by DJ Spiess | Feb 27, 2012 | Beer, Featured
Here’s a blast from the past! This is a video game release by Bally Midway back in 1983 called Tapper. Budweiser – the video game The idea was you play the bartender, serve customers before they get angry, and catch empty glasses before they fall to the...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 14, 2012 | Beer, Featured
For those of you who don’t know, Avery Brewing Company is a brewery in Boulder, Colorado. Its about a mile from where I work, and their tap room is a popular after-work watering hole for me and my co-workers. Usually we are fighting over one or two menus for our...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 7, 2012 | Beer, Featured
Starting a new brewery can be cost prohibitive. Buying equipment, renting a space, navigating the permitting fees, and buying supplies can quickly make your new adventure a non-starter. Finding investors can be quite difficult and they would most likely want a...
by DJ Spiess | Oct 23, 2011 | Beer, Featured
Here’s some of the better photos from this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. If you don’t see your picture here, you might look at all of the photos on the flickr page. All in all, there’s 189 pictures from this...
by DJ Spiess | May 20, 2011 | Featured, Lifestyle
Let’s get it out at the start, drinking and driving is a monumentally stupid idea. If you’re extremely lucky you’ll get home only hitting the mailbox on the way in your driveway. Most likely, you’ll hit something bigger on the way and not only ruin you day, you could...
by DJ Spiess | May 17, 2011 | Featured, Recent Studies
There is a gene for something called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). ADH is a protein and it’s important because it is an enzyme we use to break down alcohol. Some research suggests people who don’t produce enough ADH or produce the slower acting enzymes ADH2 and ADH3...
