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Beer guts linked to dementia

Posted by admin | News | Posted on March 27th, 2008

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- Beer guts linked to dementia
- Champagne of Belgian beer – The Marlborough Express: local national…
- Beer-law overhaul overdue

Beer guts linked to dementia
NEWS.com.au – Mar 27, 2008
article-tools –> Will Dunham March 26 2008 11:00pm HAVING a big belly in middle age appears to greatly increase one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia decades later researchers say. Their study tracked 6583 people in northern California for an average of 36 years starting when they were ages 40 to 45. Their abdominal size was measured at the outset of the study. A total of 1049 of them – nearly 16 percent – went on to develop Alzheimer’s disease or some other form of dementia by the time they reached their 70s. Those in the upper 20 percent in terms of belly size in middle age were almost three times more likely to develop dementia than those in the bottom 20 percent of belly size the researchers found.

Champagne of Belgian beer – The Marlborough Express: local national…
stuff.co.nz – Mar 27, 2008
Although the recipe is similar to a standard wheat beer roughly 30 percent wheat to 70 percent barley lambic is the only modern-day brewing style where brewers don't inoculate the wort (boiled malt extract) with cultured yeast strains. Brewers in the sixteenth century knew only that if they left the hopped wort overnight in open-topped vessels and with the brewery windows wide open by the morning the "miracle" of fermentation had begun. We now know exactly what happens: Wild fruit yeasts from local apple and pear orchards float in on the breeze land in shallow open vessels full of sweet malty wort and begin a spontaneous fermentation. A day later the brew is pumped into unlined oak casks where it will continue a sequence of fermentations for up to three years.

Beer-law overhaul overdue
Altoona Mirror – Mar 27, 2008
n Monday the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania asked Commonwealth Court to overturn a decision by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to award liquor licenses to six Wegmans Food Markets including one in State College. The PLCB said Wegmans could sell beer wine and spirits for on-premise consumption in its Market Cafes which provide hot food and seating as required for six-pack shops. Beer sales would be allowed for carryout. Beer distributors claim the Wegmans licenses violate the state law against the sale of beer and groceries on the same premises.