And you are here why?

/via XKCD

via Floating Sheep ...a new publication by members of the Floatingsheep team. Just released is "Offline Brews and Online Views: Exploring the Geography of Beer on Twitter",  a new book chapter written by Matt and Ate that analyzes the geographies of beer-related tweeting activity  [and]  shows that geotagged tweets about beer, and other alcoholic beverages for that matter, are reflective of people's offline consumption preferences. Using a database of one million geotagged tweets from June 2012 to May 2013 containing the keywords "wine", "beer" or the names of a range of light or cheaper beers within the continental US, some clear regional variations in alcoholic beverage preference are detected. [...] While Bud Light is more popular in the eastern and southeastern US, Coors Light tends to dominate the west coast, with Miller Lite and Busch Light being preferred in the midwest and Great Plains. The dominance of these brands in virtual space is no...

Sadly, not funny at all... via Matt Smith

In minimum wage  terms - via Quartz This is actually an awesome accompaniment to the Big Mac Index

From Pop Chart Labs  we have this monster 60"x40" chart which, apparently is the most complete charting of beer ever, breaking down ales and lagers into over 100 delicious styles from hoppy IPAs to fruity lambics, and including over 500 individual beers as notable examples of each style as well as glassware recommendations. Its $90 - if you have a 'man cave', you probably need one of these :-)

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Say you've planned a road trip from Chicago to Vancouver, it'll be fun, you'll get to see The Great State Of Montana (where wild Turners roam), you have your Burrough tapes, life is good. But wait! Where are your precious craft beers? You can't make-do with Miller High-Life, right? Fear not - BreweryMap has you covered. Put in your source and destinations, and it'll give you a listing of all the breweries along the way - thus converting your road-trip into a thing of wonder. Go check it out, and enjoy the good life! (the below is a screen grab - go here for the interactive version )

Courtesy Thrillist , we have this awesome map of the highest profile beer/liquor companies in each state (by profile, not  by quality :-)  ) Click to embiggen - or go to the original to see it it in it's full glory

From Fèorag NicBhrìde comes this map of Europe, or at least, a map of Europe based on how one sez. "Beer". Important stuff! hat-tip Nathan Yau

The New Yorker does yeoman's work in this exceedingly straightforward yet highly informative interactive visualization. Mind you, per The Daily Meal's   (exceedingly unscientific?) poll of their readers, the Best Craft Beer In America  is   Dogfish Head from Delaware. Mind you, its not that Dogfish Head is bad, but I suspect there are any number of others that may be as good, or better ( Ommegang anyone?) (The below are screen grabs - go to the original for the interactive version ) Breweries per 50,000 people (Montana rivals Oregon? wtf?) Fastest growing breweries (Kentucky? Really?) Total Breweries (Mississippi, Alabama, and the Dakotas are waaaay behind)  

For Coors . What, seriously, is he wearing?

Brought to you by the brilliant John Kovalic in Dork Tower

I bring you the following from the Christian Science Monitor Classified as bicycles, they can ride on the streets and park wherever, and they don’t pollute. But on the street, they look like a restaurant on wheels: wide, pedal-powered, multiseat conference bikes taking between 10 and 20 party-goers zigzagging through the most crowded shopping or tourist areas ... Now the “beer bikes,” born in neighboring   Holland , are under scrutiny. Last month, a court in the western city of   Düsseldorf formally banned them, saying that the beer bikes are a traffic nuisance. The court case could bolster efforts under way in German cities from   Berlin   to   Münster   to ban the contraptions. I weep for our future...

The only thing cooler than a hack is a hack involving beer ... Seriously - go check out this awesome hack showing you how to improve your wifi performance using a beer can! (And oh, be sure to drink the beer first!)

You can always get a Good Beer. Really. There is probably some form of historical context associated with this, probably referring to Mankind's Transformation From Hunter-Gatherer To Agrarian , or some other equally relevant, esoteric, and verbose take on Society. There might even be a reference to the domestication of Wild Hops as a metaphor for Mans Quest For The Transcendent , or something equally ludicrous. The bottom line is, it doesn't matter where you are in the world, if you need a beer, you can get one. And, it will be Good.