Jul 31, 2009 -
- The "beer summit" came and went last night. The president drank Bud Light, Sgt. Crowley drank Blue Moon, Professor Gates drank a Samuel Adams Light, and Joe Biden drank a nonalcoholic beer.
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Mar 02, 2009 -
Who knew we had Jimmy Carter to thank for honey-orange wheat ale? With an orange slice.
In 1978, Carter changed the post-Prohibition law that prohibited home beer brewing while permitting home wine making.
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Sep 18, 2008 -
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her fellow German politicians gathered in Berlin yesterday to kick off that city's beer festival. Beer lovers will tap Munich on Saturday, when Oktoberfest officially begins.
Guenther Beckstein, the governor of Bavaria, which includes Munich raised eyebrows recently when he said, "If one drinks the two liters over six or seven hours at the Oktoberfest, it is still possible" to drive.
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Mar 19, 2008 -
Beer guzzlers are more likely to vote Republican, and wine connoisseurs are more likely to vote Democrat. That's according to refreshing poll results released by CNN and the Opinion Research Corporation about how drinking habits correlate to voting.
John McCain's lead among brewski drinkers, however, evaporates against Barack Obama, as the two are tied among that group in a head-to-head match up.
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Mar 10, 2008 -
Guinness's plan to make St Patrick's Day an official US holiday is either a courageous campaign on behalf of Irish Americans, creative marketing, or both. The beer company is pairing everyone's favorite Irish holiday with politics. "Proposition 3-17" would make St Patrick's Day an official US Holiday, just like President's Day, the Fourth of July, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, etc.
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