Uses for Beer Beyond Drinking It

After a hard day worth of work, it's nice to come home to a cold beer and kick back either in the recliner or on the patio furniture outside. Whatever your regime is, I know you like to enjoy a beer on hot days or after long days when you get a chance to relax. But, having beer around the house can be more beneficial than you might think.

Wood Furniture

Beer can work on revitalizing the wood furniture around your home. It's not common that a beer enthusiast would have flat beer in the house. But, letting a beer go flat in the name of good looking furniture wouldn't be the greatest evil we can imagine.

Pour some flat beer on a soft rag and wipe it into the furniture thoroughly. It will bring out the shine in the wood. Plus, you'll be giving your furniture the same drink you enjoy regularly. Your furniture will love you for it.

Tough Meat

If you have tough meat and you're getting ready to have some company over for a little grilling party in your yard, tenderizing your meat is easier with beer. Pour some beer on the meat and let it sit for a few hours. Not only will your meat get tenderized, but the beer will add some taste to it.

Your friends and family will ask you for your recipe. But, you don't have to give it to them. You are allowed to keep secrets to yourself, especially when those secrets might bring scrutiny from other cooks who don't have any clue how great beer can be for cooking.

Grow Plants

I had never thought about this until I watched my grandmother pouring a beer into her plants. I asked her what she was doing and she told me that it was good for the plants. I wasn't sure if she had any scientific research to go along with her conclusion, so I decided to look into it.

The yeast in beer is actually very good for the plants. If you pour beer in your garden, you will have healthy plants because of the yeast rich soil. That's something I'll never wrap my brain completely around. But if beer is good for me, it has to be good for the plants. I just don't give them too much. If my plants want more beer, they can go get jobs.

Beer was made to drink. There's no arguing against that. But, everything eventually develops another purpose. I love it when they develop other good purposes. Beer has other good purposes. So, always have beer in your house. It will never go to waste.

Stan Schubridge is a beer enthusiast who loves tasting new beers and attending beer events. Staying up to date on new innovations in beer and beer products keeps Stan on top of the beer world. You can read a great deal about beer from beer brewing to new inventions at Beertaps Learning Center. Stay up to date with invaluable beer and home bar information by subscribing to our newsletter.

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Make Money Drinking Beer

Making money drinking beer is the highest form of fantasy anyone can ever fathom. We are in the 21st century and fantasy is a reality in this modern day and age. Yes folks, you can love your beer and make money simultaneously. You and I know that a night out at the bar or a popular nightclub can leave a big hole in the pocket and the biggest expense is beer. Moreover, there is a multitude of world class brands of beer categorized and sold at changing prices based on the properties of the beer. The majority of us enjoy our beers and the associated friendship at such fun filled social events. But if you have a slight idea about the beer that you are drinking, no doubt, you will get paid to drink beer. Stuck for Money for a taxi ride home is a thing of the past with this approach.

Why do beer and wine companies pay you to drink beer?

The beer and wine companies all over the world invest heaps of dollars on market research to get the responses of customers like you, me and other beer and wine drinkers to check if their beer is worth the money and time invested in manufacturing them and if there is potential for product improvement. We are looking at about billions of dollars spent on market research.

This data is so crucial to beer and wine companies and they are eager to pay you for beer sampling and wine tasting. All you have to do is learn how to find your way into beer focus groups and/or wine focus groups.

How do you get into a beer focus group?

Typically, a beer company will contact a market research firm and get them to organize a beer or wine tasting session made up of beer drinkers with certain demographics. If you are enrolled with this market research firm and your characteristics match the demographics needed for that sampling session, you get an invite. You go to a pre-arranged location and give your opinion on the beer or wine you drink. You get paid for doing this.

Some of the crucial features to keep in mind in a beer tasting group are:

a) the bitterness of the beer owing to the elements such as hops, roasted barley and herbs

b) the sweetness of the beer - due to the amount of sugar present in the beer

c) the alcohol level of the beer as in the % of alcohol due to the amount of fermented stuff actually transforming to alcohol

d) the viscosity of the beer when you feel it in the mouth. It is also called mouth feel and

e) lastly the color of the beer

Some of the useful features to keep in mind in a wine focus group are:

a) European wines are labeled according to the location they come from (Bordeaux for example)

b) Non European wines are labeled according to the grape used in the making of the wine (Pinot, Merlot etc)

c) Wine tasting involves evaluating the quality of the wine using your senses

d) Differences in color, taste, smell, body and development of wines happen due to the dependence on the type of grape harvested in the year of their production

e) Flavors due to wine aging in oak casks include coffee, vanilla or chocolate and this has nothing to do with the grape itself

Market research organizations all over the world are always looking for tasters as beer and wine drinking is prevalent in most countries. You can make money drinking beer and wine no matter where you live.

So folks, in essence, you need to get information about the market research organizations looking for beer and wine tasters. You can get more information on getting paid to drink beer. You can now enjoy that special lager or Merlot not just free of cost but get paid to drink it.

Rabi Klein is an avid beer drinker and wine connoisseur with good experience in the field of beer and wine tasting. He is also a regular participant in wine and beer focus groups. Welcome to the fantasy world where you make money drinking beer.

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