‘‘After a bout of dizziness the 63-year-old man checked into a North Texas hospital, where nurses found his blood alcohol levels to be nearly five times the legal limit, according to a […]
The Thursday Quote
The Thursday Quote
“When you are doing a one-off batch and it doesn’t quite come out as you are thinking, who cares? No-one knows what it was supposed to be like anyway. When you’ve got […]
The Thursday Quote
“Every beer Dan releases is a riff on some member of the Dainton clan. Far from being offended by the possibility of brewing infamy, one cousin has already offered himself up to […]
The Thursday Quote
“Most alcohol is metabolised by the liver, where an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, or AHD, breaks ethanol down into acetaldehyde, which in turn is broken down by another enzyme called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘In return for his charter La Battie was assessed an annual licencing fee at a rate of six merchantable beavers. Strange as the contract may seem, the payment underscores a problem that […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘Thomas Palmer finished his sentence in Australia, and went into the shipbuilding trade while he was serving it. He and his close friend John Boston … had little experience of business, but […]
The Thursday quote
“And it slips down so well. Anyone who has attempted to cut down on their drinking will have marvelled at how easy it is to drink a pint of beer, whereas a […]
The Thursday Quote
“Lately I’ve been trying my best (with varying success) to stick to spending around $20/week on my beery hobby. Based on a survey of n=a few friends I asked, I’ve found that […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘They used to get a cock (ie a male chicken), stick it in a sack and bash it against walls until it was completely pulverised. It was important that the bones were […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘Beer, happy Produce of our Isle Can sinewy Strength impart, And wearied with Fatigue and Toil Can cheer each manly Heart’’ From the inscription beneath the William Hogarth print Beer Street, the […]
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