In the 1995 comedy Canadian Bacon (written and directed by filmmaker Michael Moore), Niagara Fall Sheriff Bud B. Boomer (John Candy), frustrates fans at a Canadian hockey game by refusing to sing the country’s National Anthem. But it isn’t until he takes a sip of Canadian beer and exclaims, ‘Man, this beer sucks!” that the [...]

Tucked deep in the woods of the misty mountainsides there hides a brewery of legend and lore. Here, Sassy the Sustainable Sasquatch mixes and mashes hops, malts and grains in an array of beers that eventually find their way into microbreweries. The following are Sassy’s most prolific contributions to brew culture.
Sasquatch Stout – Old Yale: [...]

If you haven’t seen the inaugural summit of Skiing Cascadia, which went down a week ago, then you need to check it out. Matt Bedrin is pursuing his dream to ski all 40 of Cascadia’s tallest volcanoes in one year, but he and the snow need your help. On February 20th, Skiing Cascadia is throwing [...]

If you’ve given blood before, you probably received a measly old chocolate chip cookie in return for voluntarily allowing a large needle to draw a pint of blood from your arm. Shouldn’t you be treated better for your good Samaritan ways?
Tacoma-based Cascade Regional Blood Services thinks so. The blood center has established a “Pint-for-Pint Blood [...]

On a blustery New Years Eve, 30 Leeds University students and faculty became snowed in at England’s highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn. Unable to leave due to road conditions, the partygoers did the only thing they could; drink. According to students and the inn’s assistant manager, spirits remained high.
Finally, on the third morning of [...]

 
What’s better than fishing from an ice hole? Fishing from an ice hole in an igloo. And what’s even better than that? The fact that beer always stays crisp and cold in an igloo, so the mountains will always remain blue (actually more of a a periwinkle) on your Coors Light can. Since igloos come [...]

Beer and climbing… climbing and beer. For a lot of climbers, the two go hand-in-hand. So, in a show of love, I wanted to shoot a photo that incorporates both in a way that hadn’t been done before. I was living in Eugene at the time, and from the local crag you could see the turquoise grain [...]

From Ananova:
The Starkenber Beer Myth resort located in and around the medieval castle of Starkenberger in Austria’s Tyrol region has filled seven 13ft long pools with the beer.
The management claims that beer baths heal various skin diseases. However, some guests are said to have enjoyed drinking their favourite brew while swimming in the pools.
Manager Markus [...]

Two hundred yards from the Canadian border, four cyclists stand with their thumbs sticking up in the parking lot of a duty free store. They’d just been turned down by the border patrol for attempting to cycle across and are now hoping to hitch hike into the Great White North. Cars roll past the desolate [...]

We already posted a whole gallery of pics of the Hopworks Bike Bar, but it’s such a cool (and local!) contraption that we had to share this video with you as well. A little interview with Hopworks Urban Brewery’s Chris Ettinger to learn more about the bike… because who doesn’t love cycles and beer?
Thanks to [...]