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Sobering Thought For Brazilian Brewer

A Brazilian court has ordered local brewer Ambev to pay almost $50,000 to an alcoholic beer taster who drank about a litre and a half (that's just over 3 pints) of beer each day. The unidentified employee alleged that the company did not provide the health measures needed to keep him from developing alcoholism. The employee said in his lawsuit that for more than a decade, he drank between 16 and 25 small glasses of beer during his eight-hour shifts at the company. He also received a bottle of beer after each shift. Judge Jose Felipe Ledur said the company still was negligent because an alcoholic should never have been made a beer taster.