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Cops: Stripper Slugs Club-Goer With Beer Mug

By Ben MuessigMar 28th 2011 – 8:00PM
Vernon Police

Vernon Police

For one exotic dancer, a mug shot led to a mugshot. Police in Hartford, Conn., arrested a stripper who allegedly smashed a beer mug on a club-goer's head early this morning. Investigators believe 28-year-old dancer Teonna Jean Rogers became irate when a patron at Sweethearts Gentleman's Cafe and started taking pictures...

DWI Suspect Takes 5 Cans of Beer to Court, Judge Asks About His 'Liquid Lunch'

Mar 23rd 2011 – 9:11AM

MONTICELLO, N.Y. -- Authorities say a New York man appearing before a judge on a felony drunken driving charge arrived at court an hour and a half late, drunk and carrying an open can of Busch beer. Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty says Keith Gruber of Swan Lake had four unopened beer cans in his bag Monday when...

Slainte! Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With 5 Facts About Guinness Stout

By Steven HofferMar 17th 2011 – 10:03AM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

You don't need to be a professional leprechaun to enjoy a Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. The Irish favorite, which may actually be "good for you," has over the years become as much a staple of the annual March 17 celebration as bagpipes and shamrocks. And with 1.8 billion pints sold every year, it shouldn't be too hard to...

Police: Ohio DUI Suspect Drinks Beer in Front of Cop

Mar 4th 2011 – 9:32AM
AP

AP

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Police in northern Ohio say a man who was asked during a traffic stop whether he'd been drinking took a swig from an open can of beer and told the officer, "Yes." According to Cleveland's WJW-TV, the Elyria police report says 25-year-old Stephen Supers was pulled over early Wednesday because the officer...

Former MADD Head Charged With Drunken Driving

By Ben MuessigFeb 25th 2011 – 12:58PM
Gainesville Police Department

Gainesville Police Department

Do as I say, not as I DUI. Police arrested the former president of a Gainesville, Fla., chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving on Feb. 18, charging her with driving under the influence. Officers pulled over Debra Oberlin, 48, at around 1:10 a.m. after seeing her vehicle veer across lanes of traffic, according to The...

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The History Of New York And Its Beer

May 25th 2012 - 11:54AM

Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times.

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The Best Bars In America

May 23rd 2012 - 11:15AM

The men's magazine named the town "Bar City of the Year," namely because of two bars, Koz's Mini Bowl and Bryant's Cocktail Lounge.

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Food Republic: Who's Who In Craft Beer

May 23rd 2012 - 08:28AM

Thirty years ago, the concept of a craft-beer power ranking system was inconceivable.

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WATCH: The Magical, Automatic Beer Machine

May 22nd 2012 - 02:23PM

We Southern Californians can instantly pamper ourselves with a cupcake vending machine and a marijuana vending machine , and now we have something to help automate beer serving.

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Man Pours Beer From iPad (VIDEO)

May 22nd 2012 - 09:39AM

Is this man actually pouring beer from an iPad?

Beer News From the Web

  • 05/27/12 Craft beers are proving a hit in baseball parks Source: Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville IL It used to be that baseball fans would head for the concourse to grab a beer between innings, a cold one as much a part of America's pastime as hotdogs and Cracker Jack.
  • 05/27/12 Regardless of size, Fort Collins breweries are good... Source: The Coloradoan - Fort Collins CO This month writer and radio talk show host David Sirota published a column in Salon titled Can Beer Save America?
  • 05/27/12 Castle Lite a hit among drinkers Source: 24.com A couple of years ago seasoned beer drinkers might have looked at you askance if you ordered a Castle Lite. But then Vanilla Ice came on the scene with his Ice Ice Baby, MC Hammer with his Can't Touch This and there is the snowflake that turns blue to show that your beer is (ice)cold enough to drink.
  • 05/27/12 Just weeks to go to top beer festival Source: Evening Telegraph - Northhamptonshire - UK IT is now just two weeks until a popular beer festival which will see revellers from all over UK and Europe visiting the county.
  • 05/27/12 Craig LaBan's Drink: Dupont Spéciale Belge Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA The air was so bitingly cold this Mardi Gras when a crew from Philly Beer Week arrived at Brasserie Dupont in Belgium to help make a special collaboration beer that everything about the day flashed in high relief — the furnace blaze of a fire jet torching the copper brew kettle, the sweetness of grains being freshly milled, the pungent aroma of peat smoke and toasted barley puffing into the gray winter sky above the malterie, not far from the brewery in Tourpes.

Background on Beer

Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage; it is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea.

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