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Have a Safe New Years Eve!

Darcie Vany — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:53:49 +0000

From all three of us at Brew Ha Ha, have a very safe New Years Eve! Enjoy your beer responsibly! Post from: EveryJoe Have a Safe New Years Eve!

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Breaking News: Too Much Drinking Is Unhealthy

Darcie Vany — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:52:58 +0000

It always fascinates me that they keep finding research to prove that too much booze is unhealthy. I think at this point, they can stop doing this research. We all know it to be true. I’m feeling the effects of last night’s beer right now.

The World Cancer Research Fund just released the results of a study proving that too much beer and wine causes cancer. The thing that I find shocking is that Google News returned 160 different articles about this. I wish they would pay me to announce these things rather than wasting all that money on research.

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Could You Really Die for a Beer?

Darcie Vany — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:41:22 +0000

A man in El Paso died after he was shot by police when fleeing a convenience store with a stolen case of beer. I can imagine that in the hour before he decided to steal it, he was eating a lot of salty peanuts and then he turned to his buddy and said ‘Man, I could just die for a beer.’

Or, the cop was sitting with his cop buddies eating donuts talking about how bored they were and he said to his buddy ‘Man, I’d kill for a beer right now.’

It’s been a while, but can’t you get a case of beer for like a $1 each? Panhandle for about 5 minutes and you could probably get enough to buy one of those tall cans. Or, if neither of those are an option, check out an AA meeting. I love beer as much as the next guy, but I wouldn’t die for it.

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You Can Never Take Away the Pub!

Darcie Vany — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:53:29 +0000

Looking around the net, I came accross this post from some guy in Colorado (I oddly find lost of beer posts from people in Colorado…maybe they’re all drunk there?). In it, he says that Twitter reduced the need to go to a pub to socialize. Something about the economic downturn forcing people to drink at home.

Dear Pub Owners: PLEASE lower the price of beer. Something needs to be done to protect the sanctity of getting smashed in a bar! If there is no one around you physically, you are still drinking alone. Web friends don’t count.

Dear Poor People: Sell your laptop, then you will have enough money to go to the bar. Don’t use your financial situation to become a recluse.

The proper way to use Twitter to communicate about beer is to tweet things like “@francs, I’m over at St Louis grabbing some wings and a pitcher. You in?” or “I just ran into @darcievany who just ordered her 5th Mill Street Organic. Delicious!”

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Beer + TV = Perfect

Darcie Vany — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:27:48 +0000

Gadgetlovers, beer lovers, tv lovers can unite over this new invention. I guess the beer tap market doesn’t really change a whole lot year-to-year, so they had to come up with other ways of staying on top of the competition. They put an LCD screen into their tap in what they have named the V-Pod. It has a TV and 6 beer taps. I say whoever gets this in time for Superbowl has the biggest party.

The screen is pretty tiny, 10″, but when you say to the party host “Hey Frank, can you grab me a beer?” he can no longer answer with “No, I don’t want to miss the game.”

Are there any two things you can think of that could be combined into a super-product like this?

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I’m Moving To Syracuse

Darcie Vany — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:21:36 +0000

In Toronto we have an annual Beer Fest, which is a weekend of binge drinking. It’s odd, but I have never been. I always seem to be out of town that weekend. This past year, I didn’t go because I was saving my liver for a trip to Boston the week later. I think celebrating beer for an entire weekend is a great idea.

Until I found out that other cites do an entire week of it. Syracuse NY has the Syracuse Beer Week. A whole week of beer drinking! The even have a gala!! Imagine…putting on a cocktail dress, some strappy sandals and drinking pints all night. It’s so classy! Put me down for Syracuse Beer Week next year. Anyone want to do a road trip?

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Super Beer Giant Created

Darcie Vany — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:21:32 +0000

Sky News reported that Belgian beer monster InBev is going to take over American brew master Anheuser-Busch. Don’t know why, no one drinks mass-produced beer if they can help it.

But it’s good to know that beer companies aren’t failing with the rest of the failing markets. So we’ll be poor but drunk. Maybe if no one can afford beer, they’ll drop the price?

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Beer Truck Driver Submits to Temptation

Darcie Vany — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:36:31 +0000

The Houston Chronicle reported a story about a beer truck driver who crashed his truck while drunk on the job. I DO NOT in any way condone drinking and driving, I am a huge fan of public transit and greasy cabs, but can you really blame the guy? He’s stuck in a semi-truck all day with sweet, sweet beer so close within reach. The smarter thing to do would have been to wait until he reached his destination, then sneak a few into his cab to bring home. Getting fired for stealing is no big deal, but a trucker who crashes a truck while drunk, that’s gotta hurt your employment potential.

According to the article, the beer was contained in the truck. That’s gotta disappoint onlookers. I’d be part of the clean-up crew that gets rid of a truck of overturned beer.

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Albertans Keeping Us Prairie Folk Proud!

Darcie Vany — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:59:32 +0000

The Calgary Herald reported today that my home-province’s next door neighbors love their beer. The article quote some booze professional as saying that Albertans “…don’t need fancy, frilly things….”…which is why they also don’t like Celine Dion. Apparently half of all alcohol sales are beer, most is bought at the liquor store and drank at home. Bush parties!

I grew up an hour from the Alberta border, and the legal age in Alberta is only 18, so I visited frequently for about a year. My take is that Western Canadian beer is just way better than beer elsewhere.

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Bears Fans Get Beer Early On Sundays

Darcie Vany — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:43:04 +0000

According to the the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Bears fans have persuaded the city to loosen the liquor laws to allow beer sales in grocery stores to start at 9am instead of 11am on Sundays.

I don’t see why this is such a huge deal. A true beer fan would know which shady grocery stores sell them early anyway. Though I don’t think it was really Bears fans that did the persuading. I think it was the wives and girlfriends of Bears fans. Two reasons I think they are the ones behind it:

1) If they have to stay home while their husbands watch sports all day, they want to be hammered.

2) If they can get their husbands sauced enough, they can take the credit card and hit the mall or maybe a salon.

Who needs beer so badly at 9am on a Sunday? Aren’t you still in bed because of the partying from the night before? Anyway, good job guys. Football fans, wives of fans and alcoholics can all get what they want now.

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