Comments on: Men’sHealth Attacks Craft Beer

By: James

James — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:47:56 +0000

Men’s Health is Maxim on a fad diet. You can really tell that they struggle to say something relevant on a consistent basis.

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By: Hops and Gnarly

Hops and Gnarly — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:02:36 +0000

Since switching exclusively to craft beer and fresh ingredients as opposed to soda and packaged food, I’ve lost weight, gained muscle mass and energy, and feel friggin’ fantastic. Men’s magazines are garbage anyway, and this just proves it to me even more. Bravo, Beer Wench.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:45:09 +0000

http://worldmysteries9.blogspot.com/2010/05/harmful-drinks-in-america.html
from the article
Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz) = 660 calories, or twice that of a SN Bigfoot.
and why are they comparing it to a low carb beer, whereas if you compare the carbs in a bagel = 16 oz of SN Bigfoot.

or we could also compare the hops: and say that you’d need 10 Mich Ultra’s to equal one SN Bigfoot in consumed IBU’s…..but then, that’s just a stupid comparison, as were most of those in the article.

Let’s spend time on more important comparisons like Colon-Blow Cereal. http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/colon-blow/17wszdr9a

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Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:47:44 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:50:03 +0000

I have to say I’ve actually lost weight working out and drinking only craft beer paired with healthy eating habits. Seems like its easier on your body than the hard stuff imo. Too me drinking a corporate beer is a total waste of calories and money, at least im getting my money’s worth drinking a good craft beer. Put down the junk food, and junk beer, and grab yourself something nice.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:39:31 +0000

I would have to agree. The thing about the mass produced beers, same as all other processed foods, is that you are lured into eating more because your body craves the flavor, nutrition or some other aspect of the eating or drinking. By giving your body a good beer, one from better ingredients and with minimal processing, you are actually offering yourself a better alternative.

I think that Men’s Health might be targeting a reader that is less likely to care about the difference in quality or taste and just want to consider calories.

By: In With Bacchus

In With Bacchus — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:43:58 +0000

Hate to say it, but agree with Tim and Jason (of SoCal Beer Hound).

This article isn’t saying: “YOU SHOULDN”T DRINK CRAFT BEER BECAUSE ITS ICKY AND UNAMERICAN”. It’s going about drinking beer from a purely caloric and nutritional standpoint. If you look at the recommended beer replacement (Leinenkugel Fireside Nut Brown) they’re not exactly saying “stick to fizzy, yellow, corporate beer”. They’re clearly trying to advocate a replacement with something that has more flavor than your traditional canned American lagers. It just has less calories. Granted, the whole “it’s totally the worst” is complete bunk (I’d wager that Belgian Tripels would be more caloric due to increased malt and higher ABV) but it’s definitely not a slam against craft beer.

Finally, the “Americans have a drinking problem” isn’t an outlandish claim at all. Only in America could people only find water palatable if given exotic and sweet fruit flavors or be put in a pretty bottle with a fancy name. Soda used to be a beverage you had to go to a special shop to buy. Now it’s almost mandatory in every fast food meal, convenience store, and grocery. The fact that high-fructose corn syrup is actually cheaper than sugar (thanks to government aid to farmers for corn and importation taxes on sugar from foreign countries) is concerning as well. To say that America doesn’t have a problem with beverages is not just folly but irresponsible.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:32:43 +0000

I think the U.S. Surgeon General wrote this MH article. For the love..why would we ever want beer with taste, flavor and aroma?!

Here’s to craft beers and to one of the first to make craft beer worth our time:

How the Founder of Sam Adams Changed the Game – Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/05/15/beer-baron.html

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:20:56 +0000

LOL!

Good account and thanks for sticking up for us!

I’ve tried to explain to others the argument about price. A lot of people won’t buy good because of the price. So they drink a $18 case of Light beer and I drink a $10 six pack of beer and we are probably equal in terms of alcohol intake.

Regardless, I stopped subscribing to Maxim magazine for the same reason. They picked Bud Light Golden Wheat as the #1 Employee pick… WTF is that? They surrounded BLGW with all these other craft beers just to legitimize the marketing A/B is doing and I’m sure that article was written just for A/B and they were paid a hefty sum. So I said screw it to that magazine.

You can see my rant if you want.

Review of Bud Light Golden Wheat

I personally feel all these types of magazines are written for the guys in high school that none of us hung out with because they were to worried about their status and girls than their actual life and friends.

Nice article!

Mike
Mike’s Brew Review