Nancy to deliver TEDx talk on beer

Enjoying a pint in Dublin

We all know that many Americans in general are largely geographically illiterate. National Geographic reported in 2006 that 9 of 10 Americans could not find Afghanistan on a world map! Well, help is on the way.

Nancy has been selected to deliver a TEDx talk!!! No she won't be wearing blue tights with a red cape, but she will be giving a talk that focuses on using beer to reduce geographic illiteracy. Her talk is on March 21 and I, for one, can't wait to hear it! I will post a link to her talk when it is uploaded.

Nat Geo!!!

Nancy outside of the NG HQ in DC

Yesterday we gave an informal presentation on the Geography of Beer at the National Geographic HQ in DC. We even had beer on hand to sample - DC Brau's Corruption IPA (a good local go to IPA), Weinstephaner's lager and Ommegang's Spiced Saison - Boulevard Collaboration. Now I am not a big Saison fan, but this beer was good. It's on limited release, so if you are inclined to try it, don't wait too much longer. We want to say thanks to the staff at NG who came to hear our presentation and enjoy 3 very different, but delicious beers

Join the Beer Doctors in Europe this summer

Enjoying a brew in Brugge, BE

We are pleased to announce our latest project, a study abroad program called Europe and the Geography of Beer. We will be taking 16 students to Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands to explore and learn about European beer cultural.

The trip will last 18 days and will include visits to at least 12 breweries and you will earn 6 credits. Prior to embarking for Europe, we will first teach you how to drink beer. Yes, there is a proper way! See our facebook page for more details. We hope you can join us.

Beer tweet geography gets press!

Happy Beverage Day!

So...what do you get when you combine tweets, geography, and beer? Some really awesome maps showing the regionality of "cheap" beer made by our floatingsheep.org authors Dr. Matthew Zook and Ate Poorthuis.

To celebrate our favorite beverage, enjoy the dozen and a half links we've found that have covered the highlights of this chapter: BostInno, Bustle, CBS Chicago*, the Daily Dot, Daily Mail, the Escapist, gizmodo, Houston Chronicle, live science, the Malay Mail, mic, Popular Science, PSMag, redOrbit, Science Daily (and here too), Science Magazine News, Social News Daily, Vox, and Yahoo! News

*updated after May 6