Myth Busters

PopTheCap.org is the group in NC that spearheaded the lifting of a 6% cap on ABV of beers in North Carolina. They publish a monthly newsletter that always has some great information. This month they address some myths:

1. Blue Moon is a craft beer.


2. Frozen Mugs are acceptible.


3. Fruit slices are cool.


4. A glass is a glass.


5. Goats eat tin cans.


6. Beers and Ales.

Read the article here: http://www.popthecap.org/news/jan07/

Beer Gut Chemistry

It's not necessarily the extra calories in alcohol that give you the beer gut, it's the chemicals it causes the liver to produce...

http://www.rochester.edu/uhs/healthtopics/Alcohol/caloricvalues.html

Take that Light Beer!

Don't Fruit the Beer!

This man law has been discussed once already on 4loveofbeer. I just realized that the last two brews are, dare I say, "fruit related". Dos Equis is superb with a lime wedge and the beer I brewed yesterday was a Fruit Beer base...

Would I normally brew a fruit beer, probably not. But my wife's birthday is next month, and I was hoping to make a beer that she might enjoy. I was going to do Blueberry pie, but she really wants something with strawberries. So...Strawberry Shortcake Ale it is. Strawberries and a vanilla bean should give the beer a taste reminicent of strawberries and cake. I hope this works!