"It's so cool!"

H/T Japan Trends

"Brewery Death"

Interesting article at Slate.

I've never been to Germany, but by the time I get there I wonder how many of the original regional breweries will be left . . .

Forget Tea, in China there's BEER!

Another good read here.

Not a big fan of Chinese lagers myself, but who knows what they'll be coming out with soon -- right now they're basically experiencing the Microbrew stage that the U.S. did in the early to mid 1990s. Kampai!!!