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04 Nov 2009 10:55

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U.S.: Vermont wants to get you drunker than any other state

  • 16% the legal alcohol-by-volume cap for beer in Verdrunk source
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29 Oct 2009 20:25

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U.S.: Henry Louis Gates and James Crowley have another Beer Summit

  • No Obama was needed this time. “River Gods” in Cambridge is now a vapid landmark. Back in July, a much simpler time for our country, the president got in the middle of a festering racial tussle between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and police officer James Crowley. It became a massive, unlikely news story – the president drinking a beer with a couple of guys he built a media controversy around. At the time, the professor and the cop said they might meet up again. They appeared to do so last night at a Cambridge pub called “River Gods,” which we’re sure is loving the press. source
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18 Oct 2009 12:04

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Offbeat: This guy’s a little too drunk to be getting more beer

  • If we were ever this drunk, one of you would tell us to stop, right? This guy has to hold his drunk self up by the door handle of the cooler where the beer’s at.
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10 Oct 2009 14:38

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Tech: Some jerkwad wastes beer AND a Palm Pre. Painful to watch.

  • WHY?! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!?! Beer is awesome. So is the Palm Pre. So some jerk decided to combine the two to see what happened. It isn’t pretty. In fact, it’s pretty darn sad. It pains us to watch it. source
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27 Aug 2009 10:30

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Biz: Bud Light’s “fan can”: Wearing team colors like a fairweather fan

  • idea Bud Light, which may as well be water, came up with this “Fan Can” idea to market beers in team colors just as college football season was starting up. Why support one team when you can support the whole Big Ten?
  • response The FTC isn’t keen on Bud’s idea, because it may lead to underage drinking. (Uh, whatever.) The schools themselves are ticked because the colors make it seem like they’re supporting crappy light beer. So are we. source
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31 Jul 2009 10:33

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U.S.: The beer summit went so well, there might be a sequel

  • We’re guessing Obama won’t be on board, though. Sgt. James Crowley says that the meeting between him and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. went pretty well, and while nobody apologized, they plan to meet again. One thing that Crowley noted is that nobody apologized for their actions in the beer-off. We’re guessing that they’ll meet again where there aren’t any cameras, they’ll become the best of friends, buddy-comedy style and star in a big hit movie called “Arresting Officer.” source
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30 Jul 2009 10:34

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Politics: Missing from the White House beer thing: The 911 caller

  • Maybe it’s a guy thing. … She doesn’t like beer anyway.
  • Wendy Murphy • Attorney for Lucia Whalen, the woman who made the phone call that started a chain reaction that started with the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and will (hopefully) end today at the White House over (crappy domestic) beer. Murphy notes that her client, the only person who didn’t “overreact” in the situation, will be at work. Whalen, who isn’t white but a first-generation Portuguese-American, didn’t get an invite. • source
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28 Jul 2009 20:51

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U.S.: Yo Obama: Bud Light sucks. Use this microbrew instead.

  • We’re reaching out quietly… We’re trying to network our way in. We’d love to be the beer at this event.
  • Harpoon Brewery co-founder Dan Kenary • On the company’s desire to use back-door channels to convince the powers that be to use his beer during the anticipated photo-op meeting between the president, Henry Louis Gates and James Crowley, the cop who arrested the Harvard scholar. The other two guys have a little taste – Gates will be reppin’ Red Stripe and Crowley has been known to dig Blue Moon, but President Obama for some reason insists on drinking Budweiser. Dude. We know you can do better. • source
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25 Jul 2009 22:27

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U.S.: It’s official: We can settle our racial differences over beer

  • The president, a scholar and a cop walk into a bar … Henry Louis Gates Jr. confirmed today that he accepted a chance to have a beer with not only the white Cambridge police officer who arrested him, but President Barack Obama, whose spare comments on Gates’ arrest got him in the middle of a bunch of drama we’re sure he didn’t want. They won’t be drinking at some corner bar outside of Harvard, though – they’ll be drinking at the White House, which we’re sure is well-stocked with some quality brew. source
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08 Jul 2009 22:27

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Offbeat, World: “Kim Jong Ale” shows us the softer side of propaganda

  • Apparently North Korea isn’t all about making plans to rule the world. A new ad run on state television (with predictably *awesome* graphics) promotes beer drinking, saying it gives you good health and contains protein. Now that’s something we could totally get behind. source
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