The 2009 Beer Summit

What are the big headlines from the Whitehouse today? Healthcare reform? The economy? North Korea, Iran, Iraq, or Afghanistan? Not quite. Everyone seems to be buzzing about Obama and beer.

continue reading

Green Brief Pronounciation Guide

Ahmadinejad -- Ah-Ma-Dee-Nay-Zhad (Zh as in the second G in garage) Ayatollah -- Ah-Yeah-Toll-Aa Birjand -- Beer-Jund (Bir rhymes with fear and Jund

continue reading

Rand Beers: Questions for Gen. Petraeus and Gen. Odierno

Confirmation hearings tomorrow for Gen. Petraeus and Gen. Odierno will allow us to focus on Iraq as well as other critical national security questions: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and the strain on the military.

continue reading

Germans Toast the Anniversary of Their Beer Purity Law

First brewed in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia over 8,000 years ago, it rates a mention in the epic of Gilgamesh, and its earliest chemical traces -- from 3500 BC -- have been found in the Godin Tepe in the Zagros mountains, in present-day Iran. Beer is a model internationalist.

continue reading

Hillary 'obliterate' Iran? What Nonsense!

"Totally obliterate?" Good grief. There is no honesty coming from either Hillary or Obama these days, but this programmed remark is as contemptuous of the voters as 'Bama's "bittergate" blooper. Hillary is trying to sound like a Neanderthal about nukes, presumably because that's what she thinks will appeal to the God, guns, and beer guzzling folk

continue reading

Cheap Suds in Somalia: The Price of Pints Around the World

Review of pintprice.com plus some useful info for those who've thought about visiting places like Iran, Burma, and Nepal but who weren't sure if the beer there would be expensive or not.

continue reading

The new, new things of 2007 - The Boston Globe

Apple is the new NASA. Iran is the new Iraq. Beer is the new water, and water is the new oil.

continue reading

From the ashes of Iran-Contra comes a sweet place to drink!

Sit back and enjoy a beer in the cargo hold of a Fairchild C-123, courtesy of the United States government!

continue reading

Secret Iranian beer lovers search the web for home brewing help

Why are web surfers in Iran, where real beer is illegal and can get you 130 lashes, reading home brewing techniques on an American home brewing blog? I can hear Ahmadinejad now, "There are no Home Brewers or Beer Lovers in Iran!" Could it be that they thirst for more than just freedom in Iran? Let's all raise a glass and toast their courage!

continue reading

Iran: 130 lashes for two beers

Sharia Alert from Iran. "Whipped for two beers," from Aftenposten, with thanks to Kemaste (warning: gory photo of Mamandy at the Aftenposten link): Norwegian-Iranian Mamand Mamandy had a brutal meeting with police after drinking two beers while on holiday in...

continue reading