Todd Alstrom, one of the founders of BeerAdvocate.com, tweeted his joy at seeing a family’s car towed from their parking lot right before Hurricane Sandy hit. I’m not sure he expected the response from his followers he got. As you Continue Reading →
After today (Halloween), we will immediately switch seasons. (F, Target has already run commercials.) Looking for something cool for your beer lover this year? Check out these new hoodies from 3 Floyds (Muenster, IN). The pre-sale is on for a Zombie Continue Reading →
The race to the strongest beer in the world is a bit like the race to the moon. Scottish brewery Brewdog has held the title previously – with Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32%) and Sink The Bismarck! (41%). Brewdog even outdid Continue Reading →
This little nugget of alcoholic fun comes from Richmond.com. As “Frankenstorm wreaks havoc, many of my northeastern friends grabbing beer and settling in for a wet one. (That’s what she said.) Weather forecasts during hurricanes and blizzards Continue Reading →
Atlanta Beer Week 2012 is upon us. I recently got to do a video for Thrillist.com. We travelled to The Fred (speakeasy craft beer bar), Cypress Street (awesome food & beer), and SweetWater Brewery. It’s goofy, but here is a Continue Reading →
Science has made a beer breakthrough. Nanotech researchers, with CRANN an Irish nanoscience institute in Dublin (GO FIGURE!) have partnered with SABMiller to create this new material. Tiny (like, nano tiny) sheets of boron nitride are mixed with the plastic, Continue Reading →
Extremely and completely unverified, that Sierra Nevada anything to do with this video ahead of their Narwhal Imperial Stout coming soon. Whatsoever.
Todd Alstrom, one of the founders of BeerAdvocate.com, tweeted his joy at seeing a family’s car towed from their parking lot right before Hurricane Sandy hit. I’m not sure he expected the response from his followers he got. As you can see below, it wasn’t very positive.
The Reddit thread has 300+ responses now. When you type his name into Google, douchebag is part of the suggested search. Isn’t technology great?
After today (Halloween), we will immediately switch seasons. (F, Target has already run commercials.) Looking for something cool for your beer lover this year? Check out these new hoodies from 3 Floyds (Muenster, IN). The pre-sale is on for a Zombie Dust hoodie, and a Gumball Head hoodie. ERP $60.00. Delivery by Dec 1, 2012 if you order soon. [3 Floyds]
The race to the strongest beer in the world is a bit like the race to the moon. Scottish brewery Brewdog has held the title previously – with Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32%) and Sink The Bismarck! (41%). Brewdog even outdid the 41% entry with The End Of History, a 55% blonde ale shoved into a dead, stuffed squirrel.
It wasn’t long before they were then overtaken by Schorschbräu Schorschbock (57% ABV). The newest to the top? Brewmeister Armageddon, a Scottish brewery that clocks in at 65% AB. Modeled after the eisbock style. Eisbock (ice bock) is a German style created by flash
freezing the beer. The first to freeze is removed leaving the liquid more potent. In this instance, the process is repeated until the desired ABV is reached.
The world’s strongest beer at 65%. Ingredients include crystal malt, wheat, flaked oats and of course 100% Scottish spring water. We then freeze ferment the beer to bring up the ABV. Consume this like a fine whisky. Despite being 65%, the beer has a lot of flavour – malty, hoppy, slightly sweet and lots of yeast still in the beer. Be careful though, smelling it is probably enough to put you over the limit!
These bottles are available online, ERP $64.00 U.S.
Style: Eisbock (STRONG ALE!)
Availability: 300 ml bottles (10 U.S. oz)
65% ABV
This little nugget of alcoholic fun comes from Richmond.com. As “Frankenstorm wreaks havoc, many of my northeastern friends grabbing beer and settling in for a wet one. (That’s what she said.) Weather forecasts during hurricanes and blizzards scream drinking game. Karri Peifer has one for ya. [Richmond.com]
The Hurricane Sandy Drinking Game
Atlanta Beer Week 2012 is upon us. I recently got to do a video for Thrillist.com. We travelled to The Fred (speakeasy craft beer bar), Cypress Street (awesome food & beer), and SweetWater Brewery. It’s goofy, but here is a little on what Atlanta is all about.
Science has made a beer breakthrough. Nanotech researchers, with CRANN an Irish nanoscience institute in Dublin (GO FIGURE!) have partnered with SABMiller to create this new material. Tiny (like, nano tiny) sheets of boron nitride are mixed with the plastic, making it impervious to oxygen. The sheets are less that 50,000 times the width of a single human hair.
Because the gas molecules can’t diffuse into the bottle, the shelf life of the beer increases. Implications for this breakthrough? Longer shelf life means less waste. Less shipping, less environmental impact. [ScienceMag]
Extremely and completely unverified, that Sierra Nevada anything to do with this video ahead of their Narwhal Imperial Stout coming soon. Whatsoever.
