Time Compression
The holiday’s are a busy time for everybody, with the shortened week and all. We are pretty busy here! The next batch of Schokolade Bock will be ready next monday, and bottled on Tuesday. I can’t wait, given that everybody elses Christmas beers are out. I have tried Redhooks winter ale this year, and it was pretty darn good! I always have like Redhook, I just wish I could get their IPA on a regular basis around here. I also picked up some of Boulevards Nutcracker ale.. but it wasn’t as amazing as I thought it was last year. Some of the other winter ales are kind of boring. I like the fact that we stick with a traditional beer style rather than just dumping nutmeg in our beer, I mean, who wants to drink alot of nutmeg?
By the way, beer is good for you! In the new issue of the New Brewer they have a great article about the health benefits of beer. They also have some interesting beer statics. For one, 70% of people have never heard of the health benefits of beer! Beer is just as good for you for wine, maybe even better! Mostly, its just the alcohol in a beverage that prevents heart disease. Alcohol consumed in moderation, of course. Beer also has more nutrition than wine, it provides essential salts such as potassium and magnesium (so drink one after a working out). It also is better at providing anti-oxidants, even though red wine has more anti-oxidants than beer. The ones in wine are large molecule and are not as easily absorbed (and dark beer has the most anti-oxidants of any beer!).
So spread the good news! The bad news is that the vast majority of people in America think that teen drinking is on the rise, when it actually has been steadily declining since the 80’s. I think you can blame that on the nightly news, not beer!