A Beer Called "Mason's Porter"

Well, at least the beer known as "Mason's Porter" is brewed with coffee. Really, could it have been any other way?

I'm not sure about the whole goat thing, though...

Quote of the Day: Beer Edition

Today's quote comes from this CNN.com article about a beer-only fast that ended with a bacon smoothie. The quote, which is priceless and a bit of a non sequitar within the article, is the following:

Wilson is an avid home brewer, blogger, and Christian, and his beer-only quest merged these passions.

Jerry Brown is once again Governor of California

Looking at this from a bird's-eye view and without thinking about partisanship, Jerry Brown regaining the California governorship after serving from 1975-1983 is just a really neat story. And his campaign commercial inspired by Dos Equis beer is simply a big win.

Travelling Waves in Guinness

That was what the applied math colloquium was about today. (Can you believe we get paid to study and discuss stuff like this?) Actually, there is (unsurprisingly) some very serious and important science involved. The official name of the subject is "two-phase flows." I'd include an abstract or link to the speaker's webpage, but I couldn't find either. So this will have to do... (For what it's worth, the "practical session" is going on now. The standard procedure is to go to the pub after the applied math seminar, but I have an event to attend at 6pm, so I won't be able to hang out with the gang today.)