Interesting Stories From the Week of 121514

December 21, 2014 - 11:45 am

The most interesting bacon and beer stories of the week, according to me:

The Atlantic's How to Stop Beer From Foaming: Hint, it involves science and magnets.
Fast Company's Creative Beer: Again, science. The optimal BAC for creativity is .075%, so an ad agency made a beer and a bottle with a guide to help you get there.
The Ho-Ho-Honut was invented: A Christmas dinner donut filled with sausage and onion gravy, dusted with turkey salt and a roasted potato crumb finished with smoked maple candied bacon and a cranberry glaze.
Food and Wine's What It's Like to Drink Sriracha Beer: The summary, "Rogue Sriracha Hot Stout Beer, from its packaging on down, is an inspired and well-executed experiment."

Jack In The Box Goes Bacon Crazy

February 6, 2012 - 9:30 pm

I'm sure you've heard all about it by now. Jack In The Box's limited edition Bacon Milkshake is taking the internet by storm. But there's more at marrybacon.com.

The bacon tuxedo, for example.

Or the bacon baby app.

And yes, Neil really does want to marry bacon. I don't blame him.

Newcastle Shadow Billboard

August 15, 2011 - 7:36 pm

My friend Stephenie at A Bear in the Kitchen alerted me to an article on the Huffington Post about a Newcastle billboard presently on display in the San Diego area. Basically, a team of artists took about 3000 Newcastle bottle caps and placed them on a billboard. By day, it looks like 3000 bottle caps on a billboard. By night, it looks like a man reaching for a Newcastle. In the age of over saturation of advertising, I applaud Newcastle for stepping outside the box and making us take notice. Plus, I like Newcastle. A lot.