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Count down to January 20, 2009.

The Audacity of Hops

I wrote about the Kenyan “Obama Beer” right here back in February. But now we have a new one dedicated to our next president called “The Audacity of Hops.”

It’s brewed by a fellow right here in my own town of Washington, D.C., the future home of Barack Obama (placing my bets a little too soon? My god, I hope not), named Sam Chapple-Sokol who blogs at humblegourmand.com.

I’m an absolute sucker for puns, so naturally I love the title of this guy’s election homebrew. Check out his label and look closely at the ingredients and the ABV.

Too Drunk to Vote?

Don't Drunk Vote, er Vote Drunk, I mean Don't Vote Drunk

A friend forwarded me this email from MoveOn.org.

Dear MoveOn member,

Put down your beer—you’ve got hear this.

In response to the funny, positive Obama ad we’re running right now on MTV and Comedy Central, right-wing radio host Michael Reagan went on an anti-young people rant Monday on CNN:
“Young voters… the night before every election, they go out on a binge—and they end up with a hangover. They end up not voting.”

Riiiiiight. I totally understand that all the right-wingers who are seeing their grasp on power slip away want to believe that. Just doesn’t happen to be true. (Plus, seriously, it’s not that hard to vote hungover.)

Let’s have some fun with this. Click below to take our new Young Voter Pledge: “I will not get soooo drunk on November 3rd that I am unable to vote on November 4th.”

Click here to take the “Young Voter Pledge.” Given the results of the past two presidential elections they may actually be onto something here. We need all the sober voters we can get this time around. The funny thing is that there is actually a website called http://getdrunkandvote4mccain.com.

Drink, Don’t Drive

My mom sent me this photo today. I love my mom.

Sustainable Beer Haiku

Captain Hops over at Beer Haiku Daily posted this little ditty today in honor of next months beer-blogging Session on organic beer:

toasting mother earth
pure sustainable brewing
now and tomorrow

I gotta say, I love the fact that this guy writes a haiku on beer every day. Okay, well, some days he publishes haiku from his readers, but still. Thanks for the poetical inspiration Cap’n!