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Suds Make You Smarter

Kiwi study shows booze is good for the brain

Oct 3, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - An apple a day, a daily vitamin, a pint of beer? New Zealand scientists who fed rats zero, modest and heavy amounts of ethanol learned that moderate daily alcohol intake will improve memory, reports the Register. The breakthrough, touted last week by Scientific American, is "similar to a glass... More »

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health • alcohol • beer

Start-ups Tap
the Passion
for Beer Pong

Young alums find business opportunity in college drinking game

Aug 29, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weaving along the path more famously trod by Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, recent grads are cashing in on the popularity of the college drinking game beer pong, the Journal reports. With young alums bringing the pastime—which blends ping-pong and beer chugging—out into the real world, entrepreneurs are... More »

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beer • Beirut • Georgetown University • beer pong • Bottle Cap Technologies • Bing Bong Inc. • Upong Outfitters • Anheuser-Busch

Alcohol May Lower Risk of Kidney Cancer

Still probably bad for your liver, though

Aug 25, 07 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Adding to the cacophony of conflicting recommendation about alcohol consumption, a new study finds that drinking two or more glasses of red wine might reduce your risk of kidney cancer. In a study comparing the drinking habits of kidney cancer patients to others, red-wine drinkers had 40% lower risk than... More »

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cancer • health • alcohol • ethanol • wine • beer • cancer research • kidney • red wine

Lifting That Glass Boosts Cancer Risk

Single large glass of wine a day ups colon cancer odds by 10%

Jul 31, 07 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - What's a bloke to do? After the reassuring news that a glass of red wine a day helps fend off heart disease, now comes a British study that one large glass—or a pint of beer—increases the risk of colon cancer by 10%. ""The research shows quite... More »

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cancer • alcohol • heart disease • cigarettes • wine • beer • colon cancer • red wine

Don't Take Me Out to These Ballgames

10-cent beer night and 4 other ballpark promotions gone foul

Jul 25, 07 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Free flashlights or fireworks can be fun, but some ballpark gimmicks haven't worked out so well. For example:
  1. 10-Cent Beer Night, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, 1974. Arriving tipsy, a number of fans disrobed or otherwise behaved badly; 9 people were arrested.
  2. Disco Demolition Night, Comiskey Park, 1979. Fans turned
... More »

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beer • ballpark promotions

Bags of Corn, Beer Make for Fun in the Midwest

An old backyard pastime is gaining followers, major sponsors

Jun 28, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - An uncomplicated game called Cornhole is sweeping the Midwest, attracting players  from bars to church picnics. Competing teams toss 1lb bags of dry corn at a 6-inch hole carved into a wooden platform. Said to have originated in Cincinnati as a backyard diversion, Cornhole is now spreading to such cities... More »

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games • Midwest • Chicago • Milwaukee • corn • beer • cornhole • corn bags • Indianopolis • American Cornhole Association • Bags • Cincinnati • Baggo

What Do You Get When You Mix Pizza and Beer?

He calls it pizza beer

Jun 18, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a garage in the exurbs of Chicago Tom Seefurth has labored quietly to develop, refine, bottle, and bring to market the ultimate beverage – pizza beer. With a head redolent with oregano, basil, tomatoes and, yes, garlic, he believes he has finally succeeded. And Seefurth has even found an... More »

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food • Chicago • alcohol • beer • drinks • beverages • Tom Seefurth • pizza beer

Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens

The beer class is
finally embracing the grape, Slate says

May 31, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American middle class has become connoisseurs of everything—coffee, '80s Japanese garage-rock bands, environmentalist toilet paper, and now wine, writes Slate's Field Maloney. Fermented grape juice doubled its audience in the past decade, while consumption of lower-brow beer stagnated. And for the first time in history, Americans pollees prefer... More »

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food • alcohol • wine • beer • pastoral chic • middle class • drink • drinking • Americans • wine industry

Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse

Beer-themed baseball club won't
join recent sobering trend

May 11, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Milwaukee Brewers will not be enacting a clubhouse ban on alcohol, bucking a trend started by the A's and Yankees after St. Louis reliever Josh Hancock died in a drunk driving accident. Ten other clubs already have such a ban; the Brewers, who play in Miller Park, announced yesterday... More »

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MLB • Milwaukee Brewers • alcohol • Josh Hancock • Chris Capuano • beer • drunk driving • accident • baseball

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