Beer in a Box

I think this is much better than the Beer-To_go attempt.

The $20, 1.5-gallon boxes of beer are designed for the paradoxical beer drinkers who prefer their beer to come from the tap but also don't care if said beer is actually good. They're currently testing boxes of Miller Lite and Coors Lite in a few cities and will expand it to nationwide this football season if all goes well.

And for those of you too lazy to do the math, 1.5 gallons is equal to 16 12oz bottles. So you'll be paying $1.25 per bottle.

UK's strongest beer banned

A Scottish brewery has been branded "irresponsible" after launching what it said was the UK's strongest beer. With an alcohol contains of 18.5% alcohol. A bottle of the beer will be priced at £9.99.

BrewDog founder James Watt said: "Mass-market, industrially-brewed lagers are so bland and tasteless that you are seduced into drinking a lot of them.

"We've been challenging people to drink less alcohol, and educating the palates of drinkers with progressive craft-brewed beers which have an amazing depth of flavour, body and character.

"The beers we make at BrewDog, including Tokyo*, are providing a cure to binge beer-drinking."

But Alcohol Focus Scotland chief executive Jack Law warned high alcohol percentage beer could cause as much damage as drinking to excess.

"This company is completely deluded if they think that an 18.2% abv, (alcohol by volume), beer will help solve Scotland's alcohol problems," he said.

"It is utterly irresponsible to bring out a beer which is so strong at a time when Scotland is facing unprecedented levels of alcohol-related health and social harm.

"Just one bottle of this beer contains six units of alcohol - twice the recommended daily limit."

A spokeswoman from the British Liver Trust added: "The notion of binge-drinking is to get drunk quick, so surely this beer will help people on their way?"

BMA Scotland warned a "high percentage" of the population was regularly drinking more than the recommended amount.

BrewDog ran into controversy recently when drinks industry watchdog the Portman Group said its Speedball drink should be withdrawn from sale until its marketing was changed.

Speedballing is the name given to combining heroin and cocaine.

BrewDog has produced a run of 3,000 limited edition bottles of Tokyo*.

thanks BBC

Blue Beer

Global warming finally has an up side.

Okhotsk Blue beer is a made from melting icebergs. These icebergs float each year into the Okhotsk bay from northern Japan and Russia. They also use seaweed in the the brewing process, not sure what flavors that adds.

Victory Hop Devil

Victory is a local brewery near Philly. I was just at the Phillies game last night watching an awesome blowout game against the Reds (Phillies 22 - Reds 1) and enjoying a Victory Hop Devil. Now I have not always been a fan of Hop Devil simply because I do not like very hoppy or bitter beers, but they were really good with and Italian sausage and a Schmitter. For those of you who do not know what a Schmitter is, its an unbelievable Philly sandwich from Chestnut Hill, just check out the picture and link, it explains itself. Anyway getting back to Hop Devil... so - Hop Devil + Italian sausage sandwich + Schmitter + Chickies fries + a blowout Phillies game = a fantastic night.