by DJ Spiess | Jul 23, 2009 | industry
The US Supreme Court may have inadvertently given drunk drivers a free ride. In June they ruled in a 5-4 decision, the Constitution’s Sixth Amendment guarantee “… to be confronted with the witnesses against him” is not satisfied by a sheet of...
by DJ Spiess | Jul 22, 2009 | Pub tales
Here’s a beer nut you might not expect. A badger, the animal, in Germany got drunk on over-ripe cherries and passed out in the road. A motorist called the police to report a dead badger in the road. When the police arrived, they found the badger was not dead...
by DJ Spiess | Jul 17, 2009 | Brewing beer
Research the beer I actually haven’t tried this beer, but several people asked me for a recipe on Twitter. There isn’t a recipe available in any clone books, but that’s never stopped me before. Last year I cloned Avery’s Samael for my sister...
by DJ Spiess | Jul 15, 2009 | industry
In South Carolina, buying alcohol by anyone under 21 is illegal, but one judge ruled this does not prevent them from possessing or consuming alcohol. A twenty year old was cited by the Richland County Sheriff’s department in March for posession of...
by DJ Spiess | Jul 8, 2009 | Reviews
Background Four months ago I made a Cooper’s beer kit. The kit is a no-boil beer kit and I tried the European lager. After fermentation, I kegged the beer and bottled a few using the Coopers carbonation drops. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the beer,...