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Who likes beer? Festival in Providence??
- Thread starter C-pher
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I think that we're going to go to the afternoon session.
It would be great to get several of us to it.
I've been many years. It's really fun.
There's like 90 brewerys there. And that would make it like 150 different beers to taste.
It would be great to get several of us to it.
I've been many years. It's really fun.
There's like 90 brewerys there. And that would make it like 150 different beers to taste.
For the people that don't want to look it up. Here are the people that are going to be there. Just know that just about everyone will have 3-7 beers each to try.
Alke Sport
Ameriprise Financial
Amherst Brewing Company
Basement Brew-Hah Inc.
Bavaria House Corporation
Blackstone Valley Brewing Supplies
Boston Beer Company
Brooklyn Brewery
Brewers & Vintners
Buckeye Brewing Company
Buzzards Bay Brewing
Capitol Billiards
Casco Bay Brewing Company
Cerveza Presidente
Clipper City Brewing Company
Coastal Extreme Brewing Co.
Coors Brewing Company
Copley Fradin
Cottrell Brewing Company
Diversified Imports
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Dr. Gonzo's Uncommon Condiments
Endurance Brewing Company
Eurobrew, Inc.
Festivals of America
Gambrinus
Gina's Cigars
Great Divide Brewing
Green Mountain Beverage
Guinness USA
Harpoon Brewery
Heineken USA
High Falls Brewing
Inbev USA
Ireland on the Road
Jersey Mike's Subs
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Lake Placid
Long Trail Brewing Company
Magic Hat Brewing Company
Marriott Vacation Club
Martha's Exchange Restaurant &
Mendocino Brewing Company
Mercury Brewing Company
Mike's Hard Lemonade
Miller Brewing Company
Milly's Tavern
Narragansett Brewing Company
Offshore Ale Company
Olde Burnside Brewing Company
Opa Opa Steakhouse & Brewery
Otter Creek Brewing
Paper City
Pheonix
Pizza Pie-Er
Rogue Ales
Sherwood Forest Brewers
Shipyard Brewing Company
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Slesar Bros. Brewing d/b/a Beer Works
Smuttynose Brewing Company
Stawski Imports Inc.
The Cambridge House Brew Pub
Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers
Trinity Beerworks
Tuckerman Brewing Company
U.S. Beverage
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Brands Inc.
Union Station Brewery
Victory Brewing Company
Warsteiner Importers Agency
Watch City Brewing Company
Waterfront Promotions & Awards
Willimantic Brewery Company
Woodstock Inn Brewery
Yankee Brew News
Alke Sport
Ameriprise Financial
Amherst Brewing Company
Basement Brew-Hah Inc.
Bavaria House Corporation
Blackstone Valley Brewing Supplies
Boston Beer Company
Brooklyn Brewery
Brewers & Vintners
Buckeye Brewing Company
Buzzards Bay Brewing
Capitol Billiards
Casco Bay Brewing Company
Cerveza Presidente
Clipper City Brewing Company
Coastal Extreme Brewing Co.
Coors Brewing Company
Copley Fradin
Cottrell Brewing Company
Diversified Imports
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Dr. Gonzo's Uncommon Condiments
Endurance Brewing Company
Eurobrew, Inc.
Festivals of America
Gambrinus
Gina's Cigars
Great Divide Brewing
Green Mountain Beverage
Guinness USA
Harpoon Brewery
Heineken USA
High Falls Brewing
Inbev USA
Ireland on the Road
Jersey Mike's Subs
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Lake Placid
Long Trail Brewing Company
Magic Hat Brewing Company
Marriott Vacation Club
Martha's Exchange Restaurant &
Mendocino Brewing Company
Mercury Brewing Company
Mike's Hard Lemonade
Miller Brewing Company
Milly's Tavern
Narragansett Brewing Company
Offshore Ale Company
Olde Burnside Brewing Company
Opa Opa Steakhouse & Brewery
Otter Creek Brewing
Paper City
Pheonix
Pizza Pie-Er
Rogue Ales
Sherwood Forest Brewers
Shipyard Brewing Company
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Slesar Bros. Brewing d/b/a Beer Works
Smuttynose Brewing Company
Stawski Imports Inc.
The Cambridge House Brew Pub
Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers
Trinity Beerworks
Tuckerman Brewing Company
U.S. Beverage
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Brands Inc.
Union Station Brewery
Victory Brewing Company
Warsteiner Importers Agency
Watch City Brewing Company
Waterfront Promotions & Awards
Willimantic Brewery Company
Woodstock Inn Brewery
Yankee Brew News
C-pher said:
<popping head out of clouds> Did somebody say BEER?!?!?!?! [lol]
OK- after having thoroughly checked out the details, all I have to say is DAMN! DAMN DAMN DAMN!
The 12th is the 2nd Saturday of the month. That means that I'll be coaching the Basic Pisol class at the MRA. And this month we're doing a double class so we'll be there alllllll day.
I already signed up to coach both classes and I can't ditch my buddies, even if I want to. Could you guys petition the beer fest and see if they'll reschedule so that I can go? [cry]
The 12th is the 2nd Saturday of the month. That means that I'll be coaching the Basic Pisol class at the MRA. And this month we're doing a double class so we'll be there alllllll day.
I already signed up to coach both classes and I can't ditch my buddies, even if I want to. Could you guys petition the beer fest and see if they'll reschedule so that I can go? [cry]
C-pher said:
Yes, it's a lot of beer for me to miss, but at least this way they won't run out of beer for the rest of you [twisted] [twisted] [lol]
Another reason to go.
Beer could help fight disease
It turns out that beer hops contain a unique micronutrient that inhibits cancer-causing enzymes. Hops are plants used in beer to give it aroma, flavor and bitterness.
The compound, xanthohumol, was first isolated by researchers with Oregon State University 10 years ago. Initial testing was promising, and now an increasing number of laboratories across the world have begun studying the compound, said Fred Stevens, an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at Oregon State's College of Pharmacy.
Earlier this year, a German research journal even devoted entire issue to xanthohumol, he said.
What Stevens and others are discovering is that xanthohumol has several unique effects. Along with inhibiting tumor growth and other enzymes that activate cancer cells, it also helps the body make unhealthy compounds more water-soluble, so they can be excreted.
Most beers made today are low on hops, however, and so don't contain much xanthohumol. But beers known for being "hoppy" — usually porter, stout and ale types — have much higher levels of the compound. Oregon's microbrews ranked particularly high, Stevens said, which is not surprising: U.S. hops are grown almost entirely in the Northwest.
Still, no one knows how much beer is needed to reap the benefits. Mice studies show that the compound is metabolized quickly by the body, so it's hard to get a large amount in the body at one time, Stevens said.
"It clearly has some interesting chemo-preventive properties, and the only way people are getting any of it right now is through beer consumption," he said.
Beer could help fight disease
It turns out that beer hops contain a unique micronutrient that inhibits cancer-causing enzymes. Hops are plants used in beer to give it aroma, flavor and bitterness.
The compound, xanthohumol, was first isolated by researchers with Oregon State University 10 years ago. Initial testing was promising, and now an increasing number of laboratories across the world have begun studying the compound, said Fred Stevens, an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at Oregon State's College of Pharmacy.
Earlier this year, a German research journal even devoted entire issue to xanthohumol, he said.
What Stevens and others are discovering is that xanthohumol has several unique effects. Along with inhibiting tumor growth and other enzymes that activate cancer cells, it also helps the body make unhealthy compounds more water-soluble, so they can be excreted.
Most beers made today are low on hops, however, and so don't contain much xanthohumol. But beers known for being "hoppy" — usually porter, stout and ale types — have much higher levels of the compound. Oregon's microbrews ranked particularly high, Stevens said, which is not surprising: U.S. hops are grown almost entirely in the Northwest.
Still, no one knows how much beer is needed to reap the benefits. Mice studies show that the compound is metabolized quickly by the body, so it's hard to get a large amount in the body at one time, Stevens said.
"It clearly has some interesting chemo-preventive properties, and the only way people are getting any of it right now is through beer consumption," he said.
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I can see it now....
C-pher and T both drag their butts in through the door as they crawl on their hands and knees because they can't stand up and each look up and say, "But huney....I'm fighin canshure!"
C-pher and T both drag their butts in through the door as they crawl on their hands and knees because they can't stand up and each look up and say, "But huney....I'm fighin canshure!"
