by DJ Spiess | May 16, 2011 | Beer, Featured
Once while in San Diego I stumbled upon Comic-Con. I thought the idea was cool, bought a ticket, and walked in. That was obviously many years ago considering this year’s event in July sold out in January. Back when I went it was just starting to become the wild...
by DJ Spiess | Apr 16, 2011 | Brewing beer, Featured
Despite my best plans, I do little brewing in the winter. I might make a batch for Christmas parties and the SuperBowl, but from February to April there is little brewing activity for me. The summer months are non-stop brewing months. Here’s what I’m doing...
by DJ Spiess | Apr 13, 2011 | Equipment, Featured
Invented by New Zealanders Ian Williams and Anders Warn, the WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery makes homebrewing very simple. You simply add ingredients, boil, add yeast and wait for beer. How is this system different? Everything happens in one machine. The WilliamsWarn...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 28, 2011 | Around the Internet, Featured
So I finally got around to creating a Facebook Fan page. This will give you yet another way to keep up to date with Fermentarium articles. It’ll also give you a way to have your say, without having to post to a particular article. Right now the fan page consists...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 14, 2011 | Around the Internet, Featured
A friend of mine, Erin Schaefgen, makes very cool cakes. These cakes are so cool in fact, she should have her own TV cake show. Her cakes could easily compare to Ace of Cakes or Cake Boss. She just started her own cake business called Three Little Blackbirds, and as...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 10, 2011 | Beer, Featured
There’s no beer in space, yet, but an Australian non-profit space research corporation called Astronauts4Hire is working to change that. We need refreshments for space tourists after all. The problem with beer on space stations (besides driving a billion+ dollar...
