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Going green in the Great White North
I saw a recent item in Popular Mechanics pointing out that the large number of “beer fridges” in Canada are wasting an awful lot of energy.
Global Warming, Eh? Canada’s Beer Fridges Eat Energy, Study Says
With their average daily temperatures well below zero during the winter, it’s a wonder why Canadians even need electrical coolers for beer. Regardless, these aging iceboxes, a staple for one in three Canadian households, can consume up to five times as much energy as a modern-day refrigerator.
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“One in three”?! Wow! Now I have a beer fridge, and I suspect a large proportion of you do as well, but there’s no way the ratio even approaches that number in the States.
Still, the savings in electricity bills could buy a lot more beer…
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Forty-something, married, with two kids. I generally prefer the English styles - ESB, IPA - but am willing to try just about anything. You can reach me at al@hop-talk.com.
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Beer news sampler
about 7 months ago - 4 comments
A sixer of news items on beer that we spotted recently. BBC News: Anheuser-Busch InBev to cut 800 European jobs That’s about 10% of their European workforce and is ” a response to falling beer sales”. Well, if they made any products I’d want to drink… Idaho Statesman: It’s been a good decade for craft
Minimum price for a beer goes up in Ontario
about 1 year ago - No comments
Canada’s most-populous province has raised the minimum price of case of bottles from CDN$24.00 to CDN$26.50. Well, in this economy I suppose that shouldn’t be any sort of a surprise. Except, apparently, it’s not economical, but rather smacks of the new Temperance movement. Toronto Star: Ontario raises minimum price for beer That 6.7 per cent
‘Bailout Bitter’ launched
about 1 year ago - No comments
Howe Sound Brewery in British Columbia, Canada, has launched ‘Bailout Bitter’ in “honour of the government bailouts of the financial sector”. Winnipeg Free Press: Howe Sound Brewery toasts tough times by launching ‘Bailout Bitter’ beer Calling it “bitter ale for bitter times,” the brewery said the new beer will cost less than its other brands.
Molson Canadian – New at the office
about 3 years ago - 2 comments
So, the message of this commercial is that all of the Canadian stereotypes those of us “south of the border” are familiar with are false? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIHuSddlqw Except, of course, that they’re rabid hockey fans. I admit that I rather like Bob & Doug McKenzie. I was a pretty big fan of SCTV, even though a
about 2 years ago
A few months ago I sold my beer fridge to my neighbor, who is now using it as a dismembered-deer-carcass fridge. (He does his own butchering)
The fridge had been in my un-insulated garage, and ran constantly during the summer.
I’ll bet it cost me hundreds dollars a year to operate.
And the silly thing is, I usually let refrigerated beer warm up before I drink it.