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Lose Weight and Drink Beer

Author: Barguy
October 17, 2009

How to lose weight if you like to drink beer.

At roughly 150 calories per serving, steady beer drinking is a quick way to add inches to your waist. Even so-called light beers are full of calories with no benefits. Men tend to gain weight in the belly, and a waist size larger than 40 inches increases the risks of developing heart disease, stroke or diabetes. If you want to continue drinking beer, you will need to exert a little more effort to get your waist back into shape. Use a small beer mug when drinking.

Eat Healthy -

Step 1:  Eat only half of your regular portion. After a few days, you will no longer notice the reduction.

Step 2:  Choose whole grains and fruits. Eat whole wheat bread, brown rice instead of white, and fresh fruits rather than juice or canned fruit. Increasing fiber will help you feel full and will promote a healthier colon.

Step 3:  Don’t skimp on sleep. Not only will you feel more refreshed, but a good night’s sleep will also help control the hormones that stimulate appetite.

Step 4:  Drink water. A well-hydrated body won’t retain water, and drinking a glass of water before a meal will help you feel full.

Step 5:  Ease up on the salt. Too much salt, including salt found in processed foods and snacks, will cause your body to retain water.

Exercise More -

Step 1:  Exercise. Physical activity is the key to losing weight. Aim for 2 1/2 hours a week of moderate activity, or 1 1/4 hours a week of vigorous aerobic activity. If you don’t cut back on your beer consumption, you may need to consider longer workouts.

Step 2:  Incorporate strength training into your exercise regimen to help tone muscles as you lose weight.

Step 3:  Do sit-ups to strengthen your abdominal muscles, but don’t rely on them exclusively to slim your waist. The best way to lose your belly is to reduce your overall body fat.


Lose Belly Fat and Drink Beer??

Author: Barguy
October 14, 2009

How to lose belly fat from drinking beer.

Are you beer lover that is now stuck with unwanted belly fat? Drinking beer can cause you to get belly fat or a beer gut. This can be frustrating. After all, drinking beer is fun and you shouldn’t have to be stuck with belly fat from enjoying it. Let’s talk about some ways to lose belly fat from drinking beer.

Step 1:  Switch to light beers to get rid of belly fat from drinking. There are fewer calories and carbs in the beer. This means that you won’t get belly fat or a beer gut as quickly. You can still enjoy your beer and get closer to a flatter stomach with the light beers.

Step 2:  Drink less beer overall when you want a flatter stomach. Switch to a drink that doesn’t have so much in it to be able to lose belly fat and feel better about yourself. Try a small beer mug.

Step 3:  Drink wine instead of all beer or shots of liquor. This will give you fewer calories to help you lose belly fat from drinking beer.

Step 4:  Lay off the nuts, chips and other fattening foods that you might eat when you’re drinking beer. You can lose belly fat by getting rid of these empty calories. Before you know it, you’ll have a flatter stomach without completely giving up beer to lose belly fat or that beer gut.


What is Stout Beer

Author: Barguy
July 3, 2009

A stout beer is a dark, sometimes bitter beer that was first commercially produced in the 1730s. The first stouts were from Ireland, where the still most popular stout is produced by Guinness. Often when one refers to a stout beer, he or she is referring to Guinness. Yet Guinness is only one of the many companies that produce and market a stout beer. This type of beer is usually served in glass beer mugs
Stout beer is composed of barley and varied types of malt. Other variants may be made using oatmeal, which usually produces a sweeter beer. There is a large variety in the kind of stout beer produced and several classifications differentiate one type from another.

Irish stout beer is the most well known of the stouts, with Guinness being its primary manufacturer. This type of stout beer is also called a dry stout. Though Guinness is very popular worldwide, many prefer Murphy’s, particularly in Ireland, because Catholics initially ran the company. Guinness was thought of as a Protestant beer.

Imperial stout beer was first made for Catherine the Great, who had a tremendous liking for stouts. Importation to Russia, however, often ruined the beer. As such, the Imperial stout beer was given a much higher alcohol content to make shipping the product simpler. Storm King’s Imperial Stout is one of the more well known of this type

 

 


Ice Beer

Author: Barguy
June 28, 2009

Ice beer is beer which is conditioned in a chilled environment, promoting the development of ice crystals which are removed, thereby concentrating the flavor and alcohol content of the beer. Ice beers are made with a lager base, and they appear in a variety of guises. German ice beers or eisbocks are very strong winter lagers with a rich, complex flavor, while North American ice beers tend to be short on flavor and long on alcohol, designed for the purpose of cheap intoxication.

The discovery of ice beer was probably a mistake, much like other discoveries in the world of beer. Lagers are traditionally aged, sometimes in very cool environments, and according to legend, some German beer makers were dismayed to find ice in their lager one day, so they removed it, creating the first eisbock. German ice beers are dark, thick, and very strong, with a malty flavor and a formidable alcohol content, and they were designed for drinking in the winter, when some people enjoy hearty beers with a filling texture.

Canadian and American brewers eventually picked up the idea, developing their own take on ice beer. North American ice beers tend to be slightly sweet, with an increased alcohol content and a pale flavor. These beers are often very cheap, marketed in packaging which is designed to appeal to heavy drinkers, and some breweries have been criticized for the marketing tactics used to promote ice beer.

The process involved in the conditioning of ice beer is a classic example of fractional distillation. In fractional distillation, a fluid is chilled or heated to separate its components. In the case of ice beer, the water in the beer freezes before the alcohol, creating ice chips which can be removed from the beer, leaving the alcohol behind. Enterprising beer drinkers can even create their own ice beer by chilling beer in a carefully controlled environment, removing it before it freezes completely so that it can be strained to remove the ice. Ice beers should not be confused with serving beer in a ice cold beer mug.


Keeping Your Beer Cold

Author: Norm
June 5, 2009

There’s nothing more unappealing than a glass of warm beer. For many people, this is practically undrinkable, even if you’re serving a high quality beer. Since the temperature of the beer is so pivotal to the taste, make sure that you do everything you can to ensure the beer you serve is frosty cold. For one, always keep your beer in a cool refrigerator, so it will be cold from the onset.

Another important step is keeping your beer mugs in the freezer. Whether they’re glass or some other material, this will offer your beer an extra level of chill. Do be careful that the glasses don’t get bumped in the freezer, as they could potentially shatter. And with beer mugs, you have the benefit of pouring as much or as little as you want. So if you have any beer left in the bottle, you can simply place this right back in the fridge to ensure that every part of the beer is served cold.


About Stout Beer

Author: Barguy
May 29, 2009

A stout beer is a dark, sometimes bitter beer that was first commercially produced in the 1730s. The first stouts were from Ireland, where the still most popular stout is produced by Guinness. Often when one refers to a stout beer, he or she is referring to Guinness. Yet Guinness is only one of the many companies that produce and market a stout beer. Although you usually see stout beer served in a beer glass, it is not uncommon for the home bartender to serve beer in a beer mug.
Stout beer is composed of barley and varied types of malt. Other variants may be made using oatmeal, which usually produces a sweeter beer. There is a large variety in the kind of stout beer produced and several classifications differentiate one type from another.

Irish stout beer is the most well known of the stouts, with Guinness being its primary manufacturer. This type of stout beer is also called a dry stout. Though Guinness is very popular worldwide, many prefer Murphy’s, particularly in Ireland, because Catholics initially ran the company. Guinness was thought of as a Protestant beer.

Imperial stout beer was first made for Catherine the Great, who had a tremendous liking for stouts. Importation to Russia, however, often ruined the beer. As such, the Imperial stout beer was given a much higher alcohol content to make shipping the product simpler. Storm King’s Imperial Stout is one of the more well known of this type.

Sweet Cream, sweet, or milk stout beer has an addition of lactose during the brewing process. The result is a much sweeter beer than its more bitter companions. Those who don’t care for dry stouts may prefer Mother’s Milk brewed in New York, or Snowplow from two breweries in Oregon.

Oatmeal stout beer is usually the sweetest of the stouts. It is far sweeter than the milk stout because the addition of oatmeal tends to mellow the final results. A couple of popular oatmeal stouts are Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout and St. Ambroise Oatmeal stout, made in England and Canada, respectively.

Coffee stout beer is tends to be darker and more bitter than dry stout beer. Some brands actually add coffee, but this is considered a non-traditional ingredient. Washington’s Pike Brewery produces one of the more traditional coffee stouts. The coffee stout is related as well to the chocolate stout, which actually uses a chocolate malt. The result is sweet and dark, and may be the perfect combination of rich flavors.

 

 


Feel Like A Viking With A Metal Beer Mug

Author: Norm
April 29, 2009

When I was in college, many of my beer mugs were of the novelty variety with lurid catchphrases or our school mascot.  As I’ve grown older, those mugs have seen the way of the recycling bins, but I still love drinking beer from a mug.  In a convergence of fantasy and adulthood, I recently purchased a metal barrel beer mug.

Unlike its glass counterparts, these metal mugs keep the beer slightly cooler (if you’re into that sort of thing) and they make me feel like a Viking.  In addition to the colder beverage, the mugs are virtually unbreakable.  I’ve owned several beer mugs in my lifetime and I can say that this one is probably the best one I’ve had thus far.