State Beer Excise Tax Rates

May 14, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a map of the State Beer Excise Tax Rates for each of the fifty states as of January 1, 2013. It was created by the Tax Foundation as one of their weekly maps. It’s just the state excise taxes brewers must pay, and doesn’t include either federal excise taxes or any local excise taxes. Tennessee has the highest state excise taxes and Wyoming has the lowest, a fact that the anti-alcohol folks like to exploit and whine about as often as they can whenever these maps show up online, never discussing context or the total taxes each state brewer pays. Not surprisingly, since oftentimes these are also referred to as sin taxes, six out of the highest ten states are in the south, with Florida at #11 and Mississippi at #13. California’s near the middle.

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No Red States Or Blue States, Only Brew States

May 13, 2013 By Jay Brooks

Today’s infographic celebrates beer in all fifty states, created by the Brewers Association for American Craft Beer Week, which for 2013 begins today.

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Beer Pong

May 12, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a humorous instructional poster about beer pong, and how it’s played. I’m not a big fan of drinking games, but it is a great infographic, with a nice retro feel to it. It was created by Mel Marcelo. It almost makes me want to try it … almost.

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The World’s Biggest Beer Loving Countries

May 11, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a list of The World’s Biggest Beer Loving Countries, created by Friendly Rentals.

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Beer Is Like Ice Cream For Adults

May 10, 2013 By Jay Brooks

For our Friday Frivolity here’s a fun little cartoon created by H. Caldwell Tanner. Entitled Beer is like Ice Cream for Adults, and subtitled “and here’s why” explains why those of us who are of an advanced age can enjoy both beer and ice cream. Hooray for us!

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Beer Efficiency Score

May 10, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is an odd one. Entitled Beer Efficiency Score, they mean “How potent is my brew per calorie consumed?” It’s a rather dubious measure of a beer, but interesting that someone would go to the trouble to figure it out.

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How To Make A Yeast Starter

May 8, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic shows How To Make A Yeast Starter, a cartoon guide done by a “Sullivan” in 2012, although I found it on HomeBrewTalk.com.

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What’s Your Favorite Beer Style?

May 7, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is entitled What’s Your Favorite Beer Style?, and is a flowchart created by Beer Advocate. Follow the lines of what you’re looking for in a beer and it will lead you to what you want to drink.