| "Here and There" by Clay Moore and Jay Silvers We just saw some recent statistics and our column is the fastest growing one on BeerNexus! That even impressed us not to mention the editor/webmaster. We sincerely thank all our readers. Please spread the word about Here and There so we can continue to grow and drive everyone here nuts. Cheers! -------------- Hangover Helper: the next morning take 4 to 5 teaspoons of honey every 20 to 30 minutes until you feel better. The potassium in the honey is the ingredient that does the trick. You can also try squeezing one large lemon into a cup of black coffee. Some swear by it; we'll stay with the honey. Wait. We forgot to mention peanut butter as a hangover helper. In parts of Africa it's eaten before a night of drinking. You might also try a pint of tomato juice heavily laced with lemon juice before and during a night of imbibing. Traveling in a foreign country and need a beer toast. Try these: Belgian- Op uw gezonheid; Coration- Zivjeli; Hindi- Apki Lambi Umar Ke Liye; Mandarin- Gan Bei For craft brewers the strain of yeast they use is one key to achieving a particular flavor. Many of these brewers will actually create their own propriety style in order to create a unique taste for their beer. Wait again. We just spoke to a Native American who told us that some tribes believed that eating six raw almonds before going out to drink will prevent intoxication and its effects. He also touted Bifidus powder as a help. We love beer from Brasserie d'Achouffe. It's the beer with little gnomes on all their labels which is a play on their nnname, Achouffe, since chouffe means "gnome" or "dwark" in Walloon, a language spoken in Wallonia (of course), Belgium The Journal of Nutrition published a study that conculuded that beer drinkers had no more measurable body fat than non-drinkers. They obviously did not go to the bars we frequent. St. Lawrence (528 CE) is the patron saint of any profession related to fire including brewers, cooks, bakers, and firemen. In Japan it is illegal to brew your own beer if it has an alcohol content higher than 1%. Retailers are permitted to sell kits and recipes that will yield beer of higher alcohol content but they are required to include a written warning about the law. Try an American Cream Ale with one of our favorite foods - raspberry creme burlee. Be sure to get the one with shavings of white chocolate and a sprinkle of cocoa over the top. Actually almost any beer works with this but we wanted to say something nice about Cream Ale. Hey, we're just good guys. One use for light beer is in a refreshing drink called The Clay & Jay. Pour one ounce of gin and one ounce of lime juice into a chilled pint over ice. Fill with almost any light beer, the cheaper the better. Stir, do not shake. Enjoy. Most historians believe the first wood barrel was created something between 300 B.C.E. and 1 C.E. Befoe then beverages were most commonly stored in clay jugs or inside large concrete or glass vats. No wonder concrete aging never caught on. According to F.W., Hackwood's book, Etiquette in 18th Century England, at social parties no gentleman ever thought of leaving the table sober. The host would have considered it a slight on his hospitality. Ah, the good old days. How's this slogan from the Anti-Temperance League (1917)- "Why should mother go without her nourishing glass of ale or stout on washing day?" Why, indeed. The first commercial brewery in Japan was Spring Valley in Yokohama. It was started by an American, William Copeland, in1869. 19th century archaeologists discovered baskets of grain in tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, which are believed to have been for brewing beer in the after-life. So much for the song In Heaven There is No Beer. |
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