Pier 55: Wine is less snobby and beer more sophisticated
Cornell University offers a course entitled “Understanding Wine and Beer”. Traditionally women drink more wine than beer and men the opposite, but recently the gap has narrowed to almost nothing. Wine is less expensive and more accessible, and craft brewed beers are becoming more sophisticated. “No longer viewed as the sole province of the barbarian, specialist brewed beer has become the new fine wine.” Even many of the health effects associated with red wine can also be had from your darker beers.

Tale of two brews
When Molson Coors bought Creemore Springs Brewery in 2005, fans of the craft brewer felt that it was like “a death in the family.” But the megabrewer has given Creemore the autonomy to stay true to their roots.

Drinkers take on brewery in beer battle
Regulars at the Lewes Arms in Lewes, England are fans of locally brewed Harveys Best Bitter beer. However, the pub’s been bought by Greene King who want to stop selling it. This has sparked something of a local revolt. Even the local politicians are weighing in.

Police flush 2,500 cans of beer
A tragedy on so many levels, beer and other alcohol confiscated from an illegal establishment had to be flushed one container at a time by police officers. What a waste of taxpayer money. Of police manpower. Of beer.

Professors debate merits of beer, wine
Faculty at University of California – Davis put on a presentation and debate arguing the merits of beer versus wine, including health effects and trivia.

Plasmax makes beer last longer
Plastic bottles coated with “Plasmax” are as good as glass, according to the German brewing institute Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei. To me, beer in plastic is just wrong. I suppose the Miller Lite served at the stadium or all those college keg parties with Solo cups have just ruined the idea for me.