Maps, Part 1: State liquor laws can be utterly confusing, especially when you’re traveling through places like Pennsylvania and Ohio during summer trips. StateLiquorLaws.com thoughtfully put together an interactive map charting each states’ unique (and occasionally odd) alcohol-related statutes. If you can’t remember which state you’re in, then maybe the laws for purchasing more booze aren’t something you should be looking up at the moment.
Maps, Part 2: The Huffington Post contacted Tim McIntyre, vice president of communications for Domino’s Pizza, to ask what the most common pizza order in each state so they could whip up a snazzy map. Instead, it turned out that pepperoni pizza loomed large over the competition in all fifty states. Second place when to plain cheese (or “regular,” for those of you in the New York/tri-state area.) Third went to pizza with both pepperoni and sausage. The map may be a little homogeneous, but at least you know how to plan your next party.
New Zealand Unveils Beer-Based Biofuel: New Zealand gas station Gull released a biofuel called Brewtroleum this week. The fuel is made by combining normal petrol fuel with ethanol extracted from leftover brewery yeast, which would usually be considered a waste product. The initial run is expected to last six weeks, with the company keeping an eye on consumer response to see if the beer fuel is popular enough to merit a full-time offering. DB Breweries provided their yeast, with their spokesman Sean O’Donnell saying, “We’re helping Kiwis save the world by doing what they enjoy best– drinking beer.”
World’s Northernmost Brewery Set To Open Way, Way Up There: Specifically in Longyearbyen, a small town on Norways Spitsbergen Island located only 817 miles from the North Pole. It is the northernmost town in the world with year-round residents, and local Robert Johansen believes they deserve their own beer. His Svalbard Bryggeri will first release beers later this year, including a pale ale, lager, wheat beer, and a stout. If you come in the summer, you can visit the brewery alongside the common floods of German cruise tourists. Or, throw on all your winter gear and go during the dark months for extra points.
Four Types of Drunk, Illustrated by Drake: The Internet was flooded with “I’m such a ____” posts after British scientists classified four “types” of drunk: Hemingway, Mary Poppins, Mr. Hyde, and The Nutty Professor. If you’re not brushed up on your classics, First We Feast took the liberty of demonstrating each class with a corresponding Drake moment. And if you’re wondering about the choice of video here, it’s a good cover, not a shot at the “ghost writing” controversy. Lupe put that to bed last night.
GABF Tickets On Sale Next Week: Start stringing your pretzels and breaking in your beer shoes. The Great American Beer Festival officially announced presale tickets will hit the web on Tuesday, July 28, with the rest of the drinking public getting their shot on Wednesday, July 29. The festival has sold out in under an hour for the past six years, so be sure you’re ready to roll at the stroke of 10 AM either day to get your tickets.