Guinness launches new beer

The makers of Guinness are touting a new stout beer in the U.S., a maltier, fizzier version of its older, creamier sibling, the world's best-selling stout.

"This is more about refreshment and zing," said Guinness master brewer Fergal Murray, who created the new carbonated brew.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/07/ap6266085.html

It doesn't sound very good, does it?

Pubs in peril

I miss going to Papa's. But it's not high beer prices keeping me away, it's the smoke. Not the case in jolly ole England ...

LONDON (AP) — Raise a pint to the old British pub: Dark-paneled, fixed on the English landscape — and, more than ever these days, empty.

Beer sales in British pubs have slumped to their lowest level since the Great Depression, including a 10 percent drop in pints drawn in just the past year, an industry group said Monday.

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It's that time

As of today, I've worked 12 consecutive days and 17 of the last 18. I will work Saturday, and maybe Sunday. My next definite day off is the 15th.

But it's less than one week to my birthday. So you know what I need?