Tuesday’s random quirky beer news

Posted Feb 27, 2007 in In the news

From around the world today:

An accountant from Garfield, N.J. has moved his accounting firm into an area bar for tax season. Now you can enjoy a beer while doing your taxes—something you probably do anyway, except someone else is doing the work.
Source: United Press International

Columbia University did a blind taste test of beer which they say proves knowing who makes a beer (or knowing what’s in it) taints your tastebuds. The research was published in the journal, Psychological Science.
Source: LiveScience.com

In Austin, a beer can does more damage than the knife the perp was carrying.
Souce: PostBulletin

Rhode Island and Oregon both want to add a beer tax to subsidize … wait for it … substance abuse programs, among other things.
Source: Statesman Journal / Brown Daily Herald

Queensland is dealing with “environmental havoc” caused by imported cane toads from Hawaii. One pub owner is taking matters into his own hands and offering a beer bounty for captured toads. One bag of toads = One beer.
Souce: Jaunted

Beer barrels attack in the countryside of Somerset, U.K., when a brewery “lorry” overturned, sending 100+ kegs flying into private yards, damaging gardens and spraying beer.
Source: Metro.co.uk

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are still bickering over Molson.
Source: CBC.ca

Beer prices in the U.K. may go up as farmers replace barley crops with those for biofuels.
Source: Daily Record UK

Beer launching fridge. With video.
Source: Gizmodo

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