I'm not too certain of US hiring guidelines vs those in the great white north, but let's give my resume a shot.
-Stagehand (local Roadie, doesn't travel)
-Warehouse employee
-Lumber yard forklift operator
-Moving company
Perhaps I should aspire to greater things in life.
Looks good. I am just saying not many Americans are willing to work until midnight or later every Friday and/or Saturday or come in at 8 am or earlier every Saturday and/or Sunday morning. Or to sometimes close a Saturday night to only open on a Sunday morning...weekend after weekend. Not to mention that stress is high, everyone is complaining...servers...managers...customers..., pay is usually to low (an opinion, ok), and virtually no benefits.
I have mad respect for anyone who can last more than a year.
Chefs might enjoy the finer things...cooks, it is hit-or-miss.
"Hipsters" aside, there is a difference in beers. It's not like there is a factory that pumps out gallons of the same stuff and then labels it Bud or PBR. They are actually different beers.
I remember Schlitz having a sharper, almost tangy taste. PBR is sweet and smooth. And I am not a "hipster." It's just that PBR tastes like beer.
For some reason, in the early 2000s, Pabst became the beer to drink amongst the "cool" kids. I know, I was one of them. The reason why I called the woman a hipster was because her postings, as well as other postings in the forum I was paraphrasing, came off to me like the young'ins mentioned in this opening:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...u-dont-have-to-like-it-but-respect-it/264392/
Here's a link to hipsters and PBR:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/pbr-coolness-study_n_5399109.html
Most BMC beers contain formaldehyde to preserve it, but this can also cause headaches. And before anyone blows up on me, look it up!
To my knowledge this was the original article that sparked the controversy:
http://magazine.nd.edu/news/26480-what-s-in-those-cans-besides-beer/
As you read the article keep in mind that this application is in reference to all aluminum cans, not just those used by the BMCs. So if drinking a can of Bud gives you a headache than drinking a can of Dale's Pale Ale, or Joe's Organic Soda, should, too.
Keeping in spirit with this thread, my Invertebrate Zoology professor once told the [course] lab that back in the 1970s they would sniff formaldehyde to
get rid of a headache. Then again anyone who has ever taken a Medicinal Chemistry course in college would be scared bonkers to even take an Aspirin.
Also keep in mind that this is for canned beer, not bottled, which could very well be why most beer drinkers have a preference for bottled or draft beers over canned?
Here is the abstract to an NIH research paper from 1983 on the same subject. I do not have a subscription to PubMed but my old lady is a lab manager at NIH. I'll ask if she can track down a copy. Pay attention to the detection limit and then read the preceding "mushroom" paper below:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6874204
The "mushroom" paper. Although the focus is on edible mushrooms it does cover naturally occurring formaldehyde and formaldehyde in commercial products:
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/57/38/93/PDF/PEER_stage2_10.1080%2F02652030903081929.pdf
And then....
...This is a good paper in that it does not necessarily focus on formaldehyde content in beer but is more of a criticism of past techniques that could not discern formaldehyde from other aldehydes. Note that this paper is not about canned beer, though, and I am sure that Bud was one of the 60 "world beers" they sampled. Still a good read. You can get the full paper from the navigation bar on the right:
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijac/2011/797604/abs/
Headaches can be caused by other factors: dehydration and acetaldehyde (a by product of alcohol metabolism in the human body. Acetaldehyde is more toxic than alcohol itself and is general credited for feelings of hangovers).
I wouldn't doubt that BMCs do not include preservatives or other products in their bottles/cans in order to help create the same product and experience every time but formaldehyde is not one of them. As I wrote above, if a can of Bud gives you a headache than a can of craft beer, should too, if the can itself is to blame.