by DJ Spiess | Nov 29, 2008 | Reviews
The holiday season is upon us and you’re looking for beer gift ideas for your favorite beer lover? Maybe you’re the beer lover looking for great book ideas for your Christmas list. Here’s a selection of great beer books to consider. All of these books are in my...
by DJ Spiess | Nov 19, 2008 | Inside Fermentarium
Wow this episode took far longer than it should have. Here’s the belated episode three! Inside Fermentarium – Episode 3 from DJ Spiess on Vimeo. Here’s the YouTube version: Episode 3 on YouTube Links for this episode Are you ready to fruit or spice...
by DJ Spiess | Nov 15, 2008 | Brewing beer
Alabama House Bill 9 (HB9) is the current incarnation of legalizing homebrewing for Alabama home brewers. Since Mississippi passed a law legalizing homebrewing in March of this year (goes into effect July 1st), Alabama is now the only state in the entire...
by DJ Spiess | Nov 10, 2008 | Pub tales
I try to stamp out every beer myth I come across, so when Virgil G. another beer blogger pointed out I may be perpetuating a beer myth in my Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and Beer Myths article I was surprised (and somewhat embarrassed). It would be pretty bad if I wrote...
by DJ Spiess | Nov 4, 2008 | Random
The Thanksgiving story When the pilgrims came to America they were running low on provisions, specifically beer. The crew was concerned about provisions for the trip back so they dumped the pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, packed up and left. The pilgrims...