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IT WAS ELIOT NESS and the Untouchables, as played by the Keystone Kops. More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location. The alleged offense: Although the bar owners had bought the beer legally from licensed Pennsylvania distributors and had paid all the necessary taxes, the police claimed that nobody had registered the precise names of the beers with the state Liquor Control Board -...
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JAMES CITY — With layoffs imminent locally and a corporate goal to cut another $500 million this year, what’s next at the brewery? InBev produces beer at 151 breweries in 30 countries, of which James City’s represents only 0.75% of capacity, according to one close observer. In short, we’re vulnerable. AB InBev has been zealous at cutting costs among all 12 U.S. breweries, achieving $1.2 billion in “synergies” last year, according to the 2009 annual report. No one is talking openly about what the county might do to save the brewery. One obvious answer is to cut water rates, but...
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In this economy, even Rush Limbaugh said to turn your luck around by creating your own destiny, doing what you'd love to do. What if you would love to buy a pub, and such an opportunity is before you? Have any of you done this? What were some of the pitfalls? What are the big decisions that factor into whether or not to take the plunge? The opportunity that presents itself in this instance is of small capacity, maybe 50 persons, light and airy, with a kitchen for pub food as well. Location could be listed as "Could NOT be...
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Munich's answer to Lent: stronger beer Published: 26 Feb 10 09:56 CET Lent might be a period of abstinence, but Bavarian monks decided centuries ago that drinking highly alcoholic beer helped their fasting. Thomas Barkley explains Munich's Starkbierzeit tradition. The end of Fasching, what Bavarian Catholics call Carnival, heralds the beginning of Lent, the Christian season of fasting. Normally considered a period of abstinence, in beer-crazy Bavaria it's time to crack open extra strong Starkbier brews. Starkbierzeit has become such a fixture of Munich's annual event calendar that locals refer to it as the year's 'fifth season.' The supermarkets are...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama owes his Canadian counterpart a case of beer. Obama made the friendly wager with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper before Sunday's U.S.-Canada gold medal game. Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sidney Crosby's overtime goal. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama had a case of Yuengling, a Pennsylvania regional brew, riding on the game.
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Osteoporosis Less Common In Beer Drinkers Drinking a few beers could help you keep strong bones as you age, researchers from the University of California, Davis reported. They said in a news release that a new study suggests beer is a significant source of silicon, which helps increase mineral density in bones. Lead author Charles Bamforth said it had not previously been clear why the brewing process ended up with so much silicon in beer. One finding in the study was that hops contributes four times the silicon that is found in the malt from barley.
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IRVINE, Calif. -- A man who had his hand severed after being dragged by a Metrolink train two weeks ago was struck again on Tuesday and lived to tell about it, authorities said. The 57-year-old man claimed he fell from the platform onto the tracks at the Irvine station and was hit by a northbound train Tuesday morning, police said. The man gave the same explanation after he was hit by a train in Laguna Nigel Feb. 8 and dragged 87 feet, according to Sgt. Mike Meyers of the Irvine Police Department. The man's left hand was severed at the...
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Chimpanzees are intelligent enough to appreciate how big a pint of liquid is, or the volume of any other measure. That shows they have an ability to gauge the difference between continuous quantities, such as a pint or half pint of non-alcoholic fruit juice. Previously, apes have only been known to differentiate discrete quantities, such as eight sweets over five. That means chimps are more intelligent than we thought, and shows they have a basic grasp of the physics of liquids. Details of the discovery are published in the journal Animal Cognition.
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BrewDog said Sink the Bismarck would be sold online A controversial Scottish brewery has said it has reclaimed the title of the world's strongest beer from German rivals - with Sink the Bismarck at 41%.BrewDog, of Fraserburgh, made headlines last year when it unveiled a 32% beer called Tactical Nuclear Penguin. However, Schorschbrau released the 40% strength Schorschbock. BrewDog said its newly released 41%, Sink the Bismarck, would cost £40 for a 330ml bottle and would only be sold online.
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GAUHATI, India - Authorities in a Christian-majority state in India's remote northeast have confiscated all copies of a school textbook that carried a picture of Jesus Christ holding a can of beer and a cigarette, an official said Saturday. The primary school textbook, which teaches cursive handwriting, used the picture of Jesus on the page for the letter 'I' — to represent Idol. Ampareen Lyngdoh, education minister of Meghalaya state, strongly criticized the illustration.
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I am going to Hoenfels,Germany March 2nd-21st for training. I won't get much time off,maybe 1 weekend and a few nights, and I want to make the best of it. I am looking for some of the best brewpubs in the area and some heads-up info before I get there would be great. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Controversial brewery has produced a 41 per cent volume ale that it claims is the strongest in the world Scottish firm BrewDog said its new creation, named Sink The Bismarck!, "takes beer to a whole new level". Martin Dickie (left) and James Watt with a 41% volume ale called Sink the Bismarck! The launch of the record-strength IPA comes weeks after German brewer Schorschbrau appeared to take the strongest beer title with its 40% strength Schorschbock. BrewDog, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, said its newly-unveiled Sink The Bismarck! costs £40 for a 330ml bottle and will only be sold via its website....
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Just For Fun: example answer: "I'll have a gin and tonic"
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If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health. But seriously, a new analysis of 100 commercial beers shows the hoppy beverage is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for bone health. Though past research has suggested beer is chockfull of silicon, little was known about how silicon levels varied with the type of beer and malting process used. So a pair of researchers took one for the team and ran chemical analyses on beer's raw ingredients....
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