the clock there are always a few for whom it could become a problem. But, we shouldn't be punished for their problem, should we?

I just don't know. Should beer be available at work, assuming the nature of the job allows it? Sounds like a good time for another one of my world famous beer polls.