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 …read more

I’ve not been inclined to blog about one of the biggest bits of beer news around, the attempted purchase of Anheuser-Busch by InBev. It’s big news, it’s beer news, and this is a beer blog.
Then I read this article in the Economist and the reason hit me. The loss of Bud to a foreign company may be big news, but this blog is really more about good beer than it is just beer in general. And good beer, Bud is not. Indeed, the article talks about the people of St Louis crying into their beers, but if they use this …read more