CNN asks a great question: What Would Jesus Brew?
I couldn’t help but come out of retirement for this post. My wonderful wife who reads CNN.com daily pointed me to this article. CNN focused on beers that have a Christian twist to them. Now I haven’t tried any of these beers (but I here Damnation is really good), the article was really good.
My favorite insight that I got from the article was:
Before Louis Pasteur pinpointed yeast as the culprit in the 1850s, brewers didn’t know what caused fermentation, said Papazian, president of the Boulder, Colorado-based Brewers Association. So they invented one run-on word to describe the mysterious stuff at the bottom of the bottle: “Godisgood.”
“As you drain a glass of beer, look at the yeast at the bottom and be reminded that God is good, because that’s the way it feels,” Papazian said.
It’s amazing how deeply connected beer and Christianity use to be. It truly makes me sad to see hwo the church has condemned alcohol in America. We just don’t know what we’re missing, and that is the goodness of God.
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@Dean – See my last Beer Tip of the Week for the long answer, but thing just got too time consuming around her. I’m basically working 3-4 jobs right now and trying to spend time with Shannon and Asa. theBeerean.com was just low on the priority list.
Welcome back. I’d be really glad to see if you if a youth pastor who’s over 21 was allowed to enjoy beer publicly…
Clayton,
I’m a 24-year old youth pastor and can enjoy beer publicly no problem. Then again, I’m in the Episcopal Church and we tend to view social drinking differently than many evangelical churches.
This is Greg’s wife…credit needs to be given to our friend Jim for finding this article. He sent it to me and I forwarded it to Greg…
Greg, have you tried He’brew? I did once, but forgot how it tasted. Thanks for the article.
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Reading this post reminded me why I loved your blog so much and how sad I was to see you go into retirement. Oh well. I guess if you can “come out of retirement” to write this one post there’s always a chance you’ll be back again soon one day?? 
Hope things are going well for you.
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Welcome back! That was a great article… I too am saddened by the current relationship the beer has with Christianity…
“Godisgood” … Ha! I’ll have to remember that!
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