Fish in My Yogurt

A co-worker stopped by my desk recently with a disgusted look on her face. She showed me her now empty yogurt container and asked "Why is there fish in my yogurt?"

From the Müller FAQ: "We use kosher gelatin from tilapia to maintain the light and airy texture of the fruit mousse."

Fish, or parts thereof, does make it's way into unexpected places, Isinglass (fish bladder) is used by some brewers as a filtering agent, much to the chagrin of some consumers.

I suspect the PETA folks who object to hot dogs on Memorial Day might be dry heaving right about now.

Beer Labels in Motion

Is this the beer label of the future? Check out the Beer Labels in Motion web site.  Trevor Carmick is creating some mesmerizing animated GIF based on craft beer labels.

I'll never look at a bottle of Yeti the same way again.

There are lots more at Beer Labels in Motion. Follow the artist on Twitter for updates too.

Old Dominion Brewing - The Bottles

I have been saving beer bottles for many years. There are several hundred bottles on shelves in our basement. While looking at them recently, I was struck by some of the changes in labels from some of our favorite breweries. I'll be posting pictures of parts of the collection in the future.

First up, Old Dominion Brewing Company. This is not representative of every beer produced by Old Dominion, but you can see some of the label variety. Note the Spring Buck, Ale, Lager, and Oak Barrel Stout label changes. Yes, that's a Dominion Ginger Ale bottle.

I hope you will enjoy seeing the variety of craft beer labels and bottles. At the very least, I'll have an excuse to get the bottles down and dust them off!

Click on the photo for a larger view.

Beer Label Mapping

I ran across this post yesterday over on BeerAdvocate. Custom label manufacturer, Etiquette Systems, has posted a map of the U.S. created from images of beer labels. By clicking on a state you can see a larger image of the selected beer label. For those with non-Flash enabled computers, there's an image-only version here.

The post on BeerAdvocate generated the usual BA ramblings of the wrong beers being chosen for some states. However, I thought this was is an interesting project and it certainly helps illustrates the spread of breweries across the U.S. I enjoyed clicking through the map and seeing what beers were chosen for each state.