Heart racing, head pounding and dread building? “Hangxiety,” or the “beer blues,” is the one-two punch of anxiety and the physical consequences of alcohol, an awful unease that creeps in alongside the sobering light of day. Neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt, who specializes in alcohol’s effects on the brain at Imperial College London, recently told National Geographic, “Almost … Read more
It took a radio host intervening on air for a Columbus radio station to react to some insensitive ad placement on Friday. During Friday’s YouTube simulcast of 97.1 The Fan’s “Bishop and Friends,” co-host Marc “Chops” Finch furiously reacted to a bucket of Coors Light being placed in the shot after Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau … Read more
After a disastrous partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney that reportedly cost the brand over $1 billion in lost sales last year, Bud Light has returned to its roots. The inch toward redemption started with a 2024 Super Bowl commercial featuring Peyton Manning and Post Malone. This week, Bud Light released a new ad starring … Read more
This news will dampen some spirits — a new study finds that certain alcoholic beverages can raise the risk of developing gout, a painful form of arthritis. Men who booze at least five times a week have a two-fold higher risk of gout than those drinking less than once a week, according to researchers from … Read more
Take a boat, hop a train, catch a plane. America’s “most loved” Taco Bell has some of the most valuable real estate in the state of California — a prime oceanfront location in suburban San Francisco, so close to the beach that some customers even walk in barefoot after a morning of surfing. Located in the … Read more
Luke Combs knows Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos “ain’t the kind to let a buddy drink alone.” The “Twisters” cast members joined the “Fast Car” singer on stage Friday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. In the middle of his hit, “1, 2 Many,” Powell surprised the crowd by taking part in a Combs concert … Read more
He deployed a gator “aid.” No can opener? No problem. A reveler is going viral after using a wild alligator’s jaws to open a beer in what viewers are dubbing “the most Florida thing” ever. The jaw-dropping clip was first posted to the X account Catch Up Bites but was recently shared by user Wall … Read more
An eerie AI-generated video of Justin Timberlake chugging a beer in his now infamous mugshot is making the rounds on social media — leaving many fans shocked over how “convincing” is it. The short clip, originally created by AI guru Edmond Yang, has already been viewed more than 18,000 times since it was posted online … Read more
Is it ale Qaeda? A UK brewery found itself embroiled in controversy when an Osama Bin Laden-themed beer sold out after going viral online. “We’ve woken up the last couple of mornings with thousands and thousands and thousands of notifications,” Luke Mitchell, owner of the Mitchell Brewing Co in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, told the BBC of … Read more
It’s un-bee-lievable. Science’s latest and greatest breakthrough is using killer honeybees for a real stinger of a beer recipe. When microbiologists from Cardiff University in Wales went abroad to Namibia for a project on sustainability, they encountered the insects — the Africanised “killer” honey bee, to be exact — and discovered that the insects contained … Read more
We’ll drink to that! Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech have found a way to use recycled beer yeast to make water cleaner by removing lead, the schools announced. The breakthrough builds on their 2021 research that a year’s worth of discarded beer from a sole brewery could treat Boston’s entire … Read more
Save water, drink beer — ice cold. A pint of beer actually does taste better when it’s served ice cold in, say, a frozen mug, according to a study recently published in the scientific journal Matter. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered that alcoholic beverages taste more or less “ethanol-like” at different temperatures. … Read more
What a bunch of lager louts. NYC’s LaGuardia Airport is being shamed for sky high prices on beer. Passengers in need of an adult beverage can expect to pay $12.41 per cold one, the second highest average tariff in North America. The Big Apple’s littlest airfield comes in behind Cancun International Airport, where tourists are regularly … Read more
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy took a jab at Will Compton after learning that Travis Kelce dropped out of the company’s Beer Olympics, taking place on June 25 in Las Vegas. During the latest installment of his “Bussin’ With The Boys” podcast with former NFL offensive lineman Taylor Lewan, Compton explained that he received a … Read more
Jason and Travis Kelce brought their “New Heights” podcast to… new heights… on Thursday night. In front of a raucous crowd inside Fifth Third Arena on the campus of the University of Cincinnati, the Kelce brothers hosted a start-studded live edition of their podcast that included the likes of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and fellow … Read more
That’s a lot of clams. Pine Key — an uninhibited, uninhabited 9-acre paradise in Tampa Bay, Florida, that’s known colloquially as Beer Can Island — is for sale for $14.2 million. Cole Weaver, James Wester, Russell Loomis, and John Gadd shelled out about $64,000 in 2017 for the hotspot between MacDill Air Force Base and … Read more
Raise a glass to Kate … wherever she is. Kate Middleton, who was unable to attend Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, gave several soldiers a special treat this year to make up for her absence. The missing princess reportedly gave a local regimental bar in the UK town of Aldershot nearly $2,500 toward the bill … Read more
You’ve heard of pale ale, now get ready for pizza ale. Belgium Brewing Co. has teamed up with the frozen pizza brand Tombstone to create “IP(izza)A,” — a pie-flavored brew. While it may seem like an unlikely duo, grabbing a slice and a pint is every classic bar’s bread and butter — after all, people … Read more
Call him Kidder Rock. After his pistol-packing protest of Bud Light’s partnering with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney last year — in which he shot up cases of the beer in a viral display that sparked a boycott of the brand — Kid Rock is now saying that he was firing blanks, not bullets. “So, what’s … Read more
It’s an old wino’s tale. We’ve got bad news for those who believe that drinking “liquor before beer” mitigates hangovers. German scientists have debunked this popular college student hypothesis, proving that the hooch headache hits the same no matter which order one imbibes their beverages. “Our findings dispel the traditional myths,” researchers wrote in the … Read more