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Women Are Better Beer Tasters

So says MillerCoors, which has a lot riding on it

(Newser) - Men guzzle way more beer, but women seem to have a better nose for it. One major brewer—SABMiller, which makes Miller and Coors, among other brands—has concluded that women are better able to discern when a batch is skunky or just right, and as a result, the company... More »

World Cup Boots Dutch Beer Babes

FIFA cracks down on 'ambush marketing'

(Newser) - Dozens of Dutch football fans in miniskirts were escorted from a World Cup stadium and questioned for hours over what FIFA soccer officials say was an ambush marketing stunt. The 36 women wore orange dresses sold by Dutch beer maker Bavaria. The outfits had no branding on them apart from... More »

Toddler 'Swigs Beer' at Phillies Game

How quickly they grow up

(Newser) - The chain-smoking Indonesian boy might want to get together with the beer-swigging toddler Philliies fan and party—once, that is, the outcry dies down over their bad-habit videos. The latest double-take shot surfaced during a broadcast of the Phillies' loss to the Padres over the weekend, and shows an unidentified... More »

Man Tries to Trade Baby for Beer

Instead of getting his two 4- oz. bottles, he gets turned in

(Newser) - A Massachusetts man offered to swap his baby for two beers, yet somehow managed not to get arrested. The 24-year-old put his 3-month-old daughter and her stroller in a gas station employee's truck, reports the Republican of Springfield . Instead of trading the baby for two 40-ounce beers, the man called... More »

Elderly Donkey Thrives on Beer Diet

Rosie drinks Guinness twice a day

(Newser) - A British donkey is so old her owner thinks she may be a record-setter, and she's enjoying the privileges of age—including Guinness stout twice a day. Rosie may be as old as 54, but her age can't be documented. Her diet is on the record, though. "I used... More »

Newest Beer Brand Is From ... 7-Eleven?

Chain will sell its own suds in low-cost bracket

(Newser) - After quaffing your Burger King mimosa , be sure to leave room for a 7-Eleven beer. The convenience store has begun selling its own brand, called Game Day. The chain is trying to take advantage of the rising demand for low-cost beer in the recession, writes Joshua M. Bernstein at Slashfood... More »

Carlsberg Tension Still Brews Over on-the-Job Boozing

Union digging in over 'need to keep our beer'

(Newser) - It's perhaps an enviable problem to have, but workers and management at Copenhagen's Carlsberg brewery are still facing off over the right to crack a cold one on the clock. Workers went on strike this week after Carlsberg limited the century-old privilege to a mere three pints during lunch hour.... More »

Teen Busted for Drinking Inside Cop Car

Driver nabbed for DUI; stranded passenger, 19, keeps partying

(Newser) - Picture this: Your friend is pulled over and charged with DUI. Stranded, you ask one of the responding police officers for a ride home, and he obliges. Ensconced in the back seat, you…pop open a can of beer? Did we mention you’re 19? Instantly, a ride home turns... More »

Carlsberg Workers Strike Over Beer Ban on the Job

Brewery limits drinks to the lunch hour

(Newser) - Up to 800 workers at the Carlsberg brewery in Denmark struck for a second day today after management decided they could drink beer only at lunch time. Apparently, drinking three beers—other than those consumed at lunch—is a longstanding tradition at the brewery, and not one employees are willing... More »

Thank Women for Popularizing Beer

Females were our first brewers, before Christ

(Newser) - Though both the brewing and consumption of beer might seem to have “manly” stamped all over them, it’s in fact women who drove suds’ popularity. Since thousands of years before Christ, a British historian tells the Daily Mail , brewing was done in the home, and females were in... More »

Brewer Names Beer for Austrian Town

'Fucking Hell' is, in German, a lager from Fucking

(Newser) - After proving to European trademark authorities that it exists, a German brewer has won approval to make a beer named for the Austrian town of Fucking. And not just any beer: Fucking Hell, available as soon as the fall and sure to provoke tittering in frat-boy types everywhere, has a... More »

Beer Cocktails? Cheers!

Porters, ales, stouts, pilsners all OK with a little mixing

(Newser) - The week of St. Patrick’s Day is always big on the drinking front, and perhaps you’re ready for something other than plain old beer. Esquire suggests some beer-based cocktails:
  • Porteree: Take a quarter-pint of porter, add superfine sugar, then fill with ice before topping off with more porter.
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Canadian Hockey Win Costs Obama a Case of Beer

President loses beer bet with Canadian PM Stephen Harper

(Newser) - Bragging rights weren't the only thing the US lost in yesterday's gold-medal hockey game: President Obama owes Canadian PM Stephen Harper a case of Molson. Had the US emerged on top, Obama would have scored Yuengling, which, like Molson, is this country's oldest beer, reports the Globe and Mail . More »

12 Totally Odd Liquor Laws

No drunk horseback riding in Colorado, and other weird rules

(Newser) - Growlers may be the new hipster trend , but good luck finding one in Alabama. Any beer bottle larger than 16 ounces is banned there, along with "sensuous" wine labels. That's just one of a dozen crazy liquor laws complied by Mother Jones :
  • No sunrise mimosas in Alaska: you can't
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Probe Into Sudsy Celebration Is IOC at Its Sexist Worst

Canadian women, even underage hero, well within rights

(Newser) - The huffing castigation of the Canadian women’s hockey team for last night’s sudsy celebration of its Vancouver gold medal shows the International Olympic Committee at its paternalistic, sexist worst, says Rachel Bachman, whose initial reaction to the on-ice Molsons was to turn to a colleague and say, “... More »

Paris Hilton Beer Ad Too Naughty for Brazil

Heiress' behavior actually tame, but ad that may be pulled

(Newser) - Apparently Brazil hasn't seen many photos of Paris Hilton, because an official has objected to a commercial that's surprisingly tame—for her. View the ad for Devassa beer, which features a fully clothed Hilton vamping provocatively in a high-rise window, in the gallery. For the sake of contrast, you can... More »

UK Toasts Safer Beer Glass

Shatter-proof pint glass aims to cut binge-drink violence

(Newser) - The inventors of a new beer glass say they've found a way to cut the number of violent assaults by UK drinkers who've lifted too many pints—and used a broken one as a weapon. Taking their lead from shatterproof windshields, a team of designers added a resin coating to... More »

'World's Lightest Beer' More Like Bud-Flavored Water

Drinkers underwhelmed by ultra-light Bud 55

(Newser) - Budweiser has launched what it says is the world's lightest beer just in time to reach Super Bowl fans worried about their beer guts. But Joshua Bernstein deems Bud 55 a loser. At 55 calories and 2.4% alcohol by volume, the brew has half the calories of Bud Light... More »

Ricky Gervais: Stop Having 'Useless' Kids

Comedian's not apologizing for the Globes, or anything else

(Newser) - Look out, New York: Ricky Gervais is coming. The comedian, whose divisive Golden Globe hosting gig included jokes about masturbation and onstage drinking—“which Jane Fonda didn’t appreciate apparently”—says he already has digs in the Big Apple, where he's moving with his partner of 25 years,... More »

Why Canned Beer's Better (And Which to Pick Up)

Bottle pales in comparison on taste and eco-friendliness

(Newser) - Canned beer isn’t just for redneck fishing trips any more, and next Sunday’s Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to re-introduce yourself. Via Serious Eats, reasons why cans are better than bottles, and the best canned brews out there:
  • Cans stack well in the fridge—leaving room for
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