beer column
my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast where i chatted about beer bellies and nutritional value of beer with stephen quinn Local craft brewers love to put a list of ingredients on the bottle as evdence that they're making quality products - - but what you won't find on the bottle is a calorie count. This topic came up during an off the air conversation Stephen Quinn and I had a little while ago. Through his extensive research this fall tasting some of the new craft brews out there he noticed that his pants appeared to be growing tighter, which caused him to wonder how many calories are in those delicious craft beers anyway. The internet is full of medical articles about both the health benefits and health detriments of beer. A couple of articles that were getting a lot of attention, and I mentioned in a previous beer column, were a University of Wisconson study that found that Guinness really IS good for you - it "may w...