Oliver Streumpfel, who works as a waiter at a beer tent, set a world record at a beer festival in Abensberg by carrying 27 full 1-liter mugs at once. The mugs weighed around 2.3 kilograms each, meaning he had to …
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The science underpinning brewing can be a fascinating subject. However, rather than focusing on practical applications, academic brewing experiments are often stripped down (e.g., an isolated enzyme applied to a specific substrate molecule). This can yield interesting results and demonstrate …
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It’s Okay To Be Smart explores the scientific processes behind brewing beer in their latest episode. Host Joe Hanson visited the Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas and spoke with brewer Averie Swanson about the history of beer and the various strains of yeast that the brewery uses. http://laughingsquid.com/its-okay-to-be-smart-explores-the-scientific-processes-behind-brewing-beer/
Terroir is a fascinating thing. New Zealand white wines (chiefly Sauvignon Blanc) have gained worldwide attention for exhibiting exciting flavors and aromas (e.g., lime-zest and gooseberry) not produced when the same grapes are grown in Europe or the Americas. It is intriguing …
In this episode (Episode #9):Marco Beero explores 8 Wired Brewing Company’s Barrel Program in Blenheim, New Zealand…and learns about aged beers, sour beers, fruit beers and more from “Yeast Wrangler and Barrel Shepherd” Jason Bathgate. 8 Wired’s barrel program is …
Untappd provides a mobile check-in application for beer lovers. Their application has been downloaded by over a million users and on any given night, they can register over 300,000 individual checkins and social sharing events. http://blog.iron.io/2014/08/how-one-developer-serves-millions-of.html
Durham-based brewery Fullsteam will soon release beers made with local yeast strains from plants at Sarah P. Duke Gardens. The wild yeast, swabbed from a lavender plant in the Asiatic Arboretum, is one of the key ingredients in the brewery’s …
Gluten-free claims will be banned from beer bottles under new regulations – frustrating brewers and people with gluten allergies. Chris Mills, co-owner of Kereru Brewing. Photo: RNZ / William Ray From January 2016, it will be illegal to sell alcohol using …
Friday was the final judging round for the National Capital Homebrew Competition. Sitting around head judge Barry Beadman’s dining room table, five men were in the middle of a heated debate: what makes a fantastic beer? http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/for-beer-judges-and-homebrewers-the-art-of-a-good-beer-is-all-in-the-details —Sent from Zite, available for …
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Marlborough’s Renaissance Brewing hope to raise up to $700,000 through equity crowdfunding when its campaign goes live next week. The firm will offer 350,000 shares, or 12.28 per cent of the company, through equity crowdfunding platform The Snowball Effect, which …