by DJ Spiess | Feb 15, 2012 | Beer reviews
Newcastle sent me another round of beer, this time their newest limited edition beer the Newcastle Winter IPA. Looks The Newcastle Winter IPA pours with a great light tan head which lasted for a little over a minute. When it dissipated though, the head was completely...
by DJ Spiess | Sep 8, 2010 | Beer reviews
I got an email a few weeks ago from Newcastle asking if I’d like to try their new beer. Of course I said yes, never turning down a free beer, and they shipped one out to me right away. The beer has the familiar Newcastle logo, but brighter summer colors. So...
by DJ Spiess | Aug 12, 2009 | Reviews
Beer Compass is a simple $0.99 application for the iPhone. You want beer, and the beer compass finds it for you. The application doesn’t really find beer, with a press of a button it searches for all the bars and restaurants nearest to your location. Then...
by DJ Spiess | Aug 4, 2009 | Reviews
I frequently look on the iPhone for interesting new applications to add to my iPhone. I always search the applications with the terms “beer” or “wine” in hopes of finding something better than a virtual glass of beer. Every now and then I...
by DJ Spiess | Jul 8, 2009 | Reviews
Background Four months ago I made a Cooper’s beer kit. The kit is a no-boil beer kit and I tried the European lager. After fermentation, I kegged the beer and bottled a few using the Coopers carbonation drops. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the beer,...
by DJ Spiess | Dec 9, 2008 | Reviews
Beer Brands is a beer database of commercial beers. The iPhone application claims to have over 7800 beer brands in the database. The application even has beers from Coopersmith’s, a local microbrewery in Fort Collins, Colorado. I’m always surprised when I see beer...