14 questions readers asked on Fermentarium

14 questions readers asked on Fermentarium

My homebrew kit came with sugar, can I toss it? I’m surprised how often this comes up.  Somehow sugar got a bad rap, and now no one wants to put it into their beer.  It’s true if you add too much sugar your beer will not taste good, but your recipe has to have more...
10 Halloween costume ideas for beer lovers

10 Halloween costume ideas for beer lovers

The Halloween gods have smiled upon us.  This year Halloween falls on a Friday, and this means lots of Halloween parties.  Is your costume ready?  Here are a few beer themed costumes ideas for you! The Beer Keg This costume is fairly easy to construct.  I’ve even seen...
8 clever uses for bad beer

8 clever uses for bad beer

I’ve been asked this question many times, but I’ve never really known how to answer.  I haven’t made too many bad batches, just a few questionable ones.  With the questionable ones, you can claim it’s “funky” or it “has character”.  Bad beers are beers which rarely...
8 drunk driving lessons we can learn from beer nuts

8 drunk driving lessons we can learn from beer nuts

Keep your clothes on when caught Take Holly Kay Highfield from Jacksonville, Florida for example.  She was driving drunk in a Honda filled with children, deliberately tried to crash her car into a cyclist, carjacked another car after the crash with the bicycle, and...
10 drunkest people ever

10 drunkest people ever

Here is a list of some of the drunkest people on the planet.  It is surprising half of the record holders here are female!  Even more surprising, if not really sad, is all of these drunks except one were found driving while intoxicated.  They are lucky to be alive in...