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 | 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...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 10, 2011 | Wine
It’s not quite a porno-scanner (backscatter x-ray), but it’s still awesome wine science. Right now you can only bring 3 ounces of a liquid in your carry-on. The reason is it’s too difficult for airport screeners to determine what liquid you are...
by DJ Spiess | Jan 29, 2011 | Beer
The trend for consuming less beer in Germany continues. Beer sales in Germany have declined since the reunification in the 1990s, and every year since German beer sales decline by about 1.7%. For the first time ever, German beer sales have dropped below 100 million...
by DJ Spiess | Jan 24, 2011 | Featured, industry
When I first saw this can, I thought it was a mixed drink or malt beverage similar to a wine cooler. Jack Daniels sells drinks like what I was expecting. This isn’t one of those. Someone at Scottish Spirits, a Panama-based company, got the idea to sell hard alcohol,...
by DJ Spiess | Jan 24, 2011 | Beer
January 24th, 1935, the first beer in the can was sold in Richmond, Virginia. The first beer can was manufactured by the American Can Company for the brewer Krueger. The American Can company actually had to convince Krueger to try the cans by offering the caning...
