Monday – Beard Beer: Someone joked that brew master John Maier’s 34-year-old beard might be a perfect medium to grow yeast. He agreed to try it, and plucked nine hairs from his beard, which were sent to White Labs for testing and culturing (culturing makes it seem as if the hairs watched opera and read Shakespeare, but it means they were primed to grow yeast). It turns out, Maier’s beard hairs can produce yeast—and pretty decent yeast at that.
Tuesday – Why Men Grow Facial Hair according to Will Mari: 1) Facial hair is cool. Seriously. Having a dark forest of hair covering your face gives you an aura of suave mystery and a classy, debonair air.
Wednesday – Pelin the Great : A radical porno artist based in l’Aquila (IT) with a busy beard.
Thursday: No Words, Just Beard
And in other Beard-related news:
A graphic novel about a man’s beard is up against novels by Booker winner Julian Barnes and best-selling author Kate Atkinson for the Waterstones Book of the Year award. The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is the debut work from Stephen Collins: Read our article on it here and buy your copy here.
You’re more effective with a beard: The Boston Red Sox have won America’s baseball World Series: This awesome, not just because they rebounded from a woeful record last season much like the NRL’s Roosters, but because their players have beards. Read more here