{"id":16798,"date":"2015-08-12T12:58:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=16798"},"modified":"2015-08-12T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:58:18","slug":"root-beer-can-be-dangerous-wednesday-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/12\/root-beer-can-be-dangerous-wednesday-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Root beer can be dangerous \/ Wednesday news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, when I want to be out and about, but I need to keep my wits about me, I will go to the Flying Saucer and get a pint of Abita Root Beer. It&#8217;s delicious &#8211; really, based solely on taste, I prefer it to any beer &#8211; and there&#8217;s no alcohol in it. &#8220;Root beer is always safe,&#8221; I thought.<\/p>\n<p>Well, root beer is about to no longer be &#8220;always&#8221; safe. Last night I was in Max&#8217;s Sports Bar, and Max told me that Small Town Brewery is about to roll out <a href=\"http:\/\/smalltownbrewery.com\/our-beers\/\">their beers<\/a> in the Memphis market. Among their selections is a root beer that Max says tastes as good as Abita&#8217;s, but is 5.9% alcohol by volume. On the walk back north I saw this poster in the Green Beetle&#8217;s window:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Photo-Aug-11-7-52-14-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16799\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Photo-Aug-11-7-52-14-PM.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"Photo Aug 11, 7 52 14 PM\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Photo-Aug-11-7-52-14-PM.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Photo-Aug-11-7-52-14-PM.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Photo-Aug-11-7-52-14-PM.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Redbirds return to AutoZone Park Saturday when they play Albuquerque at 6:05 PM. If you&#8217;re looking for something to do with the kids that night, this might be the thing. It will be a Superhero Night where fans are invited to come dressed up as their favorite superhero. Thanks to Cause-Play Memphis, Spider-man, Batman and others will be mingling with fans during the game. First 2000 fans get a free Redbirds-themed superhero poster, featuring Stephen Piscotty, Marco Gonzales, and Rockey Redbird. There&#8217;s a special ticket you can purchase for $19\/$16 that gets you a Redbirds superhero cape as well as your seat. After the game there will be fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>The MBJ has new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/news\/2015\/06\/26\/new-renderings-of-artspace-lofts.html\">renderings of ArtSpace Lofts<\/a>, the affordable live\/work space for artists that is being constructed on St. Paul Avenue in South Main.<\/p>\n<p>The RiverFit workout course at Tom Lee Park will be back beginning Saturday. From 8 AM to 2 PM that day Memphis Rowing will be there with rowing machines you can use. There will also be free yoga by Delta Groove Yoga at RiverFit Saturday from 9:15-10:15. Bring a mat or towel if you want to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Felicia from Felicia Suzanne&#8217;s has a video on <a href=\"http:\/\/thesouthernweekend.com\/felicias-kitchen-best-grits-ever\/\">making the best grits ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From Toyland: <a href=\"http:\/\/toyland.gizmodo.com\/a-laptop-scratching-post-lets-your-cat-create-its-own-v-1723629692\">Laptop scratching post lets your cat create its own viral content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Life Is Good on the Main Street Mall will give 10% off to Elvis fans who show their Graceland ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Goldcrest 51, Memphis&#8217; original beer, now has <a href=\"http:\/\/goldcrest51.com\/merchandise\/\">merchandise<\/a> you can purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be surprised if the price goes up on some of your favorite dishes when you eat out. <a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/datalab\/significant-digits-for-wednesday-aug-12-2015\/\">The price of pork belly has gone up 174% since April.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. I&#8217;ll be out at the usual places after work. Happy hour location undecided but leaning in the direction of Silly Goose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, when I want to be out and about, but I need to keep my wits about me, I will go to the Flying Saucer and get a pint of Abita Root Beer. It&#8217;s delicious &#8211; really, based solely on taste, I prefer it to any beer &#8211; and there&#8217;s no alcohol in it. &#8220;Root &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/12\/root-beer-can-be-dangerous-wednesday-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Root beer can be dangerous \/ Wednesday news&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16800,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798\/revisions\/16800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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