Here’s a once in a beer geek lifetime opportunity – your own Cigar City beer. Complete with your name on it. Even your face.
The opportunity is part of a holiday auction being held by Creative Loafing Tampa. THe winner will Continue Reading →
Ballast Point Brewing took a trip to Brewdog in Scotland recently. Who was there? James, Stewart & Bruce (BrewDog) and Yusseff Cherney (Ballast Point). Style: San Diego Scotch Ale
Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Amarillo
Aged in whisky casks with raisins soaked in Ballast Point Rum
Availability: TBA
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Why just open a bottle when you can look cool doing it. The Lagunitas butterfly bottle opener makes twirling a bar key on your finger so last year. I’m really, it looks like a freaking butterfly knife. These babies are $15 Continue Reading →
Vanberg & Dewulf has teamed up with Untappd, and various fine beer bars around the United States to have the “single largest one-day national celebration of Belgian beer culture held in the USA this millennium.”
An estimated 350 bars, restaurants, and Continue Reading →
Oskar Blues out of Longmont, CO seems to have expanded outside of the realm of aluminum cans and created its own brand of bicycles called “Reeb” (spell it backwards… that’s right, it spells beer!). The first edition from the Reeb will be a single gear mountain bike Continue Reading →
Ok this is a pretty awesome blast from the past. Patrick Swayze in a 1979 Pabst commercial. Time to boogie. (Thx Jeremy for this nugget of joy)
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute In Zurich have found a way to control beer yeast using computer controlled light and genetically engineered molecules.
Simply put: the scientists took yeast – in this case saccharomyces cerevisiae (s.cerevisiae) and Continue Reading →
Here’s a once in a beer geek lifetime opportunity – your own Cigar City beer. Complete with your name on it. Even your face.
The opportunity is part of a holiday auction being held by Creative Loafing Tampa. THe winner will get to create their own signature beer to be released to the public. Bidding is open to the public. The auction started at $100 dollars and stands at $720 dollars, 22 days away from the auctions conclusion.
Is this perfect for you or someone you love? Start Bidding.
Ballast Point Brewing took a trip to Brewdog in Scotland recently. Who was there? James, Stewart & Bruce (BrewDog) and Yusseff Cherney (Ballast Point). Style: San Diego Scotch Ale
Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Amarillo
Aged in whisky casks with raisins soaked in Ballast Point Rum
Availability: TBA
[Brewdog]
Why just open a bottle when you can look cool doing it. The Lagunitas butterfly bottle opener makes twirling a bar key on your finger so last year. I’m really, it looks like a freaking butterfly knife. These babies are $15 dollars online [Lagunitas]
Vanberg & Dewulf has teamed up with Untappd, and various fine beer bars around the United States to have the “single largest one-day national celebration of Belgian beer culture held in the USA this millennium.”
An estimated 350 bars, restaurants, and shops across America will feature Vanberg & DeWulf beers and raise a toast to the importer that has been singularly dedicated to building Belgian beer connoisseurship in the USA. To find the beers and the hosts for the events, people need only consult the Vanberg & DeWulf and Untappd sites. Coast to Coast Toastâ„¢ Eventbrite page and check in with the beers on Untappd.
You need to be apart of Untappd for starters. There have been more than 2 million “check-ins” in year one alone. To earn the Belgian badge Untappers need to try at least one (1) “related” beer and share it on Untappd. Starting November 15th and for a month, the Belgian badge can only be earned by “checking in” with Vanberg & DeWulf’s beers. Aspiring badge-earners have the option to be entered into a drawing to win a trip for two to Belgium sponsored by The Belgian Tourist Office and Delta Airlines.
The Coast to Coast Toast â„¢ is at once an anniversary party and a salute to the people and places that have done so much to build today’s vibrant US beer culture. Participants span two generations of craft beer advocates — uniting pioneers like Lucky Baldwin’s and Toronado (CA), Monk’s, Eulogy and Tria (PA), Higgins and Belmont Station (Portland), Hopleaf, Map Room (IL), Winking Lizard (Ohio), BJ’s (the West) and Flying Saucer (6 states), Gingerman, DBA (NYC), and the Brickstore (GA) and more recently minted “Heroes of the Good Beer Movement” â„¢ like El Rey Burrito Lounge and J Clyde (Alabama), The Publican and Bluebird (Chicago), Church Key (Washington, D.C.) , Capital Bar and Grill (Arkansas), Jimmy’s 43, Rattle N Hum, Vandaag, and Blue Monk (NY), The Fred (GA), and Redlight Redlight (Florida).
Retailers all around the country — from Tully’s in Wells, Maine to Whole Foods on the Bowery in NYC, from Binny’s in Chicago to Wine Thief and Ale Jail in St Paul, MN — are taking part in the party.
Beers Tapping Today Include (but not limited to) :
If you aren’t on Untappd, sign up now. Finish up work early and head to a party near you.
Oskar Blues out of Longmont, CO seems to have expanded outside of the realm of aluminum cans and created its own brand of bicycles called “Reeb” (spell it backwards… that’s right, it spells beer!). The first edition from the Reeb will be a single gear mountain bike that will go the rough Colorado terrain. The frame for the Reeb will cost $1200, but if you want the fully awesomed edition, it’s going to cost you between $3000 and $4000. About 20 of the bikes have already been produced, most of which were bought by employees. The bikes are single speed, rubber belt driven, and 100% handcrafted.
The details the Reeb Mountain Bike:
Chad Melis, marketing director for Oskar Blues, said the company is manufacturing handmade, steel, single-speed, 29er hardtail mountain bikes using the Denver-based Gates’ Carbon Drive system.
The Gates Carbon Drive system is a “belt”-driven bicycle drive that replaces a standard chain, according to the company. Compared with a normal chain that requires lubrication and maintenance, Gates said its belt drive is maintenance free.
Above is a pic of the soon-to-be coveted Reeb at Oskar Blues in October.
Ok this is a pretty awesome blast from the past. Patrick Swayze in a 1979 Pabst commercial. Time to boogie. (Thx Jeremy for this nugget of joy)
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute In Zurich have found a way to control beer yeast using computer controlled light and genetically engineered molecules.
Simply put: the scientists took yeast – in this case saccharomyces cerevisiae (s.cerevisiae) and monitored it’s activity. Anyone who has brewed beer knows that – it, like any living organism, is unpredictable. Yeast can stall out, become sluggish, affecting the outcome of the brew. Here’s where sci-fi meets reality.
A genetically modified molecule called a phytochrome spys on the the nearby yeast cells. When reporting inactivity, scientists can have the phytochrome send out a beam of red light, turning the cell on again. A deeper red beam of light will turn it off again. Having this molecule fluoresce then reporting back, scientists can create a complex computer model of the yeast’s behavior. Each burst of light is tracked and accounted for through this feedback loop. Using this molecule and a computer, you can literally speed up and slow down fermentation.
Other than beer, what are the implications? Beyond beer fermentation, this molecule has implications in biofuel production, and antibiotic production. The process allows scientists to fine tune gene expression, controlling the quality and quantity of the final yield. [BBC]
