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Sam Calgione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, speaks about starting his business and his books

PJ — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:20:52 +0000

“The Authors@Google program welcomed Sam Calagione, author and founder of the Dogfish Head Brewery to speak at Google’s New York office. He discussed amongst other things his book, “Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery”

Entrepreneurial dreams do come true! Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione founded Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and made it America’s fastest growing independent beer. This unconventional business story reveals how Calagione found success by dreaming big, working hard, and thinking differently-and how you can do it too.

This event took place on March 26, 2009.”

Well played, gentleman. Well played.

PJ — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:46:32 +0000

Wonder if the water is beer as well. I’d definitely only bathe in Heineken, seeing as it’s hardly fit for drinking.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

PJ — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:21:38 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing Beer/Wine Cellar

PJ — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:43:41 +0000

This has got to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I would wig out if I saw one of these in real life, such a great idea. I can’t think of a cooler addition to a kitchen!

I’m now a firm believer that I need a walk-in beer cellar. My kitchen feels so lame now.

This beer’s from friggin outer space, man!

PJ — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:27:09 +0000

Leave it to the Japanese to come up with this! Sapporo Brewery has just released a very limited edition beer made from barley grown on the International Space Station. The barley comes from a 5 month mission to test growing crops in space, which also yielded harvests of lettuce, wheat, and peas.

The beer, named “Space Barley,” is available for 250 lucky beer-drinkers who will be selected through a lottery. A six-pack will set you back around $115, which I think is worth drinking the first beer from OUTER SPACE.

Watch the video below for more info, or go read up on Space Barley at Sapporo’s website.

All I know is were I at one of the tastings, I’d vigorously backhand the first person who remarked, “This beer is out of this world!”

Twenty Things Worth Knowing About Beer

PJ — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:42:07 +0000

The Oatmeal, a brilliant and hilarious web comics creator, has just posted his latest comic, explaining the 20 Things Worth Knowing About Beer. It’s a great list, go check it out: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer

Beer-fueled and beer-inspired tattoos

PJ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:17:15 +0000

Branding one’s own flesh with a permanent symbol used to be a meaningful statement, displaying to the world a symbol that defined or represented something important about you. Now that thirty-six percent of those ages 18 to 25, and 40 percent of those ages 26 to 40, have at least one tattoo (source), it seems to be more of a fad than anything. And with the frightening number of tribal arm bands and tramp stamps, clearly this fad has jumped the shark.

I’m not exactly sure what it says when you decide to go for a beer-related tattoo, but seeing as beer plays a central part of the 40cozy lifestyle, it seems like a valid subject matter for some ink. Some of these tats are amazing, others hilarious, and some may fall into the Hall of Tattoo Shame. Check out these awesome beer tattoos, and you can be the judge:

If you have a beer tattoo that you want listed, post a link in the comments below!

Beer Links

PJ — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:18:20 +0000

How Drunkenness Affects Your Chances of Getting Laid

Which country is the latest Heavyweight Drinking Champ of the World?

Skinny Blonde Beer – Creative use of heat-sensitive inks, as it warms the label exposes more

9,000-year-old beer hitting the shelves this summer

Beer Pong vs Beirut – what is the game called? Who gives a shit? See what 45,ooo kids voted on CollegeHumor.

Eva Longoria in a bikini – No, this isn’t about beer exactly. But it’s of interest to some. You’re a chick and not into Eva? Here’s a photo of David Hasselhoff in a mankini and matching cardigan. You’re welcome.

Amazing Beer Pong Videos

PJ — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:28:16 +0000

After scouring for the best beer pong videos, I’ve come to find there are some incredible beer pong skills out there. These people are impressive in their pursuit of beer pong greatness, and equally impressive is their seemingly limitless free time to dedicate to such pointless endeavors.

Awesome Beer Pong Shots

More Epic Beer Pong Shots

The Largest Beer Pong Game Ever (9,000 cups)

Beer Pong Slam Dunk

Gorillamask.net 40oz story contest

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:01:27 +0000

We’ve teamed up with gorillamask.net to give away some cozies in one of their contests. Tell them your greatest/funniest/wildest drunken adventure that involves a 40 and you could win a pack of cozies. Stephen has gotten the ball rolling with his own story and we can’t wait to see the winning entries. Here is how to enter.

Be sure to check out the rest of gorillamask while you’re their, its a great site and has tons of updates every day.

UPDATE: The three winners of the 40cozy prize packs have been selected. NOt surprisingly two of them involved playing Edward Forty Hands. Go check out the sordid tales:

Paul’s Adventure with Cheech, Cheeba, Chollas and an El Camino

Casey’s Sloppy Southern Sorority Sister Slaying

Eric’s Close Encounter of the Tird Kind