Craft Beer, Homebrewing, Beer Guides
It’s no secret Americans love their beer. As far as total consumption by country goes, only China – with its 1.3 billion people (~4.5x the population of the US) consumes more beer than the US. As far as production goes: there are more than 3,000 recognized breweries in the US today and they churn out an incredible … Read more
If you love beer, you may also collect beer. Not just a list of beer (for instance, on Untappd or RateBeer), but you may actually have a IRL, physical beer collection. And you don’t know when you’re going to open that super special beer that you’ve been saving for a rainy day. Or also, if you keep … Read more
Beer is part of the history of civilization. There is evidence that people have been drinking beer since 3500 B.C. There is evidence that animals (including primates) were getting drunk on fermented fruit juice well before then, but of course, beer itself – which requires a fair amount of coordination and settlement to produce in quantity … Read more
The first cocktail that sparked a revolution in how we consume alcohol was a beer cocktail. Beer cocktails predate spirits-based or wine-based cocktails because beer was safe to drink, affordable, and readily available. In the 19th Century, sailors were given rum rations on long voyages. To make their rations last longer, they mixed their precious … Read more
You’ve probably seen videos floating aroun on Youtube of people claiming to have tried helium beer. There is even a decent volume of searches on the Internt for helium beer breweries. But the sceptical among you will (rightly) wonder… can helium beer possibly be real? The Internet has made skeptics of us all – so it’s … Read more
Sometimes you have to throw “class” out the window. You just want to down beer(s) as far as possible. Whether it’s to impress your friends or for the pure scientific efficiency of consuming more brew in a shorter amount of time, shotgunning is great. It’s widely considered the fastest way to down a beer, par excellence. … Read more
“Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you beer…“ Didn’t think that beers could be that expensive? Think again! We’ve done the research to bring you a list of some of the most expensive beers ever sold. Sit back – with your favorite brew if you must – and marvel at these prices! 7 … Read more
Ever been challenged to a beer drinking contest? Ever needed to down a beer really quickly so that you can leave without wasting the sacred brew? Ever been 21 years old in college? Then you’ve tried to chug beer before. Believe it or not, it’s not all God-given talent -there are trainable skills behind the … Read more