Dear Pub Owners: PLEASE lower the price of beer. Something needs to be done to protect the sanctity of getting smashed in a bar! If there is no one around you physically, you are still drinking alone. Web friends don’t count.

Dear Poor People: Sell your laptop, then you will have enough money to go to the bar. Don’t use your financial situation to become a recluse.

The proper way to use Twitter to communicate about beer is to tweet things like “@francs, I’m over at St Louis grabbing some wings and a pitcher. You in?” or “I just ran into @darcievany who just ordered her 5th Mill Street Organic. Delicious!”

Post from: EveryJoe

I’ve not been inclined to blog about one of the biggest bits of beer news around, the attempted purchase of Anheuser-Busch by InBev. It’s big news, it’s beer news, and this is a beer blog.

Then I read this article in the Economist and the reason hit me. The loss of Bud to a foreign company may be big news, but this blog is really more about good beer than it is just beer in general. And good beer, Bud is not. Indeed, the article talks about the people of St Louis crying into their beers, but if they use this opportunity to check out some of the good microbrews which are assuredly available in and around St Louis the tears may be tears of joy, not sorrow.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I would hate to see the historic brewery shuttered and jobs lost, it’s just not a big deal for the average advocate of good beer.

Missourians, any suggestions for good brews from the St Louis area?

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Post from: EveryJoe