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5 Weird Ways to Use Beer
Beer is one of the world's most beloved drinks and a very popular choice for anyone hoping to get a little tipsy. Aside from its intoxicating qualities, beer also has some profound practical uses that most average Joes could find useful.
Slug Disposal
Any keen gardener knows what a pain garden slugs can be. They are a year-round annoyance, constantly taking bites out of any plant they come across and stunting the growth of seedlings. However, we have more in common with them than we think, and these pesky mollusks also love a pint. Rather than having them munch on your pretty flowers or get first dibs on your fresh veg, pour beer on the ground to attract them away from your precious greenery.
Grass Growth
Nothing spoils the perfect garden look like scattered brown spots of underdeveloped grass. Due to the carbohydrates and yeast found in beer, spraying a Budweiser on these dead spots can actually encourage growth and help to restore a garden’s pristine look.
Wooden Furniture Cleaner
As well as being a winning formula for when drinks in the garden are on the cards, the composition of beer also makes it a surprisingly competent wooden furniture cleaner. Although this doesn’t make beer sound particularly appealing, the alcohol and yeast levels cut through dirt and oils to give any old wooden furnishings a new lease of life.
Hair Conditioner
Despite being widely known, the effectiveness of beer as a hair shiner has often been disregarded, thought to be an old wives’ tale with no scientific basis. However, the malt and hops found in beer help to strengthen cuticles, resulting in healthier hair that has a thicker and more shiny appearance.
Wine Stain Cleaner
Adding more alcohol to already spilled alcohol to help clean it may not make a lot of sense at first thought. Nonetheless, pouring beer over spilled red wine has been found to sometimes prompt the stains to soak up more easily and therefore make the cleaning process much easier.
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Love Caffeine? You Need This in Your Life
There are times in the morning when you might be struggling and one cup of coffee simply isn’t enough. Maybe you need more caffeine streaming through your veins to help you get through that long list of things to do, but coffee just isn’t hitting the spot anymore.
Behold, the caffeine bagel! From Einstein Bros Bagels, this is a bakery product unlike any other. It contains as much caffeine as you’d find in a third of a cup of coffee, from beans that have been added to the dough before baking. It’s the perfect accompaniment to your morning espresso as the added caffeine hit pushes you along! Coffee in bread sounds efficient as well as tasty.
And the bagel isn’t just available on its own. With fillings like bacon and eggs or cheese, it can be enjoyed at lunchtime too, making sure that the afternoon starts with a buzz. It may be a taste to get used to, but why not?
Einstein Bros are doing their bit for our wonderful nurses too. They’re offering free products for them as part of National Nurses Week. If ever there was a job where you’d need the double-caffeine hit of the bagel and the regular coffee, it’s working as a nurse on a busy hospital ward! The company’s diversification into caffeine-based bread products has been researched thoroughly and isn’t a fad. Their head of marketing has gone on record in interviews as saying that they know that this is what their new, millennial audience want and so they’re providing it.
This increase in coffee consumption has only fuelled the need for different products. More and more younger consumers are being turned back onto the drink which they previously associated with their parents and teachers, because of smoother tastes that are being introduced.
If the caffeine bagel is just as smooth, it’ll be a winner!
