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flawlessassholes · 3 months ago

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I just wanted to let you know that to get through my work day I daydreamed about dirtbag Daniel and girl Max fucking. Thank you.

the anons thirst for dbd&gm, but unfortunately i don't have them fucking, i only have angst that i wrote on a train ride to see taylor swift and that didn't influence this at all.

She left on the last train.

A million dollars and more, and she still had to take the train back to Monaco because she was drunk, and it would be a bad look for the face of Heineken 0.0 non-alcoholic beer to get arrested on some back road in France with her Aston Martin in a ditch.

The city of love, he had said before they left. Max wanted to say, what was more romantic than Monaco, the Côte d'Azur?

Now she wants to say, you don’t love me. You never did.

Shitting bullshit. It was the city of lies, probably. And the city of bullshit. The city of shitting bullshit and shitty lies and the shitty bullshitting lying liars that tell them.

Max had thought—

Just.

Who takes their fuckbuddy to Paris to tell them that they’re leaving to go to shitty Renault?

Max knew—

She knows. Had known. That she is always loving Daniel more than he loved her.

She would have thought that he didn’t love her, and that it was her being a stupid little girl with a crush like her father kept saying, but after Monaco—

Did he know in Monaco? As he moved above her, in her, with awed tears in his eyes, champagne or pool water making his hair extra curly, that he was leaving for Renault?

Max had thought that was making love. Just like she thought this trip was the sign that they were—something.

Something more.

She should have known when he met her in Paris instead of driving from Monaco.

He was meeting with sponsors, stupid French sponsors for his new, stupid French team.

She takes another sip of her shitty canned gin tonic, staring out at the navy black beyond the train’s windows. They say it’s a nice train ride, if it’s not the middle of the night, and you’re not drinking and not not crying.

Her phone lights up in the window’s reflection. It is of course Daniel.

She needs to learn how to not pick up his calls. She needs to be better. Practice. Max is good at practicing.

She’ll start now.

The screen goes dark, then lights up again.

It wouldn’t be the first time Max fucked up practice for Daniel.

Maybe she’ll always be a fuckup when it comes to Daniel.

She answers, and she listens to him rattle off excuses. She hates it. Hates him. Hates that he’s making her do this, promises to herself that she’s done, that this is it.

And she hates, most of al, that he’ll make her break that promise. That she’s a silly little girl with a crush on a boy that she thought loved her.

And she hates that he doesn’t.

But she loves him, of course. More than all of that.

Maybe she always will.

#dbd&gm #asks #anon #my fic #mine #i wrote this a while ago but it has taken me. too long. to decipher my handwriting. like there are sentences i had to take out #because i simply could not read what i had wrote #etc etc #anyways enjoy

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wineanddinosaur · 4 years ago

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Bravus Brewing Company’s Philip Brandes Is Making Non-Alcoholic Beer History

Philip Brandes doesn’t want to tell folks how to live their lives. He just wants them to have access to great beer — even if they don’t drink alcohol.

Brandes didn’t have any experience in the beer world when he began brewing non-alcoholic beer in his garage in 2015. A former software programmer who worked long hours alone in front of a screen, he says he could feel that his chosen profession was killing him — figuratively and literally. When a close friend began drinking non-alcoholic beer after battling alcoholism, Brandes decided to put his analytic skills to work by finding the perfect method for making it. A year later, he filed to form an LLC, and Bravus Brewing Company became America’s first exclusively non-alcoholic craft brewery.

In 2016, Bravus expanded out of Brandes’s garage into a 1,400-square-foot production brewery in Santa Ana, Calif. Then, in mid-2020, the brewery expanded again — this time, into a 23,000-square-foot facility in Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle neighborhood, less than a mile from Angel Stadium and big-name breweries Golden Road and Karl Strauss. Since then, Bravus’s year-round brands have earned shelf space at Total Wine stores across the country.

Brandes attributes much of his brewery’s success to the quality of the beer, which is made using a proprietary brewing method. He’s also ventured into ultra-limited beer releases, producing the world’s first non-alcoholic bourbon-barrel-aged brew, Gravitas, which medaled at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival. Last year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic and a consumer market looking for healthier choices, Bravus saw a 300 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales.

While NA beer competitors are targeting athletes or others looking to replenish electrolytes, savvy beer drinkers will find Bravus’s branding to be almost indistinguishable from a regular craft brewery’s. That’s because, according to Brandes, the audience is simply “anyone who wants a beer.”

1. Before starting Bravus, did you ever see yourself working in beer?

Never. I didn’t even think about it. But when I looked to change careers, I saw how much fun my brother was having. He was a sales rep for a local brewery and [part of his job was] driving to various breweries and tasting new beers. Everyone was always cheers-ing and drinking, and I could see everyone was having a bunch of fun. So, I thought, I want to do this, too.

2. What is Bravus Brewing Company’s mission?

As you know, there is such a stigma surrounding not drinking alcohol, to the point where it can be pretty alienating in a social setting. I had a friend who would whisper to the waiter and order O’Douls, then turn the bottle promptly around when it arrived at the table so that the label faced him, preventing others from knowing he was drinking a non-alcoholic beer. It was that awkwardness, along with the fact that non-alcoholic segment has consisted of poor-quality choices, that gave me the inspiration not only to launch, but really take it to the next level by creating an ultra-rare, limited-release beer that was not only extremely enjoyable, but something you could show off.

I think the mission is to give someone something that tastes like a beer, looks like a beer, feels like a beer, and allows them to fit in with the rest of us. We want people to have a beer they can be proud of, not embarrassed by.

3. Is there a beer that Bravus Brewing Company makes that best illustrates who you are and what you do?

One summer, I came up with this crazy idea to attempt the world’s first non-alcoholic bourbon-barrel-aged stout and release it to our customers around the holidays. This isn’t an easy feat because barrel aging normally imparts quite a bit of alcohol to the product. After a lot of testing, I developed a method that didn’t impart alcohol. I took it a step further by creating a luxurious package around it, and really making it a labor of love.

And so, “Gravitas” was born, named after our corporate entity, Gravitas Brewing Company, LLC. The product is truly craft beer: It is brewed in a small batch, hand-bottled, hand-labeled, and hand-capped, all by me. It’s a chance for me as the brewer to really connect with our customers and give them something they can proudly display on their table. Side note: I believe it became the first non-alcoholic beer to be traded among alcoholic beer aficionados!

4. What goes into Bravus’s brewing method that makes it so different from other NA breweries?

What makes us different is that we just don’t have a lot of alcohol production with our process in the first place. Most non-alcoholic brewers take an actual beer and filter out the alcohol, but when you take an alcoholic beer and burn off the alcohol, you’re burning or filtering out all the flavor and aroma — all the things that make the beer taste good. I think when you start putting stuff in and removing it, it’s like a chef taking ingredients out of a dish. We’ve developed a process that mimics alcoholic craft beer production as much as possible. There’s a lot of intellectual property around it, and we’re still learning new stuff about it every day, but I’ll say that we don’t vacuum distill, we don’t remove the alcohol, and it’s not arrested fermentation. It’s just a completely unique way of brewing that, at the end of the day, produces some pretty good beer.

5. A growing interest in “better-for-you” brews has caused a lot of brands to pivot into the non-alcoholic beer category — Samuel Adams, Lagunitas, Budweiser, and Heineken, to name a few. In the past year, has Bravus changed to address growing consumer interest in these beers?

Yes, and no. I think the concept of NA still kind of confounds people, especially [with] macro producers coming into the market. We’ve always maintained that, in the long run and to fight off competition, it has to be about two things: flavor, which we have everyone beat on; and brand, which is probably the hardest part. But there’s just so much desire to have high-quality, small-batch options, and that’s what we do. We made that choice a long time ago and haven’t really pivoted away. In the long term, these more-of-the-same macro beers aren’t going to last.

6. What do you think about the trend toward “better-for-you” beer?

I don’t think it’s a trend. This is what it is. People want and demand healthier drinks. The days of sugary sodas and high-calorie foods, I think those days are close to being over. And that’s a smart thing. That’s a good thing. And I think people should be mindful of what they do, but not at the sacrifice of taste. That’s the trick. I’m impressed with a lot of these offerings now that are coming into the space. So, I think it’s great and here to stay.

7. Where do you see this segment going next?

Even “better-for-you” isn’t really good for you. I think shifting in that direction is great, so it actually becomes a good-for-you category that has some health benefits to it. And that’s what’s so great about us. There’s nothing really terrible about our products, and there’s a lot of really great things in NA craft beer, like polyphenols and certain vitamins. So, I think it’s a good thing to go towards.

8. What else is Bravus doing that’s different from other exclusively NA breweries?

I’m interested in just being a beer for beer drinkers. I don’t want to be a recovery drink or a Gatorade or a Red Bull. I think people want a beer. And it’s funny, because investors and marketing people don’t like beers that appeal to everyone, right? They want you in a box. But I kind of like the fact that we have such a diverse market. I’m not here to tell you what to do, so if you want a non-alcoholic beer, I mean, hey, pick this up.

9. What’s your long-term vision for Bravus?

The non-alcoholic space and better-for-you space is really hot right now, so I think using our technologies to look at some other opportunities, like spirits and wines and things like that, would be great. I feel like we can just do such a better job at making these by using the technology that we’ve developed. But there are also a lot of cool things that NA beer can do that alcohol can’t. You can find niches, like the military, food trucks, things like that. We’re looking at maybe expanding at some point to the Middle East, because there’s a huge market for non-alcoholic beer amongst the Muslim population [there]. There are all these cool little opportunities ahead that I’d love to explore.

Ed. note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

The article Bravus Brewing Company’s Philip Brandes Is Making Non-Alcoholic Beer History appeared first on VinePair.

source https://vinepair.com/articles/bravus-brewing-philip-brandes-non-alcoholic-beer/

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yaniethoughts · 5 years ago

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To the Next Person Who’ll Love Him

An open letter to the next person who'll love him and the things I found out and loved about him. It was a privilege to be given the chance to know this much about him. The things I'm about to say are things I found out during our friendship and are not necessarily true for future reference. People can change when they want to, so this is the version of him that I got the chance to know and love.

1. His SB drinks: Iced/hot English Breakfast Tea with white mocha and raspberry syrup with a splash of breve, tea bag in also known as "Pink Drink" and looks like the "Pink milk" from thai dramas. For him, it was like happiness in a cup. When he started med, he has tried mocha frappucinos, americano and cold brews.

2. Alcoholic drinks: Prefers Red horse over other drink. Most unforgettable was a canned beer from Thailand. He sometimes get Heineken. Not so picky with cocktails, and will go with anything the group decides.

3. You'll know he's tipsy when his hair gets messy or he starts shaking his head after a drink or shot. When he's drunk he'll just doze off or he can become unreasonable so just listen to what he has to say. If he's hurt, he'll start opening up or cry. Just be there to listen. If ever there will be a point, he wants to vomit…he'll tell you.

4. Food: He's quite picky with food. Totally no middle eastern or Indian food. Anything with too many spices and aromatics. He doesn't like anything too spicy or fermented either such as kimchi. His comfort food during our friendship is samgyeopsal, particularly the thinly sliced beef without marinades, slightly toasted to a crisp. Aside from that, he used to order Breakfast starter: eggs scramble, bacon, plain rice and lemonade with an extra order of bacon. If funds are getting low, either he won't eat at all or offer cheap alternatives…preferrably with a fast service, Laxamana's (Pork sisig) or Paylite (teriyaki).

5. He cannot be separated from his phone: He's always on his phone. He has a lot of friends and responsibilities in med school. He will check up on those at anytime, don't worry he's still listening to you if ever you're teeling him something. BRING A POWERBANK. His phone during our friendship had battery problems, and his phone drains so easily. Bring a back up type c cord too, just in case. If he somehow, ignores his phone during your time and talks to you instead…you're very lucky.

6. Don't let him wait, especially by the time you meet him. He'll either be busy with acads, clerkship or internship. Same with most med students, their time is precious. Do not demand for more, because you know the type of career they have. At this point you have to remember quality over quantity.

7. He might have inhibitions from receiving things. (I feel I might have contributed to that) He would often hesitate to accept things, but will accept them if it's already there. He'd willingly accept treats from friends instead. Just remember that when you give things freely, you no longer have ownership over them. Don't ever count them and use it against him or isumbat mo sa kanya. You gave it freely and he never asked them from you.

8. Maingay siya magreview. I think yun yung learning strategy niya. And being a teacher, there are times na you have to pretend to be a student kasi he uses teaching as a review. Don't try asking the questions in his transes, not very helpful and kung non-med student ka hindi mo rin masasabi kung tama or mali yung sagot. Kung may kailangan ka din gawin, pwede ka naman mag earphones pakiramdaman mo lang kung kelan siya mag rerest. Either kukunin niya phone niya or kukuha ng bagong trans.

9. He smokes: a lot when stressed, but curbed when he has to do a lot of things. He usually uses this as a reward after finishing a certain number of transes. If you smoke, you should at least have a pack of marlboro blue (pwede rin green or black) or esse pop and a lighter. If you don't smoke, okay lang din naman sa kanya.

10. There will be times he won't be able to reply to you as fast as he used to. Either he's phone is dead, quiz or exam, tulog pa or travelling. If those conditions don't apply, take a hint. If you got impatient waiting, ask him personally and not through text.

11. Music: You'll often find him listening to music. During our friendship, he had listen to a lot of OPM bands, Particularly Ben&Ben the rest includes: The Juans, Autotelic, December Avenue, I belong to the Zoo.

12. There will be times he'll rant or throw a shade on social media. Just ask how he's feeling first before asking to whom it is directed to. He's not in the mood during that time and it's more important to let him calm down first. He'll tell you when he trusts you.

13. He rarely invites people out, but when he does that means he wants to be with you. If you want to spend time with him, do the same. Just invite him out, especially when he wants to, he's very vocal about it anyway.

14. When he nags you in texts, or send songs that he listens to before he shares it on his social media accounts, he cares.

15. As mentioned before, he has a lot of friends. It's best to keep your best foot forward. You'll meet them along the way. Masaya sila kasama, and it would be best to go with the flow of their humor. Being too serious and rigid, won't help you.

16. Marami din siyang crush. Just remember, crush is paghanga only. If he really likes someone, he'll stick to one. You'll know it's you if you notice some of his friends warming up to you. He would usually ask his friends to be his wingman.

17. He has a lot of smiles, all equally adorable but not necessarily true. Once you’ve seen all, you’ll know which one is true. The kind of smile that radiates towards you.

18. He rarely watched movies in theaters. So if you were to invite him for a date, go out for dinner, coffee or drinks instead. He enjoys long walks too, if he’s interested.

19. He’s an ultimate fan of Friends, watching it over and over to cheer himself up or to relieve some stress. Game of thrones as well, finding the finale disappointing. Big Bang theory as well.

20. He’s not perfect. He has flaws just like everyone else.That’s up to you to decide, but one thing is for sure, you have the capacity to accept them. Accept them, not change them. He has to do it on his own, when he finds it necessary. And when he does, support him.

I'd like you to know that I found happiness in him that's why I found all of these things easy. Acquaintances and even my closest friends have called me stupid for doing them for so long. There are times that I believed them but not completely. All I did was express my love…transform it to something that is acceptable to the both of us…. Even though it didn't last. Judge me if you must, but I will do all of these things all over again if I had a chance. It was my love for him that allowed me to open my doors and become the person I am today. A kind of love that is transformative. I admit that most of it came from me, but it won't exist without him that's why I am so grateful for him. Unfortunately, his love is not meant for me, not because I don't deserve it, it's just not for me.

To the next person who'll love him, I hope you'll mean it when you say so. I want you to know that there are people who loves him as well, and he refused them to meet you and be with you. If you would be given the chance to love him, the kind of chance where he is fully aware and acknowledges your love to the point he reciprocates it…don't lose it. He's been hurt before, and if you've felt that before, don't become the reason for it. Communicate.

To the next person who'll love him, love him your own way….because I'm not the best person to know. I don't know how to love him, if I did, he would have seen it. If I could no longer be in his life as a lover or even as friend, I just want him to remember me as someone who truly loved him. I hope he won't settle for less because if someone like me could love him so easily, someone whom he loves should be capable of exceeding it. Just as I won't be settling for something like this ever again, because now I know that I also deserve the love that I was willing to give.

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x-enter · 5 years ago

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Ken Jeong opens up about his career path from the medical field into comedy acting, his recent roles, and representation in Hollywood

Comedian, actor, and former physician Ken Jeong spoke with Business Insider last week about his partnership with Heineken 0.0, the company's non-alcoholic beer, for National First Responders Day.

Jeong is known for his comedic roles in movies like "The Hangover," "Pineapple Express," and "Knocked Up." He also recently starred in the blockbuster movie "Crazy Rich Asians," the first major Hollywood movie with an all-Asian cast in 25 years.

Ken Jeong has become a recognizable face in Hollywood over the past decade — with a long list of roles in comedies like "The Hangover" and "Knocked Up," to a recent Netflix stand-up special and a role in the blockbuster film "Crazy Rich Asians."

What is less known about Jeong is how he actually transitioned into acting from studying and practicing medicine, and began following his passion by doing stand-up while in medical school.

Jeong's recent roles in "Crazy Rich Asians" and the ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" feature all-Asian or majority-Asian casts, and have been credited with redefining the way Asian characters and actors are portrayed in Hollywood.

Business Insider sat down with Jeong to talk about his transition from being a doctor to a Hollywood actor, his recent roles and representation in Hollywood, his family, and how he's choosing to honor those in the medical field by partnering with Heineken for National First Responders Day.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Isabella Paoletto: Can you talk a little bit about your partnership with Heineken, your role, and why you decided to do it?

Ken Jeong: Yes, I am celebrating First Responders Day, and I used to be a physician, and as a medical professional I know first-hand the importance of first responders. They are the most valuable team [and] part of the healthcare team because if I'm admitting a patient into a hospital, they're the ones taking in the patient to the ER, giving me information, you know, "28 year old male with shortness of breath, pain, coughing," and they're giving me all the necessary tools for me to make the diagnosis — and at the same time they're saving that patient's life. They've stabilized that patient.

So to me, they have to assess and they have to save, and they never get the credit they deserve. And for me that that's why this cause is near and dear to my heart, because they deserve the most recognition of all of us, and I can't think of a better way to partner up with Heineken 0.0 and just honestly for National First Responders Day, alcohol-free beer, so right call when you're on call.

Paoletto: So, my grandpa actually used to be a doctor and said that he would drink non-alcoholic beer when he was on call. Did you often drink non-alcoholic beer, or have colleagues who did when they were on call?

Jeong: I definitely had colleagues that did, and I think it's a very, very healthy way to decompress when you're on call and you can't drink alcohol, and that's so cool that your grandfather did that. Our campaign represents really your grandfather and what he does — it's like when you're on call, you want to decompress, but you want to do it, obviously, in a way that that makes sense as the right call when you're on call.

Paoletto: I wanted to talk a little bit about your transition from the medical field into acting. Why did you decide to make that career change?

Jeong: I always had a passion for performing, so even when I was in college. I was pre-med. Yeah, a lot of people don't know this, but I was doing a lot of theater as well and I had gotten bitten by the acting bug in college. I never did any acting in high school or anything like that. I didn't know I even had it in me to perform. So, I was definitely a late bloomer, and I didn't know where I was going to go with this. All I knew was I just had a deep, deep love of performing. I felt like I had an aptitude for it, but more importantly, I had a passion for it.

I had a very complicated life, you know, or at least in my head I did, where I was in medicine, on a medical track, and it was a very, very heavy time because I basically had two loves and two passions and how to reconcile that? The only advice I could give is just don't ever think about the end result. Doesn't matter. There is probably a parallel universe out there where a guy like me is a physician and maybe just doing some stand-up comedy on the side. I was incredibly happy doing that, you know.

Paoletto: I know your wife is also a physician. How does she feel about you working with Heineken for National First Responders Day?

Jeong: Oh yeah, no, I run everything by my wife and she was definitely very much in favor for it, and she saw the campaign and everybody in that like campaign ad, they're all real life first responders. And I surprised these first responders, they didn't know it was me.

So, it was a really cool experience. So to me, my wife's been very supportive of it, and I even showed her the end product as well. We're partners, you know, I could not do this without her. She again is another unsung hero.

Paoletto: You also have two daughters, around 12 years old. Have they seen any of your work? Are there any roles of yours that they hate or love?

Jeong: It's so funny, they love "Community." They love every episode of "Community," and they don't like my character, like when they see my character, it's like they want to fast forward it, and even my daughters actually ask me, "Am I insulting you if you're not my favorite 'Community' character or if we watch episodes that don't feature you?," you know?

I think you bring up a good point, though, if you're a child of an entertainer. Yeah, I know I probably won't make them laugh as much because they're just annoyed by me anyway, so I think you know, familiarity breeds contempt. You know, that's something I heartily accepted. Yeah, that's just part of the deal.

Paoletto: How has the transition to fame been for your family?

Jeong: Well, they can't make eye contact ever, especially in private, you know that. [laughs]. And I have a Fortress of Solitude that I built in the house that's just for me. But other than that, I think my wife has done the most amazing job of just kind of, and I'm on board with this too, that we tell our kids, "Look, I have an odd job, and the job is just slightly different but the principles of life is the same."

Let's say I was still practicing medicine full-time, to me how we are trying to raise our children, raise a family, it's exactly the same. We just, we want them to pursue what they want to do. We want them to be disciplined at what they do, we want them to excel in school, but we also want them to follow their passions, whether it be in academics or in the arts or in athletics, whatever it is.

I think my legacy as a parent is encouraging my kids to think outside of the box. My whole livelihood is thinking outside the box and not doing something that's typical, and I want my family, I want my kids to embrace their uniqueness, even if it's something no one else does, or no one else thinks you can do.

Paoletto: So, your Netflix standup recently came out and you've been in many great comedies, you know, "The Hangover" and "Pineapple Express." Do you plan on continuing to focus on comedy, or do you see yourself transitioning out of comedy into different types of roles?

Jeong: That's a great question. I would love to do — again I don't think of the end product like, "Oh, I have to do a period piece, or I have to do a drama" — but I would love to do a period piece, and I would love to do a drama.

I always just try to find a way to maximize whatever opportunity I have before me, but I also, I don't want to limit myself to those things that I haven't done. There might be some things similar to what I've done before that I can find some unique form of joy. So to me, I just want to find a way to just maximize the joy of whatever scenario. Like I never thought in a million years I would do a show like "The Masked Singer," to do a panel show, that's never been in the cards for me, and it's the best decision I ever made. You know, it's my mom's favorite show in Korea because it's based on the Korean show with the same name, and I'm having the most fun, ever, like I'm thoroughly enjoying every second of it.

What I'm learning as I get older, it's just you know, man, it's just nothing wrong with going with the flow and finding enjoyment and opportunity and happiness there because you'll get it, and you'll get happiness in the most unexpected places.

Paoletto: You've also recently starred in "Crazy Rich Asians" and you've been in "Fresh Off the Boat," which have both done a lot to redefine previous stereotypes of Asian characters in Hollywood. In your personal experience, do you see more representation in the industry? Do you see the roles changing and becoming more diverse for people of color?

Jeong: Well, I think first of all, "Fresh Off the Boat" is one of the most important shows on television for Asian-Americans, and if it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't have my own sitcom, "Dr. Ken," that was on for two years. I created that show, and that was my big mission was to have more representation.

And then "Crazy Rich Asians," man, that just to me, that may be the most important movie I've ever done because it wasn't about me — it was about my kids' future. It was about, really, the future of Asian Americans in entertainment. And because of that film, you have Awkwafina just crushing it right now. You have Gemma Chan, Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Ronny Chieng, and now even outside the "Crazy Rich Asians" circle, you have Ali Wong, who I think for my money is the best Asian-American comic right now, and she did a movie with one of my best friends, Randall park, for Netflix, "Always Be My Maybe."

There's more representation than ever, but we still have a long ways to go. I mean, also Bowen Yang of "SNL." He's the first Chinese American cast member. He's a dear friend, and he's my favorite member of "SNL." He's just crushing it right now. He's just so funny, and I I watch the show because of him. So the representation, it is getting better. We still have a long ways to go, but it's getting better and better, and it's exciting.

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failedimitator · 7 years ago

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When I saw the queue going in to the festival grounds, I couldn't help but think that these people must be insane. But then I quickly lost the moral high ground when I joined the queue with everyone. Before you go on to the grounds, a guy checks your wristband to see if you've got one, first of all, and then what kind. After that, another guy checks your pockets, and then pats you down (with the occasional ass-grabbing). A final guy empties your bag to check for drugs and weapons and other things that society deems terrible. But also, the guy takes away your water, and food, and anything that might prevent you from buying the overpriced shit they're peddling inside. Once you make it on to the grounds, you can only buy alcohol from the Heineken star club which is this massive elevated structure smack in the middle. There's only one entrance to the club, and because this is Malaysia, there's a massive sign up front that says "only non-muslims allowed". But because this is Malaysia, there was no one checking to see who was going in, so K and I managed to get through (although I probably would've been able to go in anyway, because I'm a foreigner). Everything up in the star club (and to be fair, the rest of the festival) was expensive, but nothing was as egregious as selling a bottle of water for RM 10. For context, the same bottle of water costs RM 3.50 at a convenience store up in the resort. The same bottle of water costs RM 1.50 back in KL.

With every sip from my bottle, I felt like I was being punished for not drinking alcohol.

In the cable car on the way over, C was talking about how excited she was for Dua Lipa. "Oh my god, she's so hot!" she kept on saying. And X was overly excited for G-Eazy. "G, I'm going to be so easy for you," she joked. I don't particularly know either artist. Most of the artists in the festival were on the electronic spectrum (or one of its many sub-genres).

While we were up in Star club, this DJ called Gryffin was performing. We came down afterwards and walked closer to the main stage in preparation for Dua Lipa. A guy was on stage playing some smooth electronic shit. He had the usual electronic set up, but he also a full drum set with him on stage. I really liked the songs he was playing. And loved how smooth his transitions were. One of the songs had this crazy imagery of guns and money projected behind him. At some point, I turned to X and asked -- who is this? "Lido," she said, "L-I-D-O" Dua Lipa came on afterwards wearing a white tank top, long blue track pants, and sneakers. "Why she is dressed like that?" E asked. "Is she going to tear off the pants in the middle of her performance?" "Maybe she's training for a marathon," I said. "She's so dedicated she's going for a run right after this set" The truth though, I suspect, is because of some regulation from the authorities. This is Malaysia, after all. I remember a few years back, Beyonce canceling her concert here (or was it Rihanna? Oh God, this looks bad) because the authorities did not want her to dress "too sexy" -- whatever that means. G-Eazy, on the other hand, took off his shirt in the middle of his set and threw it to the audience. Performed topless till the end. And someone threw a bra at him on stage. "I'll read your message later," he said after he picked up the red bra (could've also been a darker shade of pink). In the beginning of his set, he said something along the lines of -- I've travelled thousands of miles to be here with you and there's nowhere else I'd rather be. I don't like being condescended to -- I don't think anybody does -- and after that comment, I wasn't sure if I liked G-Eazy. "G-Eazy, please don't be cheesy," E said. I laughed. I decided for sure that I did not like him when he played his song called Buddha with lyrics that go:

Money too long for a ruler I swim in it like Barracuda Man, I'm goin' deeper than scuba Y'all know nothin' 'bout this do ya? I'm grateful, I'm prayin' to Buddha.

Doesn't Buddhism preach non-attachment? And why would you pray to the Buddha because of worldly possessions? The Buddha is not a god. He's not a creator or a provider. He's suppose to be an inspiration. Even more annoying is that he could’ve easily changed the lyrics from "I'm prayin' to Buddha" to "I'm prayin' with the Buddha". It would've made more sense, and still maintained the rhyme structure. I turned to K, after the set, and asked, "Is it just me, or was that actually kind of shit?" It was actually kind of shit, K confirmed.

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Is Heineken 0.0 alcohol free and non alcoholic heineken?

While it has no alcohol and just 69 calories, Heineken 0.0 looks like beer, and even better, it. Does Heineken 0.0 have alcohol? Heineken 0.0 truly has 0% alcohol, a perk for anyone who is avoiding even small quantities of alcohol. Can you drink Heineken 0.0 and drive? Nonalcoholic beers are legal to drink while driving as long as the alcohol content is below the level defined by law. … Nonalcoholic beer cans have a similar appearance to regular beer cans. The likelihood that you could be reported and stopped by an officer becomes a reality even though your actions may be legal. Fun factFun fact: Some of them still have alcohol in them.On a warm night recently, my boyfriend and I were seated on a restaurant’s patio, and he ordered a beer. “Jerk,” I muttered.He looked at me, surprised. I sometimes jokingly lament his ability (or, rather, my lack of ability) to drink hard alcohol, but never beer. Beer was just never that important to me. I’d drink it, of course — that’s how alcoholism works — but it made me feel full faster than it made me drunk, thus it wasn’t very efficient for my purposes.Which is why I was just as surprised as he was by what came out of my mouth.Usually, he just laughs when I give him crap about the booze he can drink that I can’t; he understands where it comes from, and that I’m not really mad. This night, however, because it was about beer, he looked at me concerned.“You OK?”For as long as I’ve been sober, I’ve been told that nonalcoholic beer is a bad idea.“Near beer” — a phrase that makes me nails-on-a-chalkboard cringe for reasons I don’t totally understand — is triggering to people in recovery, I was told.The argument is that drinking something with the look and taste of actual beer will make the person want the real stuff.That may well be true. If you’re in recovery and beer was your jam, you’d probably want to think very carefully about popping open a nonalcoholic beer.A love for real beer isn’t what’s kept me away for so long, though. It’s the fact that most nonalcoholic beers actually aren’t alcohol-free.In the United States, anything that’s less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) can be labeled “non-alcoholic.” And to be fair, you’d have a hard time getting even a slight buzz off a beer that’s 0.4 percent ABV. (Most regular beer has an alcohol content of around 5 percent ABV.)But as someone who was so severely addicted to alcohol that some mornings I drank cough syrup or mouthwash just to get my hands to stop shaking, I don’t mess around with even small amounts of alcohol.I’ve been sober for 11 years. It wasn’t until last year that I was willing to try kombucha, which also has trace amounts of alcohol. (Even then, I only tried it in an effort to get some good bacteria in my wonky stomach.)I don’t think it’s inherently bad for recovering alcoholics to drink nonalcoholic beer.It’s just never been something I’m comfortable with for myself… drumroll please… until now!That’s because, finally, I can partake: Brands like Heineken and Budweiser have started producing alcohol-free beer. Not “a little alcoholic” beer, but genuinely 100 percent alcohol-free beer.As much I know we live in a society obsessed with alcohol and there’s nothing wrong with not drinking, it kinda sucks to feel like the odd person out, holding your glass of tap water in a group of drinkers.I know I need to be sober, and I’m proud of my sobriety. But no one likes feeling like the odd one out in a group.Plus, when tap water and Diet Coke are the only nonalcoholic beverages at an event (which, trust me, is very often the case), it’s just nice to have one more option.Random Posts📷how much alcohol is in non alcoholic heineken how much alcohol is in budweiser chelada how much alcohol is in smirnoff ice green apple what percent alcohol is budweiser beer what percentage of brain cells do we use how much alcohol does budweiser zero have As much I know we live in a society obsessed with alcohol and there’s nothing wrong with not drinking, it kinda sucks to feel like the odd person out, holding your glass of tap water in a

group of drinkers.I know I need to be sober, and I’m proud of my sobriety. But no one likes feeling like the odd one out in a group.Plus, when tap water and Diet Coke are the only nonalcoholic beverages at an event (which, trust me, is very often the case), it’s just nice to have one more option.So if, like me, you’re zero-beer curious, I’ve put together a list of your options.There are companies making beers that are 0.05 percent ABV; that’s such a low amount of alcohol, I’m including them on the list. You’d literally have to drink 100 of them to get the alcohol content that’s in one regular beer. However, I’m marking them with an asterisk, so if you want to stay 100 percent alcohol-free, you can.I haven’t actually had a chance to try any of these yet, but I’m totally going to!📷how much alcohol is in non alcoholic heinekenHere are a few alcohol-free beers non alcoholic heineken:*Beck’s Blue (0.05 percent) *Bitburger Drive (0.05 percent) Budweiser Prohibition Brew (0 percent) Heineken 0.0 (0 percent) Interestingly, there are a TON in the United Kingdom, but when I was doing research, I kept getting conflicting information about whether they’re available in the United States.If you’re reading this in the United Kingdom, or want to try shipping some alcohol-free beers across the pond, here are a few to try:Ambar 0.0 Gluten-Free Beer (0 percent) Bavaria Premium Non-Alcoholic Malt (0.0 percent) Bavaria Wit Non-Alcoholic Wheat Beer (0.0 percent) Cobra Zero Non-Alcoholic Beer (0.0 percent) Jupiler 0.0% (0 percent) Some very fancy alcohol-free “cocktails” have recently come on the market, most notably Curious Elixirs. While I love anything that gives us more alcohol-free options, $35 for a bottle that makes two cocktails isn’t really in my price range.In contrast, you can get six bottles of Heineken 0.0 for $32. Pricier than your average beer, but still something I might try every now and then on a warm summer night.📷how much alcohol is in non alcoholic heinekenFor me, for a special occasion non alcoholic heineken? It’s nice to have the option.For any people in recovery who don’t want the taste of beer because it might be a trigger, I’m a big fan of seltzer with a splash of your favorite juice mixed in.Bonus: It tastes delicious and looks pretty in a cocktail glass.No matter what’s in your glass, know that you’re the one in charge of your recovery — and whether alcohol-free beers are a part of yours is entirely up to you.For a person who’s actively addicted to alcohol, though, booze isn’t something you can take or leave. It’s often something you need to stay alive.This is true on both an emotional and physiological level.I truly believed that if I stopped drinking, the pain of sobriety, of not having the numbing salve I needed to move through the world, would kill me.And when I got to the point that I was physically addicted — where the homeostasis in my body was thwarted by the absence of alcohol, where my hands shook in the morning until I could find something to drink — stopping really could have killed me.It’s one of the few drugs that doesn’t just make you feel like you’re dying when you abruptly stop. It can follow through and actually do it.If you’re worried about a loved one having an addiction to alcohol non alcoholic heineken, it’s helpful to understand the emotional and physical reality of what that means.Like many alcoholics, when I was criticized or even questioned about my alcohol use, I would immediately fly into an indignant rage, denying that my relationship with alcohol was even the slightest bit problematic.It was a terrifying, nightmarish Catch-22. So, when people questioned me about my drinking, I lashed out.So, what to do when you think a loved one is struggling with their substance use non alcoholic heineken?First, ask yourself why you think that. In my humble opinion, the number one cause for concern is when someone continues using a substance despite repeated negative consequences as a result of that use. Alcohol in Malaysia of alcohol to non-Muslims. There are no nationwide alcohol bans being

enforced in the country, with the exception of Kelantan and Terengganu which is only Auf Wiedersehen, Pet go, Neville. Cream of the British workforce, eh? Gan get three beers. Heinekens. [Gives Neville some money and sends him to the bar] Oz: Bloody hell, resource: wikipedia

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Now you’re really going to “Taste the Feeling:” Coca-Cola and Cannabis.

Summary:

Canada is about to legalize it, Elon Musk smoked it publicly, and the CDC just confirmed that teens are vaping it. Marijuana is in the news and Coca-Cola wants to be a part of the buzz. On September 17th, Coca-Cola released a statement indicating that they are “closely watching” the CBD market, and they aren’t just watching, they’re also talking; according to a report from BNN Bloomberg Television, the company has been in contact with Aurora Cannabis, Canada’s third-largest cannabis company, about the possibility of crafting CBD-infused beverages (Skerritt & Giammona, 2018).

Coca-Cola is not the first beverage company to tap into the blooming pot market; Constellation Brands, parent of Corona beer and Svedka vodka to name a few, invested nearly $4 billion US dollars this past August into marijuana company Canopy, and Heineken already has marijuana-infused beverages for sale in California dispensaries (Maloney & Chaudhuri, 2018). The noticeable difference between these companies and Coca-Cola is that Coke a major player in the non-alcoholic beverage industry. As pot continues to be federally illegal, creating a marijuana-infused drink in itself would be a value judgement on the merits of cannabis in American society.

Despite its illegality here in the States, the NASDAQ has 12 cannabis related listed marijuana stock (“Nasdaq Listed Marijuana Stocks,” n.d.). The NYSE has 9 (“NYSE Listed Marijuana Stocks,” n.d.). Money is already being made and stocks are rising; Coca-Cola’s interest in this new market is not out of the blue.

One aspect of Coca-Cola’s statement that is odd, however, is their disassociation of marijuana and CBD. Despite expressing their watch over the CBD industry, they begin their statement with “We have no interest in marijuana or cannabis,” as if the two are not the same (The Coca-Cola Company, 2018). According to the journal Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, “cannabis is a complex plant, with major compounds such as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol” (Atakan, 2012). Those scientific terms are for THC and CBD respectively. To me, this either says that the company really doesn’t know about the chemistry of the plant or intentionally recategorized CBD as something not related to marijuana.

Page Principles:

So I ask Coca-Cola, are you telling the truth? The first Page Principle advises companies to “provide an ethnically accurate picture of the enterprise’s [...] actions.” Producing CBD infused beverages is essentially the same as producing cannabis infused beverages, and thus should be presented as so. Are they attempting to enter the market without contracting pot’s stoner-aesthetic? Maybe. But as a global giant, Coca-Cola is in the unique position to massively change the stereotypes of pot use at a larger scale than any company has done before.

Despite this semantics issue, Coca-Cola really is following the fourth Page Principle of managing for tomorrow. Now that two countries (Uruguay and Canada) have legalized marijuana nationwide, Coca-Cola, as a global company, should be ready to be a part of this new market (Sapra, 2018). According to the Nasdaq website, analysts expect Coca-Cola to grow by 10.03% by December 2021 (“Coca-Cola Company (The) Analyst Forecasts Earnings Growth,” n.d.). Coca-Cola taking the route of tapping “into surging demand for marijuana products as traditional sales slow” will only serve to help them grow as analysts expect (Skerritt & Giammona, 2018). The charts below from Bloomberg show that both Canopy and Aurora cannabis companies have grown over the last 6 months.

Lastly, Coca-Cola is following the third Page Principle of listening to stakeholders. On a nationwide level, marijuana legalization is supported by 61% of Americans (Geiger, 2018). As the chart below shows, national feeling toward marijuana legalization has steadily risen since 1990. By taking the leap into the cannabis industry, Coca-Cola is listening to the majority of Americans who believe marijuana has a place in American society.

Reaction:

I think it is great that a company as large and ubiquitous as Coca-Cola is moving in the progressive direction of marijuana normalization. I have a particular interest in the way marijuana is used in this country to oppress us. Marijuana’s illegality allows the justice system to lock up millions of nonviolent offenders, it allows the VA to take away the benefits of veterans who use cannabis to treat PTSD, and it allows State governments to place children of marijuana smokers into foster care systems based on the value judgement that cannabis cannot possibly used by any good parent (these concepts plus dozens more are investigated on Viceland’s Weediquette).

Coca-Cola can lead the way in big companies favoring the use of marijuana in everyday life. Whether or not they directly associate their possible new product with the words “marijuana” and “cannabis” however, will affect how big of a societal change they can create. They specifically note its use in “functional wellness beverages around the world,” implying that they value CBD for its health benefits and hope to see it available for use worldwide (The Coca-Cola Company, 2018). But the disassociation of CBD and marijuana in their statement still strikes me as them failing to really step up to the plate of destigmatization. A Coca-Cola CBD product would be a massive step in the right direction of the future of marijuana use, so long as the product was property identified as part of a booming MARIJUANA market.

References:

Atakan, Z. (2012). Cannabis, a complex plant: different compounds and different effects on individuals. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 2(6), 241–254. http://doi.org/10.1177/2045125312457586

Coca-Cola Company (The) Analyst Forecasts Earnings Growth. (n.d.). NASDAQ.com. Retrieved from https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/ko/earnings-growth

Geiger, A. (2018, January 5). About six-in-ten Americans support marijuana legalization. Pew Research Center. Retrieved from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/01/05/americans-support-marijuana-legalization/

Maloney, J., & Chaudhuri, S. (2018, August 15). Corona Brewer Bets $4 Billion on Cannabis Startup. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from https://www.wsj.com/articles/constellation-brands-expands-investment-in-cannabis-company-canopy-growth-1534332997

Nasdaq Listed Marijuana Stocks. (n.d.). Daily Marijuana Observer. Retrieved from https://www.dailymarijuanaobserver.com/nyse-listed-marijuana-stocks

NYSE Listed Marijuana Stocks. (n.d.). Daily Marijuana Observer. Retrieved from https://www.dailymarijuanaobserver.com/nyse-listed-marijuana-stocks

Sapra, B. (2018, June 20). Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana. CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/health/canada-legalizes-marijuana/index.html

Skerritt, J., & Giammona, C. (2018, September 17). Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/coca-cola-eyes-cannabis-market-in-push-beyond-sluggish-sodas

The Coca-Cola Company. (2018, September 17). Statement on Speculation Regarding Coca-Cola’s Interest in CBD Beverages [Press release]. Retrieved from https://www.coca-colacompany.com/press-center/company-statements/statement-on-speculation-regarding-coca-colas-interest-in-cbd-be

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Weekend in Prague

Hey again, it has been a while hasn’t it? (Got to stop starting my blogs like that). Anyway I have been up to many adventures during my absence, doing stuff like: firing guns, looking at strippers, getting drunk, neglecting my duties as an adult and the activity I’m most well-known for…..gaming! Fuck off I know what you was thinking you dirty little sket get your mind out of the gutter. Seriously though I went on a stag do with my brother as you know he’s about to get married. We went to a lovely little place named Prague, had loads of history in the city and erm….loads of night clubs with women dancing naked in them. Here is what I experienced by only spending a weekend in such a place.

RIGHT, first thing. I was fucking waved on the plane. Yep 9am in Gatwick airport and 14 guys turn up to the Weatherspoon’s to have a few pints, now call me a lightweight I don’t care but seriously when you have had nothing to eat for the last 24 hours, a few pints of beer hits you like a rock bottom. Not ooooooooooonly did we drink there, we were drinking on the plane like we were about to shoot a music video on easy jet. I had 2 bloody Heinekens and a bit of Bacardi (gotta sneak that off duty stuff on. You know how it goes). Flight was madness, simply put. I, my brother and my cousin were all rapping to mask off by future, to the disdain of the other passengers but hey I payed for my ticket and we are giving you a free performance, be grateful. Not only that we brought a superimposed cut out of my brothers’ face on to the plane just in case you know, everyone forgot who he was. We weren’t the only people going to a stag do in Prague though, seemed like everyone had that idea down and good god did they put ours to shame. One group came in pink shirts, they all had this selfie of a man and a woman with the caption “we know what you’re thinking; we can’t believe he pulled her too”. That is a group chat level roast and here was us rocking our own clothes and some inebriated banter as a counter.

So when we got off the plan I was still tipsy carrying my luggage, walking into random people and saying sorry to inanimate and non-sentient objects because shit, I don’t want them snaking me to airport security do I? Anyway a top lad named Steve who was with us on the stag do decided to swipe my cousins passport while he went to toilet on the plane, this caused……a rather hilarious outcome.

Cousin: FAM where is my passport?!

Me: *trying not to giggle* I swear you had it when you boarded

Steve: *looking at me* yeah he did, I saw him put it in his pocket.

Cousin: FUCK SAKE MAN I left it in the suitcase and we can’t even claim that past here!

Me: you’re stuck in Prague mate. I heard the men like a bit of chocolate in their diet.

Cousin: WHAT?! Ah man I fully messed up.

We could have kept this going, honestly we really wanted to but the guy who was checking our passports at the little gate looked like he was one step away from saying “fuck it” and shooting up the lobby. So we handed my cousin his passport, I got punched in the arm causing it to go dead (even though I wasn’t the one who pranked him…..wanker) and we all skipped off into an uber and in to the city.

So we’re in the uber now and we’re still drinking. I think it was dark rum I was having cause when we got out the cab I legit felt like I was walking on a cruise ship. Here is where it gets long, we go to the main lobby and we are all drunk. We had to then speak to the manager who (unsurprisingly) spoke very little English, tell him what rooms we wanted and where we wanted them and pray to god no one was occupying them. We were stuck in this little situation for a good hour trying to figure out what boss man was saying while he was trying to figure out what we were saying. We then had to fill out forms declaring that we would have our asses out of the place by 11am on Sunday. After all of that we just dropped off our shit into our rooms and then headed out to see what the city was like. Easy right? WRONG. 14 pissheads in a city they don’t know? It was like watching the chuckle brothers abroad. We didn’t know where the city centre was so we kinda just wondered in a big group, hoping to see something that resembled a restaurant. These times I had to break the seal and because I didn’t know where the toilets were in this damn place do you know what I did? To save me pissing all this alcohol out on my jeans I clutched my damn piece and BOOOOOOOOTED to my nearest alley way, my first few hours in Prague and I was holding my dick running around the place, smooth Phil smooth.

So when we headed back to the hotel after grabbing something to eat we thought “hey wouldn’t it be a great idea to rob my brothers clothes?” my brother obviously being the stag it was just right we pranked the shit out of him. So that’s what we did. When he was showering, someone snuck into his room and robbed everything. He only had the outfit he went to the airport in basically, He wasn’t happy. Not one bit. Just went full sniffer dog and searched every nook and cranny for his stuff. It didn’t last long because he could even find Madeline McCann if he was angry enough, anyway night time came, pre drinks came, cab came and then we hit the city properly…..or so we thought. See we ended up in 3 different caps, that’s ok. What is NOT ok is the fact we ended up in 3 different parts of the bloody city even though we all said “take us to old town” so I’ll tell you where I ended up. I actually ended up pretty close to old town to be perfectly honest, our uber driver dropped us outside a strip club though, and straight up there was a woman dancing at the door in a skirt shorter than my dads temper after arsenal losing on match day. So after that brief encounter we met up with everyone and ended up in a club named M1. You can just tell British people were going to be in here, it’s named after a motorway for fuck sake. Needless to say the club was on point. Music? They dropped humble by Kendrick Lamar and a bit of giggs for good measure, when then happened the inner road man was unleashed in us all. It was a tad intimidating for other people seeing 14 guys go “HOL UP BITCH SIT DOWN, BE HUMBLE” over and over again while flinging out gun signs with our fingers cause you know…..gotta keep it south London. Now after that we all kinda wondered around for a bit, was about 1am and you know what? We ended up in a strip club.

Holy hell them places are crazy; these women do not skip a day at gym. They were climbing poles and just chilling at the top with a glass of wine. They were inserting some diabolical shit into each other…..no seriously….. Some of the dildos they had were possessed, that stuff was just drilling away and the women were just like “its calm fam, I do this on the reg”. Now I got approached by one as she offered me a lap dance, also she told me to stop snapchatting the footage because you sorta can’t do that…..ok who am I kidding she came to me to tell me to stop snapchatting. She did EVENTUALLY offer a lap dance, I politely declined cause I’m poor in another country and I’m also a gentleman (yep….a gentleman). See now the thing is she put her arm around me and cause I’m 5’2 and she was like 6ft in heels her boob was basically hugging my face. My words were muffled when I tried to talk to her and the whole encounter got awkward after 5 minutes, so much for my first time in a strip club ey?

Right this is really lengthy so I’ll cut it here for now but part 2 will be coming soon! I’ll also continue my Rutlish stories later down the line. Until next time ciao!

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johnboothus · 4 years ago

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Bravus Brewing Companys Philip Brandes Is Making Non-Alcoholic Beer History

Philip Brandes doesn’t want to tell folks how to live their lives. He just wants them to have access to great beer — even if they don’t drink alcohol.

1. Before starting Bravus, did you ever see yourself working in beer?

2. What is Bravus Brewing Company’s mission?

3. Is there a beer that Bravus Brewing Company makes that best illustrates who you are and what you do?

4. What goes into Bravus’s brewing method that makes it so different from other NA breweries?

6. What do you think about the trend toward “better-for-you” beer?

7. Where do you see this segment going next?

8. What else is Bravus doing that’s different from other exclusively NA breweries?

9. What’s your long-term vision for Bravus?

Ed. note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

The article Bravus Brewing Company’s Philip Brandes Is Making Non-Alcoholic Beer History appeared first on VinePair.

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wineanddinosaur · 4 years ago

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We Asked 15 Brewers: What Are You Drinking in Dry January?

It might still feel like 2020 in some ways — OK, a lot of ways — but 2021 has indeed arrived, and for many people the dawn of a new year means setting resolutions for a cleaner, healthier life. The most temperate (and trendy) goal is Dry January, the widely popular month-long practice of abstaining from alcohol.

There’s a good chance someone you know (it could even be you) is pledging sobriety for the first 31 days of 2021. According to the London-based nonprofit that started the now-global challenge through a campaign to combat unhealthy drinking in 2013, more than 6 million people said they would become teetotalers this month, up from 3.9 million last year. The dramatic increase is not at all surprising, as data suggests alcohol consumption has risen sharply during the coronavirus pandemic.

Interestingly, the burgeoning segment of nonalcoholic beverages also continues to thrive amid today’s duress and uncertainty. In the first six months of the pandemic, sales of non-alcoholic beer increased by almost 40 percent, according to Nielsen, pointing to the legitimacy in the growing momentum of the sober-curious movement.

Depending on who you ask, having a Dry January this year could be extremely difficult, pretty easy, or somewhere between. Whatever you’re doing, we’re not here to judge. But we wondered: Are brewers participating? Here’s what we learned after asking 15.

Keep reading for details about all the recommended drinks!

“I definitely cut back after the holidays, and totally support Dry January, if it’s truly healthy for the person doing it. Me, I’m mostly alternating between low fills of our IPA and pils on the weekend. And for weeknight dinners I’m having an ice-cold Heineken 0.0, straight from the bottle. It is, by far, the most beer-like nonalcoholic beer I’ve tried, and it’s exactly what I want in the occasion: crisp, cold lager.” —Kyle Kohlmorgen, Founder and Head Brewer, Wellspent Brewing Company, St. Louis

“Scottish Blend tea. I’m not joking.” —Keir Hamilton, Brewer, Alewife Brewing Company, Sunnyside, N.Y.

“Local businesses, from breweries and bottle shops to bars and restaurants, are struggling right now, so I’m supporting them anyway I can. In lieu of Dry January I’ll be continuing to purchase beer from some of my favorite small businesses and I encourage everyone else to do the same. I’ll be saving the sobriety for more stable times and drinking saisons like Väsen’s Mierka until then.” —Brian Mandeville, Head Brewer, Fine Creek Brewing Company, Powhatan, Va.

”I have to be honest: I’m usually the first to tell trend-followers to get bent. But considering last year made me want to dive into a pool of strong Mai Tai, I decided to give Dry January a Mai-try. As with any vice, you give one and grab another. So I started drinking the glorious solution of my people, imported Mexican Coke. Why? Because it’s tasty as hell.“ —Javi Gonzalez, Brewer, Pacific Plate Brewing Company, Monrovia, Calif.

“I was planning on doing it, actually for the first time, and then an insurrection mounted against the Capitol and I realized it just wasn’t the right time for that.” —Candace Holmes, Brewer, Bearded Iris Brewing, Nashville

“My wife and I are both doing it, partly because she tested positive for Covid on Saturday and I a few days later, after first showing negative. Crazy. So we’ve been quarantining with a lot of La Croix.“ —Todd DiMatteo, Co-owner and Brewer, Good Word Brewing & Public House, Duluth, Ga.

“I’ve been drinking lots of water and coffee this month. We’ve also been experimenting with dry-hopping nonalcoholic seltzers with and without fruit purees, so I’m fortunate to enjoy those during and after my shifts.” —Eric Berg, Packaging, The Bronx Brewery, Bronx, N.Y.

“I really appreciate Dry January and any attempt to be a bit more mindful about sobriety and what we consume. This year obviously is a bit different, but in the past it’s been cool to see people drinking nonalcoholic options in social settings, proving even us awkward introverts don’t always need to be half buzzed to have a good time out. At the brewery we’ve been experimenting with these awesome little drinks we call Soft Seltzers. They’re fermented with a mixed culture we’ve cultivated, less than 0.5 percent ABV, bone dry, have some cool funky and refreshing herb and fruit flavors, and that seltzer-like carb and drinkability. I find most kombuchas and other fermented sodas either too sweet or too aggressively sour and gross. The Soft Seltzers are much more ethereal and delicious. Lately I’ve been crushing bottles of one with ginger and holy basil out of some clear bottles that, after a bit of time in the sun, gets a saison-ish, funky skunk character. They make me so happy.” —Gerard Olson, Owner, Forest & Main Brewing Company, Ambler, Pa.

“Whiskey and Diet Coke. I’m doing a beer-only Dry January because your boy gained that Covid-30 (pounds, that is) and it’s time to see my toes again.” —Tyler Smith, Founder, Kitsune Brewing Company, Phoenix,

“Despite brewing beer for a living, I don’t drink much, so the idea of participating in Dry January never even occurs to me.” —Jacob Mitchell, Head Brewer, Craft Brewing Company, Lake Elsinore, Calif.

“Local breweries need all the help they can get this winter, so I won’t go dry and instead wiIl pick up beers from our friends in our Gowanus neighborhood. For one, pretty excited to grab Antithesis, Wild East’s new West Coast-style IPA.” —Alex Biedermann, Brewer, Strong Rope Brewery, Brooklyn

“With all that’s gone on this past year, Dry January isn’t really in the cards for me. At work, my coworkers and I basically drink whatever lager is close to finished at the time. As soon as that’s packaged, we move on to the next one, and so on and so forth. I think it probably has something to do with the exclusivity of it. And maybe the convenience. Anyway, it feels like our little secret. And when I get home I’m usually drinking gin or Scotch. The weekends I save for a special bottle of whatever mixed-fermentation ale I can get my hands on.” —Savannah Roberts, Brewer, Triple Crossing Beer (Fulton), Richmond, Va.

“Lagunitas’ Hop Water is actually pretty fantastic. But these days it’s a shit-ton of seltzer, pretty much. Maybe mix in some lime and bitters if I’m feeling fancy.” —Bob Oso, Brewer, Austin Beerworks, Austin, Texas

“I think a major problem I, and maybe others, have is that I associate beer with fun and good feelings. And so I start to reach for a beer because of the way I’m hoping it makes me feel versus just enjoying the way it tastes. This month, I’ve been getting into trying different hot teas and creating a cozy, enjoyable atmosphere to retrain my brain into realizing I don’t need alcohol to have a good time.” —Jillian Farrell, Brewer, Grand Canyon Brewing + Distillery, Flagstaff, Ariz.

“With a lot of breweries struggling from the pandemic, I’ll have some beers this month. It’s to support the local industry via buying and drinking beers from my peers, and because I enjoy drinking some every now and then. Maybe I’ll just do a double-DRY-hopped January, instead.” —Linus De Paoli, Owner and Brewer, Kitzingen Brewery, Wyoming, Mich.

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