There is something truly sad about a spilled beer. Beyond the waste of money and resources, it is like a loss of potential enjoyment; a lost opportunity never to be recaptured.

Of course, I’ve never gone to the same extremes as the guy in this video. The gross-out factor gets a bit high, but the payoff at the end is worth it.

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A Ph.D. student from the University of Tasmania is conducting a survey of the beer drinking preferences of people from various socio-economic backgrounds.

The second phase will focus on people working in the beer industry.

Apparently, microbrewed beer is not very popular Down Under. Although that may be changing.

If you live down that away, see if you can help out. I’d hate for our Aussie friends to miss out on good beer because brewers don’t think they can sell it there.

Today is the final day of the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. This year is the 25th year of the GABF and it’s probably the largest beer festival in this country. I mean, the list of participating breweries is mind-boggling.

Rick Lyke from the Lyke 2 Drink blog has an entire series of posts from the GABF. They really make me wish I was there.

Someday.