Hail the Ale! Beer Blog

UPDATED: I guess I should have noted that this calendar has a suggested retail price of $19.95 but will be available November 23, 2005 through Christmas at $15.95 at all Heartland Breweries and at Spanky’s BBQ. Go to www.heartlandbrewery.com and www.spankysnyc.com for location information.

I didn't make up that title (I do like when PR people do my job for me , but it is a good description of Heartland Brewery's new calendar. This is a cool idea. The calendar highlights the beers they brew with the very attractive women that serve said beers. More info. from the release:

“The idea for the calendar came from the countless compliments our regulars pay to our servers,” said Jon Bloostein, owner of Heartland Brewery, which now numbers five locations in the city. “Many come to Heartland because of the girls who are beautiful, down to earth and very knowledgeable about beer. The women really love their jobs and most have been members of our staff for a very long time.”

Bloostein, who also owns Spanky’s BBQ, the newest member of the Heartland family, will donate 50 percent of all proceeds from the calendar to the Heartland Brewery Foundation. The New York chapters of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Billy Joel’s Charity Begins at Home have been earmarked to receive funds.

So, not only do you get to salivate over beer and women, you are supporting charity! Here's the cover to whet your appetite (click for full size):

Wow! This is impressive. They explain is thusly:

“Michigan Beer Cans (MBC)” is an attempt to show pictorially all known variations of beer cans produced from our home state, providing a useful, evolving index to aid the Michigan specialist. To that end, we have included all variations, some obvious, some obscure, even down to different canning companies producing cans of the same label for the same brewery. As long as there is a distinguishable difference between the face(s) or text of two cans of beer, we have included them as variations. While this level of detail makes it unlikely our reference will ever be complete, it also makes it much more likely we will have plenty of opportunity to continue our pursuit!!!

Further proof that this beer pong thing is hot again: GotPong.com Not just about beer pong though. Check it out.

On Tap points out a cool board game, Brewopoly, and notes they now have a Canadian version too. I'll take AN ALEHOUSE for $1000 Alex. Oh, wait, wrong game. Be sure to read that in your best Sean Connery voice and disregard for spaces for a bad joke…

Could this be the jump the shark moment for those plastic bracelets? Beer Bands are like those bracelets but say “mine” on them and come in different colors so you can put them on your beer bottle or can. Looks like they'd work well on wide bottles like in the picture (Sierra Nevada?) but I wonder how they'd fare on narrower bottles (especially Bezelbuth).