Just So You Know, You Can’t Make Beer With Your Vagina
Written by Madeleine Davies for jezebel.com
Yesterday, CNN reportedon Rogue, a brewery in Oregon, that has recently been crafting a new beer using wild yeast harvested from their brewmaster John Maier’s 34-year-old beard. “Ew, gross,” you probably say, but Maier doesn’t know what the big deal is — “Yeast is everywhere.”
That’s true. Yeast is everywhere, even (as we ladies well know) buried deep inside our vaginas, waiting to go bad and ruin our week at any moment. But does that mean that we could possibly brew beer using the cause of one of our more common south of the border infections? Is “turn a yeast infection into a full-bodied IPA” the new “make lemons into lemonade?” We did some research and, in a word, no. The yeast used in beer is a completely different strain of yeast than the one that causes yeast infections. And there goes your artisanal brewery idea!
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Nutritious Beer: The Darker the Better
Written by Blake Potolicchio for beer-universe.com
Anyone who enjoys drinking beer certainly knows it has vitamin P in it, right?- PGA
Reminiscent of the turning seasons, beer styles often change just before the first spring bloom or last falling leaf. Seeing that we are approaching the fall season, the seasonal change is taunting our taste-buds to crave a heartier, autumn inspired brew.
Interestingly enough we were pleased to read an old article provoking the benefits of the darker, maltier flavors of fall and winter. A study first conducted by the University of Wisconsin in 1997 found evidence that drinking darker beers may reduce the risk of heart disease. Obviously, we stress that not like Popeye’s spinach, drinking as much dark beer as you can does not increase health benefits more, but rather in moderation, the micronutrients in a more malty brew can actually be more beneficial than those found in a lighter beer.
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Bellingham Beer Lab to Kickoff Membership Drive
Author Uncredited. Courtesy seattlepi.com
Want to own a brewery? Well, how about just a piece of a brewery? The Bellingham Beer Lab (BBL) is a cooperatively owned brewery incubator that has been in the planning stages for several months. The membership drive kicks off this Saturday, September 29 with a brewing demonstration at Cheese Meat(s) Beer, a beer-focused restaurant in downtown Bellingham.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The wait is almost over for Bellingham beer lovers who want a chance to own a share of their own community brewery. Bellingham Beer Lab, a cooperatively owned brewery incubator that has been in the planning stages for more than a year, will kick off its consumer membership drive Saturday, Sept. 29 during a brewing demonstration at Cheese Meat(s) Beer in downtown Bellingham.
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To heck with “baby on board.” Now you can do BEER on board!
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