November 2, 2009 by Farah Joan Fard  
Filed under Food and Drink

Avril Maxwell of New Zealand is the Draught Mistress

Andover’s David Rosenbaum wins Sam Adams Homebrew contest

October 31, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink

Three new crafts join the circle

October 19, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann  
Filed under Health and fitness

Though we doubt this will stop a single college student this year

October 15, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink

24-oz can launching in 26 marketings, including Massachusetts

October 6, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink

We’ve tried it, we like it, and there will be more on that later

September 21, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom  
Filed under Food and Drink

Bud Light Lime helps propel beer sales in down market

Boston.com, citing an Associated Press story, is reporting that a Bridgeport, Pa. party turned deadly after one man shot and killed another man over an argument about a game of beer pong.
Authorities say Joseph Jimenez, 24, killed Scott Riley, 25, after they argued over the beer pong game Friday at a party in a suburb [...]

January 18, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life, The Magazine

To this day, one of Blast’s most-read and commented on stories was our snap coverage of the news that Miller would release a 64 calorie beer.
Sunday, we learned that MGD 64 has exploded onto the bar scene nationwide, and it’s 64 calories are available in draft everywhere.
Of course, that’s taking MillerCoors at their [...]

November 5, 2008 by Marc Normandin  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life, The Issue

Sam Adams is currently the most popular beer with a name based on a historical figure. With “Brew-rack Obama,” Duncan Remage-Healey and Brian Gravel are looking to change that.

October 29, 2008 by John Forrester  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life, Politics, The Magazine

Beer has long been a part of American politics, and today is no different, from “who would you rather have a beer with”, to brewers crafting recipes named after candidates.
From the early days of George Washington’s home-brewed ales and James Madison’s attempts at creating a national brewery, patriots and early American leaders [...]

October 6, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life, The Magazine

This is a new one for us, but season beer is all the rage, and we’re giving it a try.
Plus we just love saying the name!
Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest Lager is a distinct fall brand, brewed with three malts: Munich, caramel and a blend of two-row Pale malts.
We found the beer to be a great fall BBQ [...]

September 25, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life, The Magazine

Well … that’s … different.
The Ball Corporation is supplying their new 16-oz. Alumi-Tek aluminum bottles to Miller Brewing Company for Miller Lite. 
It looks odd, but the resealable bottles have a wide-mouth opening, the company says they are quick to chill and are 100 percent recyclable.
“The great taste of Miller Lite gets even better when it’s [...]

You probably do not need much motivation to … read … this article [...]

“Place to Pee” lets “players” “slalom” down “ski slopes” or “kill aliens” by hitting specific “targets” on urinals.

Thankfully Guinness is staying out of this one…

April 28, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life

Anheuser Busch squeezes Bud Light Lime onto package store shelves nationwide on Tuesday.
We got our hands on some.
Skepticism reigned when I passed the twist-off bottles around the table at the weekly poker game, with looks of “what’s this stuff?”
Surprise followed.
“This is pretty good!” “Wow … not what I was expecting.” “Not bad.”
Even MadeHandPoker.com’s Mark Scalia [...]

April 1, 2008 by Chris DeMatteo  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life

If there’s one thing that’s almost as good as drinking beer, it’s eating food cooked with it. Here are my favorites. [...]

March 6, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom  
Filed under Food and Drink, Life

Don’t miss
MGD 64 now on draft
Jan. 18, 2009
UPDATE: In response to reader questions, Miller 64 is 2.8 percent alcohol by volume, according to a spokesman for Miller Brewing Company.
Miller Brewing Company is rolling out its 64-calorie Miller Genuine Draft, “MGD 64,” which is a reformulation of the original MGD Light, and they are touting [...]

It’s Friday afternoon. It’s been a long week. Here’s one of those email forwards that was too hilarious to ignore.
After going through a virus attack,

losing a hard drive,
fighting off hackers,
upgrading all my software,
installing fire-walls,
being threatened with being cut-off by my email provider,
and a host of other problems…
I have fixed my [...]

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