Shitfaced Saturday

There are 27 different styles of beer, with a further breakdown of 49 substyles.

Drink a Beer After You Work Out: It’s Healthy For You!

A new study suggests that having a beer after you exercise can help you recover even faster than water. This is the type of study that college students dream about, but somebody actually went ahead and did it!

Spanish researchers did a test with 25 college students in which they made them perform strenuous exercise in 104 degree heat. Afterwards, the participants were split into two groups: half were given water, and half were given beer.

The result showed that the hydration effect in those who drank beer was “slightly better” than those who drank water. The reason for this is that Beer can help someone who has been sweating regain liquid better than water. The bubbles in the carbonation help to quench thirst and the carbohydrates in beer help replace lost calories.

There are skeptics, of course, who say that previous studies have shown most alcoholic drinks increase the amount of liquid lost through urination.

But Dr James Betts, a nutrition expert from Bath University in Britain, said, “If you are dehydrated to start with following exercise, a beer, as opposed to a spirit, probably does not have a high enough concentration of alcohol to induce a diuretic (increased urination) effect.”

So there you have it! A doctor even said it’s true! What more excuse do we need? Start boozing it up after you hit the gym! Just make sure you stick with beer, and not straight whiskey.

Back when I was playing rugby we used to have beer practices on Fridays just because they were awesome, but maybe we were on to something…

Fucked Up Friday

George Washington had his own brewhouse on the grounds of Mount Vernon.

Thanksgiving Day: Football, Beer, and Drunk Turkeys

For some people, Thanksgiving is about more than just football and beer… But not for us!

But we came across some interesting items to share with you today:

Drunk Turkeys

First is a story about a turkey farm owner from New Hampshire using beer to fatten up his birds for the big day:

“The turkeys, as well as other animals, like beer,” says owner Joe Morette. He claims that he goes through between 50 to 60 cans a day for the nearly 300 birds on his farm. “It slows them down a little. They’re enjoying their life,” says Morette.

At least until Thanksgiving.

“They’re enjoying their life.” I like that. Picture a bunch of turkeys stumbling around the yard. Turkey: “Oh man, you are my BEST friend Tom. I MEAN it. Hey everybody! I love this guy right here! …I am so wasted” Hopefully they don’t get mean when they’re drunk and try to start shit.

Drunk Pilgrims

The Pilgrims were a bunch of Puritans, who are usually characterized as hating everything that’s fun (drinking, gambling, sex with random women…). But according to most historians, they did in fact have beer on the Mayflower.

Even more interesting: Ian Lendler, author of the book, Alcoholica Esoterica, makes the claim that the Pilgrims didn’t even choose to land at Plymouth Rock; the crew of the Mayflower jettisoned them there because the Pilgrims were drinking too much of the ship’s beer.

Wild Turkey Bourbon

There was a rumor that the Wild Turkey bourbon brand got its name from a rampaging group of drunk turkeys running around and causing havoc after they drank some of the stuff (see above).
Not true. Wild Turkey bourbon got it’s name because the founder loved to hunt wild turkey and he would always bring a specially made bourbon for the event. He and his friends referred to it as “that wild turkey bourbon.”

That’s all we got. Have a happy Thanksgiving.

If you haven’t bought the beer yet, check out our Food Pairings guide: What to sip over the holidays.

Thirsty Thursday

“I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.” -Homer Simpson

DAS BOOT Review: Yep, The One From Beerfest.

A College Drinker Review:

DAS BOOOOOOOOOOOT. That’s the number one quote of the week in my house. Which brings to mind another quote, “Pimpin’ ain’t easy.” And with Das Boot, it fucking ain’t. This shit is hard! This boot, a 2-liter one sent to us by Bier Boot Haus, is a massive one. Check out the picture: there are over six beers in that badass.

In Beerfest they do it so easy and you just go, “Psh it’s a fucking boot I can do that.” No. No you can’t. It holds about six beers so get ready to get your lips wet. My huge, 20 beers a night friend tried 4 beers and it took him a while, and he still couldn’t do it all in one sitting. Now when he first did it there was no bubble like in the movie, which was depressing. But later I did it with 2 beers and tilted it back quickly and I was just drenched in my own beverage.

So the bubble is as real as your ex-girlfriend’s STD, it’s just a matter of how fast you drink it. Don’t be intimidated by it, it’s a shit ton of fun. You really just gotta train with ram’s piss first. No lie.

Conquer Das Boot here: [BierBootHaus]

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