A Beer Mustache

Jonathan’s recent post about beer for dogs combined with my latest beer of the month shipment has had me thinking about the health benefits of beer.  After all it’s just grain, water, hops and yeast.  Heck, our grains are even ORGANIC sometimes – that’s gotta be good.  So, here are the stats on 1 cup of 2% milk vs. 1 cup of an average beer:

Milk vs. Beer

Fat (g) 5 vs. 0

Fiber (g) 0 vs. 0.5

Sodium (mg) 122 vs. 12

Cholesterol (mg): 20 vs. 0

Calories: 122 vs. 97

Calories from Fat (%): 37 vs. 0

So which will YOU put on your cereal tomorrow morning?

The enterprising Japanese have figured out that you should start talking about these health benefits at a very young age.  How? Non-alcoholic children’s beer (thanks to Hikari for finding this article too…google translation so a bit tough to follow….you get the idea).  On top of that some other Japanese guy has come up with BILK (70% Beer, 30% Milk) for those of you who want the best of both worlds.

Amazing.  And not surprising that Japanese have the longest life expectancy of anyone in the world.