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Monteiths.

I thought it was great, until the lager bombs kicked in the following day. Great for constipation, too. 

Had some Coopers extra stout last night. (As part of the market survey.) Came in a tallie

Wow, great stuff.  Reals mens drink
So thick it is almost crunchy !! I think it has muscles on it. Spread some on bread, would be like a steak sandwich !!!

this just keeps getting better:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Fruity-cocktails-count-as-health-food/2007/04/20/1176697047144.html

A fruity cocktail may not only be fun to drink but may count as health food, US and Thai researchers say.

Adding ethanol - the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits - boosted the antioxidant nutrients in strawberries and blackberries, the researchers found.

Any coloured fruit might be made even more healthful with the addition of a splash of alcohol, they report in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Dr Korakot Chanjirakul and colleagues at Kasetsart University in Thailand and scientists at the US Department of Agriculture stumbled upon their finding unexpectedly.

They were exploring ways to help keep strawberries fresh during storage. Treating the berries with alcohol increased in antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging activity, they found.

Any coloured fruit or vegetable is rich in antioxidants, which are chemicals that can cancel out the cell-damaging effects of compounds called free radicals.

Berries, for instance, contain compounds known as polyphenols and anthocyanins. People who eat more of these fruits and vegetables have a documented lower risk of cancer, heart disease and some neurological diseases.

The study did not address whether adding a little cocktail umbrella enhanced the effects.

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Isn't ethanol what's in beer also?

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22046556-2,00.html

NEW research, to be revealed at a conference of some of the world's top neuroscientists in Cairns today, has found alcohol does not kill off brain cells as always thought.

For years imbibers have been told a big night on the drink wipes out entire sections of human brain cell function with much the same destructive equivalent as a napalm bombing strike.

According to Queensland Brain Institute director Professor Perry Bartlett, this is not true.

There is no evidence drinking alcohol leads directly to the death of brain cells, he said.

"Some of the best studies, done in Italy, show a bottle of wine a night can reduce the risk of dementia in old age," Professor Bartlett said.

In moderation, alcohol has positive benefits for blood vessel health and stroke prevention. And, as an added bonus, new brain cells are generated every day of our lives.

Research by Professor Bartlett and his team has found we all have an inbuilt repair kit replenishing the more than 100 billion cells - or neurons - in our brain.

I should be a genius !!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe drinking alcohol works for brains how survival of the fittest works for the wildebeest ??
The wildebeest that are slow, injured or infirmed get killed.
Making the breed as a whole stronger, faster tougher.

Maybe drinking kills off the weaker brain cells first? leaving on average the brain smarter, stronger, more alert. 

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh    

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Australians-drinking-themselves-stupid/2007/08/06/1186252586268.html

The health system is about to be swamped by millions of Australians suffering alcohol-related brain injury.

And to make the situation worse, most of them are unaware they have a problem.

Results of research released on Monday claims the drinking habits of as many as two million Australians place them at risk of permanent brain damage.

The research conducted for the arbias (Acquired Brain Injury Assessment and Consulting) group by the Roy Morgan organisation says men who have six drinks a day for eight-to-ten years and women who have three drinks a day over the same period are at risk of alcohol-related brain injury.

Arbias CEO Sonia Berton is calling on the federal government and the alcohol industry to fund a $20 million education campaign to raise awareness and provide treatment for the problem.

"It's absolutely horrific and it's time people were told," Ms Berton said.

"Alcohol-related brain injury affects as many as one-in-eight Australians."

Ms Berton says one of the reasons the problem is so pervasive is a binge-drinking culture.