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BEST BEER SELECTION 1st Free State Brewing Co. 636 Massachusetts St.
Free State keeps variety of locally brewed beers on tap
SARA SNEATH editor@kansan.com
It's Friday night and the beer is flowing at Free State Brewing Company. The partisans are dressed in their finest KU paraphernalia as they sip on one of the eight available selections. The beer is cold and the KU basketball team is winning — all is well.
This year, the majority of KU students voted Free State as having the best beer selection in town. With eight to 10 home-brewed beer choices on tap at a time, Free State offers something for everyone. In addition, the friendly staff makes the microbrewery selections slightly less intimidating for the inexperienced beer drinkers.
Free State has four standard beers — Ad Astra Ale, Copperhead Pale Ale, Oatmeal Stout and Wheat State Golden. These beers are always available on tap and are the only beers bottled and sold in liquor stores. Free State also produces several specialty and seasonal beers. According to Free State manager Debby Fey, we can expect to see Santa's Helper, Josiah Miller, C-4 Imperial IPA and Old Backus Barley Wine during this holiday season.
Among the Friday night crowd, Kayla
Bennett, a senior from Lawrence, can be found enjoying her favorite brew — Ad Astra Ale.
"To be honest, I haven't tried all of them, but it's my favorite of those I have had," Bennett said. Ad Astra is currently among the six ales offered at Free State. Traditionally, beer is classified into three categories: ale, lager and mixed style. In addition to the six ales on tap, there is also one lager and one mixed style.
For Lawrence resident Sage Warren, John Brown Ale is better than the rest. Warren and her coworkers meet every other Friday to "talk shop and drink good beer." When not at Free State, Warren remains faithful to Free State products. Customers such as Warren can find Free State brews on tap at several locations in Kansas. Fey indicates that the market may spill over to Missouri as soon as spring 2011.
After Free State Brewing Company, KU students voted 23rd Street Brewery and Old Chicago as having the second and third best beer selection, respectively. 23rd Street Brewery sall 11 bottled beers and has nine of its own brewed beers available on tap. Old Chicago has 30 beers on tap at all times and sells 100 bottled selections.
- Edited by Lisa Curran
2nd — 23rd Street Brewery 3512 Clinton Parkway
3rd — Old Chicago 2329 Iowa St.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
by Jerry Wang
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Experts deem energy-filled snacks beneficial for finals
Instead of sugar-heavy foods, experts say to grab for protein and carbohydrated-filled snacks. Foods like cheese and crackers can help keep you more awake and alert for studying.
BY JUSTINE PATTON jpatton@kansan.com
Evan Palmer/KANSAN
Finals Week and late-night studying often go hand-in-hand. There are some nighttime snacks that will actually help sleep-deprived students study hard late into the night
— and others that will only make them wish for bedtime.
Ann Chapman, the dietitian at the Wellness Resource Center at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said students are tempted to snack during stressful times, especially finals week, because food can be soothing.
"How do you feel when you put a Hershey's Kiss in your mouth? It's instant gratification," Chapman said. "All the measures of stress are reduced slightly."
However, Patty Quinlan, the nursing supervisor at Watkins, said foods high in sugar and fat are the last thing students should be eating while studying. Quinlan said the fast foods and comfort foods students often turn to would only slow them down.
"That cookie, that doughnut, they just not helpful to push through finals week," Quinlan said. "They're going to make you feel more lethargic and decrease your concentration."
Instead, Chapman suggested munching on foods high in protein and carbohydrates, like cheese and crackers. Chapman said the carbohydrates in the crackers would boost blood sugar quickly and give students a little burst of energy. The body breaks carbohydrates down quickly, which is where the cheese comes into play. The protein in cheese takes longer to digest, so it's going to provide students with energy for about three to four hours.
"I guess I do the opposite of everyone else," Bell said.
gy for about three to four hours.
Barbara Bell, a sophomore from Lancaster, Texas, said she usually doesn't eat when she is stressed.
"Just like a car needs gasoline, the body needs glucose," Chapman said. "Your glucose level drops below what it needs to be if you go without food for three to four hours."
"Studies prove that students in the classroom perform better when they've had breakfast," Denning said. "If you're going to spend all this time and effort, I think it's worth setting your alarm 10 to 15 minutes early to get a healthy breakfast."
However, Chapman suggested students put food in their systems about every four hours.
Patricia Denning, the chief of staff at Watkins, said breakfast was especially important during finals week.
Chapman warned students to avoid "stress-eating" while they study. Chapman said students often
Chapman said when students snack during finals week, they should take a break from studying and simply focus on the food they're eating. Then, when they go back to studying, they can concentrate and won't be shoveling in extra calories in the process.
"Students often eat while they're studying because they're nervous about flunking exams," Chapman said. "So then they eat constantly, which is really unhealthy. Those are calories you don't need."
eat as a means of procrastination or stress relief.
If students do find that they can't study without eating, Chapman recommended they leave their apartment and go to the library, so food would be out of sight and out of mind. She suggested students take a 100-calorie snack with them in case they do get hungry.
Edited by Leslie Kinsman
The Louisiana Street Band will compete for recording time in Los Angeles January 15.
Local band will compete
Energy-boosting snacks
Defense is weakness
MEN'S BASKETBALL | 1B
- 8 oz. yogurt with 1/2 cup cereal
- Low fat string cheese with seven Triscuits
MUSIC | 6A
-100-calorie snack pack of nuts or popcorn
Bill Self points out the defense as the basekball team's weakness. The team will be tested in tonight's game against Memphis.
- Hot cocoa and six vanilla wafers
- One cup of whole grain cereal with one cup of low-fat milk
- Half of a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter
Malott scare quickly addressed
CAMPUS|6A
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