August 2009
15 posts
Amber Ale: Brewing Beer From 45-Million-Year-Old... →
Very cool story.
How Sam Adams Helped Save Craft Brewing | Fast... →
This is a very good interview. Jim Koch talks about how Sam Adams helped other craft brewers during a worldwide hop shortage and how the brewery property is not owned by Adams himself but by a neighborhood improvement corporation/co-op.
Beer could stop bones going brittle →
A study found that the bones of women who drink beer regularly are stronger, making them less likely to suffer from osteoporosis.
It is thought that the high level of silicon in beer slows down the thinning that leads to fractures and boosts the formation of new bone, the journal Nutrition reports.
Beer is also rich in phytoestrogens, plant versions of oestrogen, which keep bones healthy.
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