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Came across some interesting stuff over the past week or so... read more...

SABMiller's Chinese brand, Snow, is set to become the world's largest brand as they are estimating selling 10 billion pints this year. Read more about it here. Those 10 billion pints will only cost about $0.29 each, but news out of England says that by the 2012 Summer Olympics a pint will cost you about $13.63. read more...

I don't have too much info on this, but according to The Liquid Muse the Senate declared last September "National Bourbon Heritage Month." It sounds like the sort of thing that is permanent, but if I can find any more info I'll pass it along.

Just a quick listing of interesting things that have been on the internets recently. The Guardian has a list of 101 quick picnic recipes. A little late (unless you're in the southern hemisphere), but better late than never. You don't have to be on a picnic to make these dishes. Wired has an article about wirelessly streaming music in your house. This looks pretty cool, though at $400 for the hardware it's a little steep. read more...

Here at long last is my "review" of the Michigan Brewers Guild 11th Annual Summer Beer Festival. The event was about 2.5 weeks ago, July 25-26. Think of me as the poor-man's Chuck Taggart - all of the procrastination, none of the skills. 'Course, if you think this is bad, just wait until I do my posts for Cityfest (July 2-6) and the Concert of Colors (July 17-20). read more...

Eggs have swung back to the "good for you" end of the pendulum, according to this article. Here's an article on Beijing street food. London recently was host to the Great British Beer Festival. The Times has a review. read more...