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| Pitchers of Beer Outlawed If you've been out with friends having a few brewskis you likely have done the whole "pitcher and glasses" routine. However, as you slow down consumption the last glass can sometimes be warm and flat. The MGM Grand Detroit saw this as a problem...and came up with a solution. The "Virtual Beer Pitcher". The concept is simple - a"Virtual Pitcher". It's a “beer dispensing device at a patron’s table which allows a patron to pour a pre-determined amount of beer (32oz if a pitcher) from a metered beer tap which would automatically cease functioning after the amount has been dispensed. MGM says that "while the patron can pour themselves beer he will not and cannot have the ability to turn on the Virtual Pitcher.” Only the bar manager would be able to do so and only after having done the required age and intoxication checks. Sounds good, but the state of Michigan's Liquor Control Commission is putting the brakes on the idea...saying the devices are essentially "alcohol dispensing vending machines"...and are illegal under the state's liquor laws." MGM will appeal. -------- Aqua String Band The Aqua String Band of the world famous Mummers of Philadelphia is a BeerNexus favorite. A new video tells their history but sadly omits the sections about their beer proclivities. See the story of this great group that proudly boasts BeerNexus' own Dan Hodge as a member. |
| You don't say..... All the beer consumed by Americans in 2012 could fill a keg that is 1,429 feet tall and 870 feet wide and weighs 66 billion pounds. If the beer were in cans and stacked on top of each other, it could reach the moon 20 times ----------------------------- Germany has the largest number of breweries in the world with about 1,400. The three countries with the highest tax rates on beer are Norway, Finland, & Canada ------------------------------------ Hangovers in other languages: French, ‘wood mouth.’ Germans, ‘wailing of the cats. Italians, ‘out of tune.’ Norwegians, ‘carpenters in the head', and Swedes, ‘pain in the hair roots.’ -------------------------------- The brewing of beer in ancient Peru was considered such a sacred rite that it was intrusted only to skills of virgin priestesses. Today Peruvian beer drinkers often sprinkle a few drops of beer on the ground in honor of Mama Sara, the corn goddess. ----------------------- In the Middle Ages, "nunchion" was the word for liquid lunches. It was a combination of the words "noon scheken", or noon drinking. In those days, a large chunk of bread was called lunch. So if you ate bread with your nunchion, you had what we today still call a luncheon. ---------------------- In 1896, Helmut Keineger, a Bavarian brewer, committed suicide in his Munich jail cell. His crime: placing chemicals in his beer that ran contrary to the Reinheitsgebot purity law of 1516. ---------------------- One of the few short sentences in the English language to include every letter of the English alphabet is: "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." |
| Ya gotta love these guys |
| Joan Goldstein “There is nothing for a case of nerves like a case of beer. Dave Barry “In the Bowling Alley of Tomorrow, there will even be machines that wear rental shoes and throw the ball for you. Your sole function will be to drink beer." John Ciardi “There's nothing wrong with sobriety as long as it's donein moderation". |
| Lord Byron “Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication.” John Barley “Nobody drove me to drink... but they had to drive me back.” Jay Bacher “When you go to lunch just remember that beer can be a food, but food can't be a beer.” |
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