Beer Aid

This post talks about gas. If you are having a beer and don’t want to read about then turn away. Or if you don’t like burping or it’s smellier sibling then move on. Though this might make those two unpleasantries go away.
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I usually only get a case of the burps when drinking beer though some sour beers are just to acidic for my stomach linings to process.  I don’t know how widespread the problem is in comparison to hangovers but at least digestion is more understood than that horrible spinning with throbbing headache.

According to their website, “Beer AID and its proprietary digestive enzyme formula, works in the small intestine to break apart malt sugars from beer, making them more digestible. Especially today’s big, sweet, craft beers. The bigger the beer, the higher the odds that it’s got plenty of the unfermented sugars that can give you lots of gas and bloating.”

The amount suggested to take is a couple “before” each beer and with only 60 in a container and at $17.50 + $7.00 shipping = .41 cents a pill X 2 means you have added .82 cents to each beer you imbibe.  But if it rids you of a problem and lets you enjoy craft beer more, then it could be well worth it.

The Growler Guys

We all know that southern California and Los Angeles in particular is a car intensive culture.  We measure time and not miles.  We speak fluent highway numbers.  And yet, for a autopia, we have no place that combines filling stations that do both gas and beer.

That is why I fervently hope that the Growler Guys head to LA.  Where are they now?  Bend, Oregon.

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Do you want Chimay Tripel while you fill your Camry?  Good Life Sweet as Pacific Hybrid Beer while you top off your Prius?  Or maybe something from Deschutes?

And if that is not enough, read on and be amazed as I was….”When you pull your vehicle up to the pump, an extremely friendly looking person in an old fashioned, white gas attendant’s uniform (hat included) comes running up to your window. All of the attendants are very polite when taking your fueling preferences; they always ask if you would like your tank topped off. While you wait for your tank to be filled, they clean your windshield and actually get every speck of debris off.”

Almost makes you want to move to Bend.