Hey, our favorite mass-market lager, Narragansett, came in at #4, so we’re happy…We’ve that, “Words to Drink By” and more!

Forever Chemicals Found In US Beers

A new study from the American Chemical Society published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has found forever chemicals, or PFAS, in beers from several regions around the US.

“As an occasional beer drinker myself, I wondered whether PFAS in water supplies was making its way into our pints,” says research lead Jennifer Hoponick Redmon who oversaw the . “I hope these findings inspire water treatment strategies and policies that help reduce the likelihood of PFAS in future pours.”

To conduct the study,  Redmon and her colleagues tested 23 beers, some produced by “US brewers in areas with documented water system contamination and unfortunately Forever chemicals were found in 95% of the beers they tested.

Although the study didn’t name specific beer brands, People is reporting that “researchers found that beers brewed near Cape Fear River Basin in North Carolina had the highest levels and largest mix of forever chemicals.”

Words to Drink By

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.”– Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter who changed the musical world as part of the Beatles. He’s also a vegetarian.

Best Mass-Market North American Lagers

An argument over Miller High Life vs. Coors Banquet led Food & Wine to blind taste and rank the Top-20 bestselling North American lagers, most of them mass-market beers, a couple of craft lagers.

And here’s what they came up with….

1. Brooklyn Lager
2. Sam Adams Boston Lager
3. Modelo Especial
4. Narragansett
5. Coors Banquet
6. Corona Extra
7. Miller Lite
8. Pabst Blue Ribbon
9. Bud Lite
10. Miller High Life
11. Pacifico
12. Coors Lite
13. Tecate
14. Natural Light
15. Yuengling
16. Busch Light
17. Red Stripe
18. Budweiser
19. Rolling Rock
20. Michelob Ultra

Hey our favorite mass-market lager, Narragansett, came in at #4, so we’re happy.  Plus Brooklyn Lager coming in at #1 made us think it was time to revisit that beer. And Sam Adams Boston Lager at #2. Respect!

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