DailyDirt: Pass Me A Cold One...

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Fri, Apr 27th 2012 5:00pm — Michael Ho

Beer has shaped civilization for centuries. It's one of the oldest alcoholic beverages, and it comes in countless varieties for just about every taste. The progress of beer is unstoppable, and here are just a few more advances in the field of beer.

Frozen beer foam looks like the new way to chill your favorite beverage without adding ice. For those out there who prefer room temperature beer, this stuff is also a possible dessert, serving as kind of a beer-flavored sorbet. [url]
The next James Bond movie will ditch a shaken martini for a sip of a Heineken. Rumor: The secret agent's nifty gadgets will soon be provided by Best Buy's Geek Squad instead of Q's labs. [url]
The German institute for pure beer (DIRB) is trying to get Germany's 16th-century beer purity law listed by the UN as one of the world's cultural treasures. For context, UNESCO already includes activities such as flamenco dancing and wrestling in oil. [url]
To discover more food-related links, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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Filed Under: alcohol, beer, dirb, germany, james bond, unesco
Companies: heineken

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Anonymous Coward, 27 Apr 2012 @ 5:41pm

007's favorite drink
a shaken martini isn't very appealing nowadays anyway
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Anonymous Coward, 27 Apr 2012 @ 5:55pm

No Dry Vermouth in my drinks! Pure Gin is the coolest drink in town and the true successor to Martini.

Abandoning the heavy liquors is disturbing. Bond works best queasy. I fear he will get abstinences on water like Heineken!
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The Devil's Coachman (profile), 27 Apr 2012 @ 7:08pm

Heineken is beer? When did this transformation happen?
I wouldn't use Heinie to wash the mud from my boots, never mind drink it.
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Anonymous Coward, 27 Apr 2012 @ 7:16pm

Will the next James Bond movie continue the recent trend of starring someone who looks absolutely nothing like James Bond?
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Jake, 27 Apr 2012 @ 11:06pm

There's no such thing as "room-temperature" beer, you ignoramus! There are beers best served chilled and there are beers best served at cellar temperature, about what you'd serve a bottle of expensive red wine. Dear God, and people wonder why I always drink gin and tonics in bars over there!
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- Pixelation, 28 Apr 2012 @ 9:32am
  
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  "and there are beers best served at cellar temperature, "
  
  Wait, are you talking about that room temperature, flat beer they serve over in jolly old England?
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Pixelation, 28 Apr 2012 @ 9:29am

As wise Homer says..."Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life's problems."
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