Ancient Nubians Made Antibiotic Beer

Chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Sudanese Nubians who lived nearly 2000 years ago shows they were ingesting the antibiotic tetracycline on a regular basis, likely from a special brew of beer. (Wired.com)

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The Australian Media Series Audio Webcast

The big beer ad: what’s next in the beer wars? The Australian’s marketing writer Simon Canning talks with the Gruen Nation’s Russel Howcroft, chairman and Managing Director of George Patterson’s Y&R, and Tom Moult, one of Australia’s foremost creative directors and chairman of Euro RSCG.(The Australian)

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World’s ‘oldest beer’ found in shipwreck

Salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest beer, taking advertisers’ notion of ‘drinkability’ to another level. (CNN.com)

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Award winning beer spawned by poker

A former sea urchin researcher and two-time New Zealand poker champion has big plans to grow his micro-brewed beer label, which took out an industry award last week. (nzherald.co.nz)

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Bitter vs Lager: A rant from David Mitchell

British comedian David Mitchell is a little unfamiliar to Australians, unless you’ve ever caught his brilliant comedy series Peep Show, or seen his occasional appearance on QI. He is brilliantly funny in that self-deprecating, nerdy, but incredibly intelligent way that only very few comedians pull off. And here, in this great short video, he expounds on his love of bitter, and it’s dominance over lager – and particularly his pet peeve, ‘creamy’ lager.(via Thirsty Critters.com.au)