Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
If your idea of getting into the Halloween spirit means switching from regular beers to pumpkin flavored ones, then check out this detailed description of how to brew beer in a pumpkin.
Finally; a way to add some excitement to that trip to the pumpkin patch.
[Flickr - npoell - Brewing In A Pumpkin]
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PopSci staff photographer John Carnett may be the greatest inventor of all time. What he’s created, and what you see here is the world’s first All-In-One Beer Making Machine. Called simply ‘The Machine’, it features a stainless-steel two-cart brewing system that starts with wort, or pre-fermented beer, and ends with a perfect, chilled pint.
Concentrated wort extract goes into the boil keg along with water and hops. A propane burner heats the mix for about 90 minutes.
After the boil, the wort moves through a heat exchanger, cooling it to between 53ºF and 63ºF before it reaches the fermenting tank.
An electronic controller monitors the temperature inside the fermenting keg; When it needs cooling, a pump circulates water through a nest of copper tubing sitting on a cold plate—chilled by Freon in its interior—and wrapped around the keg.
After 10 to 15 days, depending on the brew, the wort becomes beer. Carnett swaps hoses and turns a valve to move the beer to one of two settling kegs, where the CO2 tank adds carbonation and debris falls to the bottom.
Finally, the beer moves into one of two serving kegs. Pull the tap, and the beer travels through the cold plate, so it’s chilled on the way to your glass, eliminating the need for constant cooling and ensuring a frosty brew anytime.
The next step? Add a third cart to make wort from raw grain instead of extract, though he’s got a lot of ‘testing’ to do before taking on that monumental step.
[PopSci - The Ultimate All-In-One Beer Brewing Machine]
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For women that can’t control their consumption of alcohol, but would still like a little breast boost, there’s now a beer called Boza that will supposedly help them out.
Crafted in Bulgaria, this beer contains breast-enhancing stimulants that are “proven to increase your cup size” (and probably your gut size too). Though it’s an ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’ sort of thing, this has definitely got some potential.
[Via: TrendHunter]
Tom Seefurth had a novel idea. He liked pizza, and he liked beer, so he figured, why not combine the two?
No, not beer flavored pizza. Tom wanted something a little more exotic. He wanted pizza flavored beer.
By adding actual pizza right into the brewing process, Tom’s beer is able to capture the flavors of the Italian favorite, while still staying true to its brew roots.
How about it, would you try a Pizzeer?
[CBS - Suburban Hobbyist Puts New Spin On Pizza And Beer]
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Throwing a party? You could buy a keg and hope for the best, but why not just let The Kegulator do the hard work for you. By plugging in how many people will be drinking and how drunk you think they plan on getting, The Kegulator will figuring out just how much beer you’ll need to buy as well as how much ice and how many cups you’ll need to dispense that beer. It’s like having a web based college roommate.
[Via: TechCrunch]
Bilk, a combination of beer and milk, was conceived of by the son of a liquor store manager after watching dairy firms throw out huge amount of surplus milk. The low-malt beer reportedly has “a fruity flavor that its brewers hope will be popular among women”. Mmmm… cow beer.
[Via: Neatorama]
Though it’s news to me, apparently dogs love beer. They enjoy the grain flavors, but can’t handle the alcohol, so Dog Star Brewing came up with a solution. Happy Tail Ale is a beer designed specifically for dogs. It’s non-alcoholic, non-carbonated, and features all-natural beef drippings. This isn’t just joke packaging though. Happy Tail Ale is a real beer and is brewed just like real beer in 500-gallon copper kettles, made with artesian water and choice malted barley. Now, when you teach your dog to fetch you a beer, you can reward him with a brew of his own.
[Dog Star Brewing - Happy Tail Ale]
[Via: Popgadget]
A man named Dann is on a noble quest to drink 365 different beers during 2007 in a kind of “beer renaissance”, or what some might call an unresolution.
[Via: Digg]
…It’s TGI Friday: Beer?
Free Stuff Friday is back, and this time, I’m giving away a $10 iTunes gift card to one lucky winner (which is coincidentally just enough to buy the DYH iMix 04.07 if you so choose). To enter, just add a comment to this post with the name of your favorite beer. Not only will this earn you an entry into the contest, it will also add $.50 to the Comment Charity total as a way of saying thanks for your time.
Don’t drink beer? No problem; just comment with the name of your favorite beer alternative (soda, coffee, water, wine, etc.) and you’ll also be entered.
Though my all-time favorite would have to be Stone’s Imperial Russian Stout, I’m currently digging the wonderful Pipeline Porter that Kona recently released.
As usual, the contest will run through Sunday, so you have plenty of time to pick a favorite (or make one up if you don’t already have one) and type it into the comment box.
A few minutes of your time in exchange for a chance at a few free songs? Sounds like a good deal to me. Cheers.