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Beer Money and Babe Ruth: Why the Yankees Triumphed During Prohibition

Baseball season is upon us, so naturally our thoughts turn to beer. Yes beer, the social lubricant that transforms even the most taciturn fans into long-lost brothers and sisters—when it isn’t serving as the catalyst for countless post-game brawls in countless parking lots and bars. “Ruth responded to the writer's hyperbole by swatting a three-run homer.” We all have our beer-and-baseball stories, whether it’s the salving effects of a couple of cold ones after your team was literally...

Girlie Glasses: A Peep Show With Your Beer

A beer is served in a glass with a pretty woman on the front. As you drink, something catches your eye—inside your glass you can see the bare butt cheeks of the same glamour girl presented fully dressed on the outside. Maybe you're a little startled; maybe it makes you smile. "The earliest peek-a-boo glasses feature a cartoonish woman with a freakishly big head and eyes, like Betty Boop.” It's hard to feel scandalized today by these so-called "girlie glasses," which had their heyday in...

Beer Steins, From Stoneware to Faience

I’ve been a beer stein collector for about 25 years. About 10 years ago I sold my business, a specialty database provider. At that point, I had some experience in compiling databases and beer steins were my passion, so with the spare time that had become available to me I tried applying my business skills to the hobby I enjoy and the Beer Stein Library was born. If there’s one thing missing in almost every hobby, it’s a source of searchable information. When you’ve found an old beer stein...