BrewDog unleashes 35% ABV spirit which will surely kill us all
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Look upon my works, ye mighty and despair: The new spirit was developed in a “radical brewing and ice distillation process”, which currently has a patent pending. The spirit has a 35% abv and is created using an IPA ...
The Many Styles of Oktoberfest
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Craftbeer.com has a great write-up explaining the history of Oktoberfest styles and medal-winners in each of the categories. Simply put, American Oktoberfest styles do not really match up with what's going on in Germa...
Game on with Dream Arcades Kegerator Pro 60
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60" screen and a built-in kegerator? Uh, ok! Dream Arcades, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of arcade machines for the home or office, today unveiled the Kegerator Pro 60, the world’s first arcade ma...
Experts vs. Crowdsourcing
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The notable Jeff Alworth has a good short piece on All About Beer that is worth your time and contemplation. Why should you bother seeking out an expert? Because beer experts do some things even 900 layman together c...
Open beer faster
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Sometimes you just can't open it fast enough, I guess. Some say this is nothing but a frivolous toy. Try going to a patio bar in New Orleans the weekend that Abita Strawberry comes out and then tell me it's pointl...
How untappd came to be and continues to be awesome
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Medium has a great condensed (quick-read) interview with the 2 guys (yeah, it's just 2 guys) that founded and run untappd. There's a handful of things I found very surprising about their success: they've never adve...
Waiting for the beer bubble to pop
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Founders CEO Mike Stevens is calling it straight up. “We will see a bit of a bubble burst in the next five years or so,” he said during a live chat with MLive readers at the Founders 15-year anniversary party. “Howev...
How to brew a better brick
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Apparently spent grains make excellent insulators in brick production. Research engineers found that bricks made with 5% spent brewing grains were nearly 30% better insulators, and just as strong as traditional brick...
FAA grounds beer drones
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Were you looking forward to having lifeless automatons bring you beer in the wilderness? Of course you were! But it looks like you'll have to wait. Local brewery Lakemaid was testing a new drone delivery system t...
American craft: not just for Americans
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The latest export numbers are out. Craft exports are absolutely booming. Supported by the BA’s Export Development Program (EDP), craft beer export volume increased by 35.7 percent in 2014, representing 383,422 barre...