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Going Green For Beer: Poor Mass Transit In The US Makes Alcohol More Dangerous

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Mass Transit, Green Living, Green Cars, Drinking, Alcohol, Beer, Public Transportation, Green News

President-Elect Barack Obama is under pressure from all sides to create exactly the right kind of economic stimulus package -- some want it green, som...

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How to Fake a Distinguished Wine Palate

Sophie Brickman | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Flavors, Alcohol, Beer, White Wine, Wine Tasting, Red Wine, Food, Wine, Culinary School, Style News

Take a small sip of your wine, swish it around, and pretend to spit it out in your cup. Do not actually spit it out. You will not be able to make it through an entire evening with oenophiles otherwise.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev To Cut 1,400 US Jobs

AP | AOIFE WHITE | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Anheuser-Busch Job Cuts, Unemployment, Economy, Beer, Inbev, Job Cuts, Anheuser-Busch, Business News

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Monday it would cut some 1,400 U.S. jobs _ or another 6 percent of its U.S. work force _ to h...

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Drinking to the Progressive Constitution

Doug Kendall | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 21st Amendment, Constitution, Beer, Prohibition, Politics News

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment, or the repeal of Prohibition. Tonight, throughout the land, patriots shal...

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Ode to a Beermonger: Heileman's Old Style Beer Distributor Dead

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Heileman’s Old Style, William P. Schirmang, Old Style, Chicago Beer Distributor, Old Style Beer, Beer, Chicago News

By the time I was old enough to be sent to the fridge to fetch a cold one, William P. Schirmang had wheedled Old Style out of his trunk, and into the hearts of beer drinkers across town.

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Five Boozey Steps to a Green Drinking Binge

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Beer Industry, Green Living, Green Beer, Beer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Green News

Green is the buzz word, and there's no exception to this rule in the alcohol industry, where breweries and distilleries all around the world are worki...

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Get Your Green Beer While It Lasts!

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Green Beer, Beer, Green News

Planet Green reports that green beer -- that's eco-friendly beer, not the stuff you buy on St. Patrick's Day -- is becoming more widespread. Because b...

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The Beer Crisis: Are Craft Brewers Next To Be Hit By Economy?

US News and World Report | Kimberly Palmer | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Craft Brewers, Financial Crisis, Economy, Beer, Business News

The beer industry is often described as immune to economic downturns. After all, when people get laid off, they want to nurse their sorrows with a col...

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Pumpkin Fest Gets Political In Lefty Half-Moon Bay

Natasha Chen | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Michelle Obama, John McCain, League for Coastside Protection, Socialism, No on Prop 8, Beer, Half Moon Bay, Halloween, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Communists, Tax Policy, Voter Registration, Yes on Prop 2, League of Women Voters, Gay Marriage, Home News

Political expression became the new spice in pumpkin pie this year at the annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival. The annual weekend event draw...

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Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Chicken, Culinary School, Barbecue, Smoking, Cooking, Beer, Bbq, Food, Grilling, Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits, Slow Cooked Chicken, Texas Cooking, Texan Dan, Style News

Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.

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5 Ways That Bacteria Might Save The World

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Bacteria, Alternative Energy, Environment, Biogas, Beer, Methane Gas, Green Beer, Green News

Bacteria gets a bad rap. Sure, certain harmful strains such as E. coli and staph occasionally reek havoc in our food chain and hospitals, but overall ...

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Walk To The Pub: New Green Beer Campaign

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 09.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Walking, Carbon Emissions, Beer, Coopers Brewery, Green Living, Green Beer, Carbon Footprint, Green News

What better way to reach Aussies with a message about climate change than through one of their favourite things:- Beer? Coopers Brewery have been runn...

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Friday Talking Points [44] -- McCain House Party!

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

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John McCain said something ridiculous to a reporter yesterday. I hasten to point out that the previous sentence should have been a major media headlin...

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Let Them Drink Beer

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

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There was a news item today about a group of college presidents who have signed on to an effort to "rethink" the drinking age in America. While not e...

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Rubber Sidewalk Installed In Iowa Town To Prevent Keg Damage

AP | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Iowa, Beer, Kegs, Stupid News, Home News

AMES, Iowa — A sidewalk project means there may be a little bounce to the beer kegs instead of dings in the pavement when delivery trucks unload...

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Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

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Boston Beer Is The New King Of Independent American Beers

Fortune | Beth Kowitt | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Sam Adams, Inbev, Samuel Adams, Anheuser-Busch Buyout, NYSE:SAM, Jim Koch, Budweiser, Beer, Boston Beer, Anheuser-Busch, InBev Anheuser-Busch, Sam Adams Beer, Business News

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The pending acquisition of Anheuser-Busch (BUD, Fortune 500) has left some Americans crying in their beer over the loss of iconi...

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Anheuser-Busch's Gradual Greening: "5 Billion Green Beers"

CleanTechnica | Ariel Schwartz | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Beer Sales, Eco Living Tips, Eco Living, Beer, Green News, Environment, Green, Beer Industry, Green Living, Anheuser-Busch, Green Beer, Green Drinks, Green News

Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewer in the US, announced today that its breweries will rely on renewable energies for 15 percent of their needs by 2010...

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Textbook Downloads -- Green or Not?

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: The Green Life, Kindle, Money, College, Budget, Books, Free Textbooks, Beer, Environment, New York Times, Green Living, Facebook, Students, Reading, Personal Finance, Green News

Four years' worth of college textbooks use the paper equivalent of yields from at least six 40-foot trees.

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Australian Man Spent $1,000 A Month On Beer

Reuters | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Australia, Beer, Business News

SYDNEY - An Australian man convicted of his seventh drink-driving charge was spending about A$1,000 ($972) a week on beer -- enough to buy more than 2...

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Blue Laws Repealed, Sunday Beer Sales Legal In Colorado

CNNMoney.com | Douglas Quenqua | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Colorado Beer, Prohibition Laws, Blue Laws Repealed, Beer on a Sunday, Blue Laws, Beer, Sunday Beer Sales, Colorado, Colorado Beer Laws, Business News

(Fortune Small Business) -- On Sundays, Jeanne McEvoy sits in the office of her Loveland, Colo., liquor store and turns away customers. She would, na...

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Beer Environmentalism: Sapporo To Help Drinkers Understand Impact

My Green Element | Stefan Deeran | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Coca-Cola, Sapporo Environment, Sapporo, Beer, Sustainable Drinking, Environment, Japan, Green Beer, Green News

According to Environmental Leader, next year, Sapporo, a Japanese beer company, will start labeling its beer bottles with the amount of carbon emissio...

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299 Superdelegates On The Wall...

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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Since Super Tuesday, every time Hillary picks up one superdelegate, Obama picks up three. If this continues, he is going to pass her very soon, and gain the lead in superdelegates.

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Taverngate: Hillary's Foreign "Whisky"

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Jack Daniel's, Beer and a Bump, Democratic, Whiskey, Clinton, Bronko's, Beer, Bourbon, Whisky, Hillary Clinton, Canadian Whisky, Indiana, Bronkos, Home News

Down here in Lynchburg, we've been following the Whiskeygate story with interest, and we're just puzzled as to why Sen. Clinton is drinking a Canadian brand instead of a good American whiskey.

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Obama Win 'On Tap' -- Due to Beer-Drinkers' Vote?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Pennsylvania, Clinton, Barack Obama, Campaign 2008, Beer, Politics News

We all know that George W. Bush won the presidency because he was the candidate voters wanted to "have a beer with" (even though he wasn't suppose to ...

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