Archive for the ‘Beer’ Category

How to start a nano brewery

A Brewer's Guide to Opening a Nano Brewery: Your $10,000 Brewery Consultant for $15

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!

Japan’s new invention, Beer Smoothie?

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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!

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Marketing beer at a video arcade. Seems almost genius, until you remember marketing beer to kids isn’t cool.

Avery has an app for that!

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Every now and then I search around for new beer or homebrew related iOS applications. Somehow last month I missed Avery’s iOS app.

Sioux tribe sues alcohol retailers and distributors

How close is too close to a dry county?

The Oglala Sioux Tribe (ironically not sue tribe) is suing retailers and distributors of alcohol in Whiteclay, Nebraska.

Wanna start a brewery?

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When you start a business venture, you might look for investors to help you out. A new trend I’ve seen is just ask for the money.

Great American Beer Festival 2011

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More pictures from this year’s festival. Better late than never, right?

Samuel Adams and glass maker settle over 2008 recall

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Remember that beer bottle recall back in 2008 by Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)? They settled and while they don’t say anything about blame, the bottle manufacturer was hit the hardest.

BeerCon 2011

Beer-Con 2011

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 event it is now.  Time to [...]

Beer in spaaaace!

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Beer is space is science fiction, but it may soon be a reality!