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[sirgiovanni]

Yeah so, going here in two weeks. I all the sudden realized I should ask if there is anyone else interested in a souvenir.

http://vimeo.com/14481178

[Dwayne_Delaney]

Yeah so, going here in two weeks. I all the sudden realized I should ask if there is anyone else interested in a souvenir.

Went there a couple of months ago with the family before my youngest son went to boot camp. It was cool watching the mash bubbling away while listening to some great live bluegrass.

Pretty good shine and free samples too!

[sirgiovanni]

Awesome! I thought it looked like a good trip.

[Don]

MoreBeerhttp://morebeer.com/search?search=white ... TFEB2011NL
Whitelabs Yeast: $5.75
It's as cheap as I've seen it in a while.
and I just bought 4 tubes yesterday form CO-OP I'm always a day early

[Dwayne_Delaney]

Pretty cool.

http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2011 ... super.html

[BM1]

Just some things I found while searching healt benefits of beer.Moderation,of course,is the key word.TOO MUCH WATER,even,CAN KILL YA.

http://www.aim-digest.com/gateway/pages ... odnews.htm

http://www.livestrong.com/article/26329 ... s-in-beer/


Hop constituents - the spice in beer


Hops - an essential and unique ingredient of beer - contribute to the characteristic aroma and bitterness that makes beer the thirst quenching drink enjoyed by the consumer. Hops also act as a natural antibiotic, ensuring that the beer remains fresh to drink. Many hop constituents, however, also add health properties to beer, according to the research of Prof. Denis de Keukeleire, director of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry at Ghent University, Belgium. He has carried out research on hops and beer for 35 years.

2-4 grams of hops are needed for every litre of beer leading to ca. 100 mgs per litre hop-derived constituents which account for various medicinal properties:

·Sedative compounds with stress combating and sleep inducing properties.

·Flavonoids with potent antioxidant activity protecting against reactive oxygen species.

·Compounds with bacteriostatic, fungistatic and antiinflammatory action.

·Estrogenic compounds counteracting complaints related to the menopause.

·Bitter compunds which stimulates the digestive tract.

·Compounds with diuretic activity and beneficial effect against bladder complaints.

Most prominent among the bioactive hop constituents are the prenylated flavonoids that are transferred to a significant extent (up to 4 milligrams per litre) from hops to beer.

According to research in progress at Ghent University prenylated hop flavonoids have an effect on enzymes that affect the ratio of androgenic and estrogenic hormones in prostate cells with an inhibition of BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) as a possible result. The interesting finding from the test tubes of Ghent University is in accordance with recent results from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study: moderate alcohol consumption almost halved the American Health Professionals risk of BPH (Am J Epidemiol 1999;149:106-15).

Among the 20 compounds, which have been identified to date, 8-prenylnaringenin (hopein) appears to be the most intriguing compound with possible chemopreventive power:

·Inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes which mediate metabolic conversion of procarcinogens to carcinogens.

·Inhibition of human aromatase and 5a -reductase = a possible inhibition of prostate cancer.

·Inhibition of angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) = a possible inhibition of metastasis (spread of cancer from one organ to another part of the body).

Working with a screening program for chemo-preventive action of natural compounds Dr. Norbert Frank, senior scientist in the division of Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors at Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum in Heidelberg, found xanthohumol (XN) from hops to be a very promising agent. Laboratory experiments have shown that XN is protective at all levels of the carcinogenic process. Going from laboratory to animal experiments Dr. Frank could demonstrate that XN at very low concentrations prevented the early stages of carcinogenesis in cultured mouse mammary glands providing a first direct proof for its chemopreventive potential.

[sirgiovanni]

Evansville Living did a quick phone interview with me on brewing. It was fast and I was trAvelling so I don't know about the quality. Might film some this weekend. Watch for it if interested.

[Don]

Should be great. Keep us informed.

[BM1]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... tweuhMHsCw

You gotta watch this video.Belgian Beer Expert at work.I learned a lot.

[Don]

Another Beer gadget.
http://www.niteize.com/collections/new- ... ner-GetLit

[Michael Erwin]

Spent grain dog biscuits...

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-g ... ies-87097/

[Dwayne_Delaney]

InBev news.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/201103 ... RQ700.html


From the article:
"In the U.S., where Bud sales have been in decline, AB InBev has been trying to get consumers to trade up to its "premium" brands, by lowering the difference in price between premium and sub-premium beers. That gap, traditionally above 25 percent, is now only at about 15 percent, Dutra said."

"In the second half of this year, AB InBev plans to launch Budweiser in Brazil, its second biggest market. Bud was available in Brazil in the late 1990s, thanks to a distribution agreement with another brewer, but since then has only been sold in Wal-Mart stores."


Exporting our leftover Bud to Brazil; maybe this InBev deal wasn't so bad..........

[john mills]

I wonder if they have pictures of the shoppers at Walmart in Brazil?

[Don]

I wonder if they have pictures of the shoppers at Walmart in Brazil?

Walmart shoppers in Brazil... can't be any worse the the US Walmart shoppers (can it)?

[Michael Erwin]

MADE YOU LOOK!