Articles By: DJ Spiess
I am a avid homebrewer and winemaker. I’ve been making my own beer and wine for many years. I started making beer when I was in college (mostly because the drinking age in the United States is 21). My first few beers were horrible. The beers are much better now, and I often supply my neighborhood with free beer!
How to start a nano brewery
There’s an interesting book on Amazon about how to start your own nano brewery. It’s free right now, so you’ll want to get it while you can!
Alabama one step closer to legalizing homebrew
Alabama House votes 44-33 to make home brewing legal in Alabama.
Beer makes you SMRT
Here’s something I’ve always known, beer makes you smart… and beautiful, and funny, and sexy, and…
How to make a great Altbier (German Ale)
The Alt beer is a German style ale brewed in Düsseldorf and other parts of North Rhein-Westphalia which might date back to the 1600. Despite it’s name “alt”, the style never went by this name until the 1980s.
Japan’s new invention, Beer Smoothie?
So you want your beer head to last a bit longer? Kirin might have an answer for you. Kirin has created the “Ichiban Shibori Frozen Draft”. They have taken the beer head, frozen it like a beer sorbet, and added it to the top of the beer. Kirin claims this will keep your beer cold [...]
Video games and beer!
Marketing beer at a video arcade. Seems almost genius, until you remember marketing beer to kids isn’t cool.
Review: Newcastle Winter IPA
Newcastle keeps sending me beers, so I keep trying them. Here’s their Winter IPA and my thoughts.
