Cool Stuff
Obvious beer fact of the day: Beer has a LONG history. 10,000 year old bottle of beer found in ship wreck. Dogfish Head brews Midas Touch, a beer based on a Turkish recipe found in drinking vessels in the tomb of King Midas.
PhysOrg.com recently posted an article about a brewery dating back to 500 B.C. Cheers to history.
PhysOrg.com — A scientist studying an ancient Celtic site believes he has worked out the recipe they used for making beer around the year 500 BC.
Dr Hans-Peter Stika, an archaeobotanist from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany has been studying the remains of an early Iron Age Celtic settlement at Eberdingen-Hochdorf dating from around 500 BC, in particular the six oblong ditches dug for the process of making barley malt for beer. The excavated ditches contained thousands of grains of charred barley, which Dr Stika believes are the remains of the production of high quality barley malt needed for making beer.
From 3 Floyds Brewing’s Twitter feed: A little beer teaser to follow yesterday’s Dark Lord Day announcement.
A pic was posted of an aging barrel of Dark Lord (Russian imperial stout) with vanilla beans. (Pic at left) Could be a Continue Reading →
Just when I thought Oskar Blues Brewing couldn’t be cooler, someone points this out. @CraftBeerNC astutely pointed this out on Twitter. Flip the bottom of a an OB can and find freshness dating, and a Star Wars quote.
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I knew if I wished hard enough it would come true. Beer drinking (in moderation) is healthy. Take that red wine drinkers!
From Times of India:
Doctors have suggested that drinking up to a pint of beer a day is good for the health and can reduce the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. They claimed that moderate consumption could even help people lose weight if combined with a healthy diet. Doctors Ramon Estruch and Rosa Lamuela tested 1,249 men and women over 57 years old.
Paste Mag loves lists. (Especially beer lists). I got to co-author the Top 25 New Beers of 2010 with Josh Jackson at Paste Magazine in December. The article got huge press, and I think it was well received.
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We are all craft beer fans. Put that aside for a minute and take a look at this. How many times have you waited in line for a beer at a concert/ sporting event? That’s what I thought. Even if Continue Reading →
I was recently asked to help write this article for Paste Magazine. Josh Jackson & Nick Purdy wanted insight on the top new beer releases in 2010. My knee jerk reaction was “hey I’m an alchoholic with a purpose!” Finally Continue Reading →