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There's surprisingly little info on the net about the toxicity of crocodile bile. The vast majority of search results are about this news story. Anyone have any info on this? I'm curious, didn't know this was a thing.

EDIT: I looked a bit further, I found one source that says that in certain areas of Tanzania and Mozambique, it is widely believed that crocodile bile is highly poisonous.

> Thus, in several African countries, it is added to beer or porridge of an unsuspecting person, the victim is supposed to die within 24 hours. Recent investigations in Zimbabwe showed no signs of toxicity in mice and monkeys which were given solutions orally with bile material.

So I guess it's a thing, but the science is certainly lacking. The story may very well be fake or exaggerated, but as of right now, it's been picked up by just about ever major news source out there.

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Stone is bringing in a lot of revenue to the San Diego area. Their beer gardens certainly bring in some tourist revenue for the area. They are distributing a ton of other beer for other breweries in the Southern California area that wouldnt otherwise get the exposure.

Now is all of this worth a $33 million dollar subsidy? Couldnt tell you. But they are definitely one of the big players in the whole "craft-beer" movement. Some would argue they've already grown to the point of eclipsing that as well.

With this handy spread sheet!

Edit

Awesomely, we got the spreadsheet added to the side bar! You can view it and there is a big link at the top of it to submit any corrections, additional information, or new releases. It is now a collaborative effort between Beer Advocate and Reddit! Hope to see this list fill out even more. Also, feel free to add Breweries outside of the US, as some have suggested.

Hey cool! Links for those interested:

• iOS
• Android

Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher is my go-to response to this question. There are a ton of great beer books out there, but this one covers all the basics in a concise format that's easy to read and can be read either cover-to-cover or in parts as a reference. If you don't already have it, I can't recommend it enough!

It appears that there is still some truth to this, despite what the community thinks.

Detection of aluminum residue in fresh and stored canned beer

Aluminium content of drinking waters, fruit juices and soft drinks: contribution to dietary intake

Not to mention that the polymer that lines aluminum cans can absorb some of the flavor.

Yes, you may be developing a gluten intolerance (I know because I started to develop one around 31 years old and beer is normally the first sign). There are a bunch of products online that help you process gluten (link below to the one I use). Hard alcohol normally is distilled and does not contain gluten or is made from non-gluten sources, so that is also a sign that you may have a gluten intolerance since hard alcohol isn't as bad on your sickness.

On another note, all gluten-free beers (made from sorgum or rice) taste like poop IMO. There are a few products (clarity ferm by white labs for example) that are used as a clarifier to reduce protein haze for beer that actually break up the gluten protein and make beer "gluten-reduce" because the FDA won't let them call it gluten free (even though it is well below gluten free threshold). For example, I live in San Diego. Dogleg brewing (amazing place) , Duckfoot, Abnormal, and a number of other use clarity ferm and I can drink 3 of their beers no problem, but if I have even half a pint from a brewery that doesn't use it (gluten rich beer) then I'm sick for about 12-20 hours.

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Best of luck. Hope this helps.

Link for the one I use

https://www.amazon.com/Enzymatic-Therapy-Defense-Vegetarian-Capsules/dp/B0018MVUXU/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=gluten+enzyme&qid=1571158210&sr=8-7 .

Dieu Du Ciel. Their brew pub is small, food is good, beer is great. I would say you can make a weekend of just this.

Good thing about Quebec is that they have brew pubs like we have bars, so most "bars" sever their own beer.

EDIT: I almost forgot, I made a map when I went:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202874512862725549939.00049f7d4e41adbc0821c&msa=0

The headline is a little off here....this is our first release through the full Sixpoint 4.0 app, but we did a beta version release last month, as you probably heard.

In other words, the app is now available for download for all in the iTunes App store and also on Google Play.

Hope to see ya'll down at the brewery this Saturday.

cheers

A tulip glass for my money is the perfect glass for almost any style. It looks great, it's easy to hold, and the shape holds in delicate aromas. For a full collection you probably also want a Sam Adams glass, a stemmed stout glass, a snifter, and maybe a pilsner glass, but if you get just one glass get a tulip.

If you can, get a copy of Randy Mosher's Tasting Beer, along with all of the other suggestions (Somm, describing what you're tasting) this is a great resource.

Additionally, depending on your location - see if there is a BJCP competition that is happening. Either volunteer to judge or steward. If you judge, you will be paired with an experienced judge (assuming it is a well run competition) and then talk with your partner judge(s). If you decide to steward, then be attentive and hover while working. Listen to what others are saying, and when the flights are done, sample the same beer.

Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher is a good place to start. I'd buy the book, then start reading the style descriptions. Buy a beer from each style (listed in the later chapters) and read the earlier chapters while drinking these beers. When you get to the chapters on styles, finish out whichever are left. That'll allow you to use the beer you're currently drinking to understand the various aspects of tasting beer each chapter covers while trying a wide variety of styles. This should let you know what you like and what you don't as well as giving you an appreciation and understanding of what each style is. You don't necessarily need to do all that, but it's a fun way to cover a lot of ground and give you first-hand experience.

Also, going to a good beer bar and trying a sampler tray of 3-4 oz tasters is a great way to try a lot of different things. Most good beer bars have good beer bartenders who can help with descriptions and recomendations, too.

October is my Märzen lager beer month, but I missed Oktoberfest this year so I have a lot of catching up to do.

In other news, I just bought this bad boy on Amazon and I can't wait for it to arrive so I can "try it out" :)

If anyone is interested, I highly recommend the book Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and how Craft Beer Became Big Business. A really good read and incredibly interesting insight about how the Goose Island sale went down and why, and how the beer industry works behind the scenes. I read it over the course of a weekend, and could barely put it down, it was so interesting.

Untappd is a great way to do this. I've used it as my beer log since March and it has only gotten better.

While you check in to beers you can also leave notes about the beer, wether you had it in bottle or on draft, and anything else you want to include.

For 99% of my beers, I just go with a standard Belgian beer glass from a brewery I like. It works well for just about anything, is easy to clean, and is sturdy.

All these answers don't hit the mark.

You want a low sud detergent. No dawn dish soap or anything like it.

Diversey-990224 Beer Clean Low Suds Glass Cleaner (0.5-Ounce, 100-Pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ALKIJUQ/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_BS4ANKKYS4GR7JS1W7WP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

This is an industry standard.

Download the Beer City Brewsader app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visitapps.grandrapids). It has a list of 40 of the breweries in the area, what they're known for and where they're at. Also, when your go to each brewery, ask them for the Brewsader password so you can check in. 8 check-ins gets you a free Brewsader t-shirt!

My favorites are Founders, New Holland and Mitten.

Here you can see a list of all American breweries distributed in LA (and any other state). From what you can get I would say to seek out Stone, Bear Republic, Ommegang, Sierra Nevada, and North Coast.

Ebay

I like how a bid starts off at $220 and there are buy it nows for $30.

I reiterate: /s

EDIT: Just for the hell of it, I looked it up. Google nGram shows it was huge during the depression. It definitely starts being used steadily more from the late eighties on (but in the keg sense it is definitely only in spoken language). "to be cashed" is on the decline it would seem.

That was an attempt to get on the superbowl, but they didn't. Since 1988, AB/ABInBev has been paying the NFL an undisclosed amount to be the exclusive beer sponsor of the Super Bowl. The Newcastle ad pokes fun at that agreement.

Ever wonder why you don't even see a Coors ad during the Super Bowl? That's why.

The author, jesskidden, is probably my favorite regular poster on the beeradvocate forums - profile. The rest of his beer history articles are also quite good.

Most failures happen after a few years in business. 80% of businesses are able to make it past the first year. That doesn't mean they're successful.

https://www.fool.com/careers/2017/05/03/what-percentage-of-businesses-fail-in-their-first.aspx

Obviously the test is open notes. I suggest skimming the BJCP style guidelines. These are an online or offline set of guidelines of a beer's characteristics which are helpful to know when you are a CBS, but for the test, these are definite answers you can refer to for easy points.

This page of flashcards is clearly someone's lifted answers from the exam, although it's clearly some years old and not an automatic pass. Use them as a study point.

The test is fairly spread out, don't trip up on the 10-question "practice exam" being so hard. You can always look things up during the test, but please, if you are doing this test for work experience, at least know the bulk of the test.

Know the cleaning system for most bars, the three-tier system, BJCP lookup, off-flavors, some pairings, kegging at a bar, and some beer history. It's not a hard test to fail, but I studied kind of hard and got a 95%. If any of this is innate either from homebrewing or being from the scene long enough it shouldn't be hard-- I took mine a few drinks in during some playoffs, otherwise buy a dollar notebook and take lots of notes!!

I'd visit /u/beertengoku on wee.beertengoku.com for suggestions, and use this app for where to drink them

Right now the best beers around Tokyo are coming from Devilcraft (3 shops in Tokyo), Ise-Kadoya (near Ise-jingu, but ships Nationwide), Shiga Kogen (Nagano, but ditto), and Minoh (especially their stouts, others are hit and miss). Baird beer is reliably good, and grab any Yorocco you can find. Shonan is on the upswing in quality.

Source: am beer geek and homebrewer, lived in Japan for ten-ish years

IMO it is just people excepting the gender normative roles as defined by our society. People then approach things filtered through those defined roles creating certain expectations. Now if you go into a situation with an expectation you will not like something, there is a good chance you won't.

RTB here is Dan Ariely illustrating my point

https://sites.google.com/site/mybeermanager/

Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure the latest BA update broke this, but I was actually just talking to Levifunk (wrote the program, also an ex BA) who said he was trying to get it back up. Not sure if that has happened already. EDIT - I confirmed with levi, MBM can no longer download reviews from BA so it's not much help currently.

[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/anheuser-busch-should-buy-these-craft-beer-brewers-next-2015-02-12 is a writeup from Market Watch on what they make of AB's strategy of buying out craft breweries and their guess at the next ten big targets.

Edit - sorry for sloppy linkage, on mobile.

In America, we suffer from the exact same problem except it's the distributors pushing "big beer". I have a pub down the street that's going to keep me from moving away because the owner stocks 1300 different beers in bottles and continually has 50 taps running of rare beer. He's never going to go out of business because his patrons are all regulars and all come regularly to spend much more for beer than they could anywhere else.

Consumers like choice, and big business needs to learn that. There is no perfect beer for the masses, that's a lie. The masses just don't know what they want. Malcom Gladwell talks about this is a wonderful TED talk all about spaghetti sauce. I highly recommend watching it:

Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce

I know you're trying to be daft, but in English, this is the definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bock It's origins are German, a corruption on Einbeck, where the beer is from. "Traditionally, a standard Bockbier has no less than 6% alcohol by volume" http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/bockbier.html

>I'm also in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18 for the same reasons, the results are the same but you only need to change 1 law/policy instead of multiple laws/policies.

The problem is that there is no federal law saying the drinking age is 21. Each state has it set at 21 individually. This is because of the South Dakota v. Dole Supreme Court case. Basically, Congress threatened to withhold highway funding from states unless their drinking age was 21 or higher.

I went through this myself not too long ago.

Best advice I got?

Get a really good mineral water. Don't be afraid to water down your whiskey a bit (1 part water to 4 parts whiskey). Sounds like blasphemy, right? Until you do a tour of distilleries in Scotland in find out that's how the master distillers taste their barrels! By watering it down a bit, you cut down on the numbing affect of the alcohol and get way more flavor. You can also let a larger mouthful sit on your tongue for 10-20 seconds before swallowing.

Once you get used to the nuances of the flavor, you can cut back on the water. Personally, I remain an on the rocks guy or add a splash of water. I'm man enough to admit that I simply enjoy it more than neat.

There's also a good 3 part series on Amazon about it. It's worth checking out.

Check out Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher

From Amazon: This completely updated second edition of the best-selling beer resource features the most current information on beer styles, flavor profiles, sensory evaluation guidelines, craft beer trends, food and beer pairings, and draft beer systems. You’ll learn to identify the scents, colors, flavors, mouth-feel, and vocabulary of the major beer styles — including ales, lagers, weissbeirs, and Belgian beers — and develop a more nuanced understanding of your favorite brews with in-depth sections on recent developments in the science of taste. Spirited drinkers will also enjoy the new section on beer cocktails that round out this comprehensive volume.

Well if you have an Android phone, the Google Opinion Rewards app gives you Google Play credit for answering random surveys. I can fill them out while both swearing and procrastinating, although I haven't figured out napping yet.

Sorry for linking to Gizmodo, but cans are genuinely better than bottles in a lot of ways. They're cheap, light, and durable. They're a more convenient size. They won't let your beer skunk, and if the cans are properly lined there's no taste issue (same as a keg). They're easier to open.

I think there are only two reasons bottles remain so popular. First is tradition, which is admittedly fairly important. Second is that it's cheaper and easier for a small brewery to bottle than it is to can. Material cost is a lot lower but the equipment cost is higher, so there's a barrier to entry.

I'm totally in favor of cans replacing bottles. Besides, most of the time you should be pouring into a glass anyway.

Check out this app. It also has the map.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brewersmarketing.massachusettsassociation

My top 5:

• Trillium

• Treehouse

• Vitamin Sea

• Greater Good

• Exhibit 'A'

Some of these things. Really need to locate one of those High Life Champagne bottles tho...

Look for Baja Brewing and Cerveceria Ramuri

http://www.bajabrewingcompany.com/los-cabos-cantinas http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g152515-d4052403-Reviews-Cerveceria_Ramuri-Cabo_San_Lucas_Los_Cabos_Baja_California.html

video interview from forbes: http://video.forbes.com/fvn/forbeslife/americas-coolest-home-brewery

facebook page for his Allsop's Artic Ale project: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arctic-Alchemy/197637538644

I don't remember the Schlitz but I do remember the Colt. If malt liquor (with a dynamite taste) counts as "beer," Cool Colt is definitely the worst beer I've ever had. I couldn't finish either.

In Bavaria I think it's worse than anywhere else, the chest beating over their own products. I lived there for 10 months and got sick drinking helles and weizen at every corner. Plenty of breweries but all essentially producing clones. Usually you have to go to a different bar to get a new beer as well.

I smuggled some IPAs into the country to share with my fellow German brewing students and they kinda went a little crazy. These are people in their twenties devoting years of uni to brewing and they'd never tasted an IPA. At Braubeviale, a big brewing convention in Nurnberg, US Hops Consortium (or something to that effect) had a bunch of American pales and ipas to demonstrate to the German brewing world. Many were amazed, many were disgusted. The only American beer I could find in the country was Miller Highlife at Burger King. Very rarely (ever in Bayern?) did I see a Belgian beer for sale. However go to a train station in Switzerland and your selection instantly quadruples. German beer, American beer, Belgian beer, British beer etc.

Here is a great article from Weyerman Malts, a german malting company working with that hopgrower consortium to try and introduce American craft beer styles to Germany:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weyermann.de%2Fger%2Fnews.asp%3Fgo%3Dne%26show%3Dyes%26idne%3D1255%26umenue%3Dyes%26idmenue%3D4%26spra...

The IPA winner in that challenge was brewed in part by two of my friends, one Canadian, one American.

Judging by my Untappd:

Quilmes Cristal

Creemore Springs Premium Lager - Meh, just another lager

Unibroue Trois Pistoles

Minhas Creek Mystical Jack Traditional Ale

Sleeman Fine Porter

Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Lupulus

Please, read this. I know it's long but it will help you greatly.

Basically, don't throw your brother into the deep end of the pool. It's just a bad idea. I wrote that document in response to a friend who asked me for beer recommendations, coming off drinking light lagers.

The recommendations I offer are geared mainly for New York State, but you should be able to find similar beers wherever you are because I concentrate on styles.

I bought these a few years ago when I was selling beer and could not give a whole 22oz bottle to accts so I would pour a sample and recap with this. Lasted most of the week with carbonation.

Westmark Germany Hermetus Steel 3-in-1 Resealer Beer Bottle Opener https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010AWH2I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TAkFCbAKQ8SNE

This is one of my all time favorite chili recipes. I don't usually make it verbatim, but the coffee and beer combo are amazing.

I have to be skeptical. The article didn't report exact methodology. Testing 40 guys one time isn't conclusive, first of all. Secondly, here's the study. They got half the guys buzzed, then tested them. There's nothing to say that those guys in the beer group weren't puzzle enthusiasts who would naturally score substantially higher. There was no test beforehand to determine if one group of guys is just plain better at this than the other. Also, don't forget this part:

>“We found at 0.07 blood alcohol, people were worse at working memory tasks, but they were better at creative problem-solving tasks,” says Wiley.

This study is seriously flawed, and your headline is misleading.

I use StickerGiant.com (I do not work for them) and recommend them heartily! Here's an example of a sticker I had them make for ASU's ski/snowboard club, the Snowdevils. I got 500 for like... $260 or something? Not bad for a custom shape too, usually die-cuts are gnarly expensive and SG does them for free (laser cut one would assume). I got the weatherproof ones and I'll tell you those fuckers can stand up to some abuse. Anyway, I don't have a connection for a hookup but there's my recommendation!

Naja's Place in Redondo. Having a 4k Facebook Followers appreciation party. Gonna be tons of good stuff.

I doubt crocodile bile is toxic.

page 69 informs us that it is widely believed that crocodile bile is toxic, but recent research showed it was not toxic to mice or monkeys. Above, TakesJonToKnowJuan informs us of additional research and skepticism

Right, see, this is about where I am as well, but I just got out of the hospital for an unrelated issue, & @ my follow-up doc visit, the doc told me I have a high MPV count, which he believed to be caused by alcohol intake. He told me to not drink for 3mos & then do another follow-up, but when I balked at that, he told me to bring it down to 10/wk.

GoS/FYI & all, but yeah, it sucks to be me right now.

It's been an enormous waste of time. Here's the Snopes article that is similar to what you were doing.

FTA: "Pulltabs have no special value... which makes them worth far in excess of their ordinary scrap metal value"

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For the Heidelberg area definitely check the Weldebrau brewery nearby. They offer a great tour on Sundays in German or English (alternating every half hour to hour). The tour involves an hour long brewery tour portion, where they explain their brewing process ect. After that you get an hour plus+ in their private bar area and have unlimited drinks (both bottled and draft) which you pour yourself.

You also get a certificate and a special Welde cup. Awesome tour and I always take a visiting friend/relative to it when they are in town.

Map & Official Site

FYI Welde is a medium to small brewing company that sells mainly to only the local area.

EDIT: They also have a beer garden (restaurant area) where you can get some good food (and of course beer).

EDIT EDIT: It cost 8 euro a person, but that gets you the tour, the hour (most times more) in their lounge/bar area with unlimited drinks a pretty cool Welde beer cup and a certificate. So it really is a great/cheap way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

I actually tried it again in a different document, just out curiosity. So far, every time I try to import one of these textures into a CMYK document, something like this happens. And every time I move or resize the image, it glitches into a completely different pattern. It's pretty cool!

I got styles, some stuff on kegging, a good number of questions on cleaning barware, infection identification, and like 2 questions on pairing. Fairly diversified, but I found these flashcards to be generally pretty helpful.

In your post you state:

>Bud Light has been surpassed by Coors Light.

Wondering where you got that information? In 52 weeks since 11/30/2014, Symphony/IRI reports Bud Light dollar sales over $6b while Coors Light is just above $2.3b. Those are MULC (multi-outlet retail and convenience channel) numbers in the US and don't account for 100% of sales, but I find it hard to believe that Coors Light makes up for $3.7b in other channels not included in their reporting.

http://issuu.com/bevnet/docs/01-janfeb-2015/18

I understand your sentiment in the post, and while I don't agree with everything you're saying you do make some valid and interesting points. However, in this case it seems your information is wildly inaccurate and misleading, which really detracts from your overall argument.

ok not 5x the price, but still bad

20oz tumbler w/ lid is $30 on amazon

RTIC 20 oz with lid is $18

I enjoy my hydro flask and my yetis. (Hydro flask i bought on deep discount, gifted Yetis)

Only point is its not worth the extra cost, the cheap ones I have work just as good as the high price

Android New York Craft Beer Official App Apple New York Craft Beer Official App

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvsfRNqsl56TdGNUSlhlMV9vYnZ6WWR2cjhPbkpjWnc

Here check this out.

Basicly assign each 42 cases a number 1 to 42.

Then create a new case of 24 based on the numbers in the spread sheet. Every new 24 pack will contain 24 unique beers.

For example:

New Box 1 will have beers from the following 24 packs: 1 2 4 6 8 9 11 13 15 16 18 20 22 23 25 27 29 30 32 34 36 37 39 41

This way no one will receive two the same beer. There is a chance a person will receive one of the beer they brought but that is it.

Google Street View of the pub for those who are interested.

Funny, I just started a PhD program as well and decided to compile <this spreadsheet> last friday night.

It really was fun to add up all my random notes and such, and get some statistics for my beer-drinking habits/preferences.

Hit Sam's Quick Shop. Great selection, close to the highway. Plus, you can have a pint while you shop.

The Oxford Dictionary (not Garrett Oliver's awesome toilet reader) defines adjunct as: "A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part."

Hell, the actual definition of adjunct implies it is non-essential, when actual adjuncts usually are essential in the brewing process for the beers in which they are used.

What we have here is probably just a function of common use vs. technical use. If you are brewing beer it is probably assumed you know what adjuncts vs. additives/flavoring is, but I'm not going to correct someone who implies that adding coffee to beer clashes with the typical malts/hop/water/yeast equation.

I dunno. It's an interesting article, and a thoughtful correction. I hate how non-words like "irregardless" are becoming things, but that's how language works I guess.

I'm curious when the term "adjunct" first originated within beer. I don't do much brewing history stuff, but several people who contribute to /r/beer do.

If you're looking for something hoppy you might want to check out 21st Amendment's Bitter American. It's only 4.4% ABV, the taste is pretty light (for an Extra Pale Ale) but there's still tons of flavor (they call it a session beer). It's really great. I bought a six pack last night and killed half of it before I went to bed. According to this site it has 145 calories. Unfortunately it's seasonal so if you're on a long term diet you many wanna stock up.

Edit: Apparently 21st decided to start brewing it year round. (Thanks to TheRealFender for pointing it out).

I am also doing a road trip but from CO to MA and would also be interested in what brews I should pick up. Here is my route.

Looking through old posts about road trips Three Floyds and Great Lakes Brewing seem to the most recommended places to go.

The inside of any decent canned beer is coated so that the beer never really touches the metal. It's mentioned here, there's a better article about it I read a while ago that I can't seem to find at the moment.

Found it. Best Gawker article I've read.

These were pretty nice to have.

Also I printed out the BJCP quick style guide (pages 46-48) and kept that by my side. I knew most of the beer styles when asked, but since the question asks specifically what's in the BJCP guideline, it's a good confirmation.

I think the only things I got thrown off on were some kegging questions, so I suggest learning about keg lines and terms.

Like OP it only took me 15 minutes or so, and I got a 90%. Most of my knowledge comes from homebrewing.

The Untappd mobile app can find places nearby where people have checked into the beer. It won't tell you where to find it in bottles, but at least you can find it on tap.

For bottles, your best bet is to find out who distributes the beer in your area and find out from them where to get it.

If a brewery ISN'T improving year-over-year that is a real problem.

But yeah, in Los Angeles where craft brewing got off to a very slow start this has been a constant issue. I wrote an editorial on the subject for Westcoaster SoCal's Winter 2013 issue (pardon the ISSUU link).

Seconded - Diversey is the stuff to get. I got 2 of these 10 years ago and am still working through the second jug.

Honestly, while fancy bottle openers are cool, a cheap wine bottle opener like this one will do just as good a job of getting the cap off without bending or otherwise damaging it. And most people probably already have one of those.

There are beer mugs that exist that have a layer of freezable liquid or gel inside of them so you can throw the glasses in the freezer before use to keep them cold.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Wall-Gel-Freezer-Mug/dp/B078W5FVVF

When I started getting into craft beer I read The Naked Pint. It goes over all the styles, and tries to approach them in order from most accessible to most challenging. It describes each style and gives a few example beers to try. Great book, very quick and fun read.

Here it is on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Pint-Unadulterated-Guide-Craft/dp/0399161325/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508942758&sr=1-1&keywords=the+naked+pint

It actually does the cooling, you get an inkbird thermostat and plug the freezer in to it. Set the temp where you want it and it turns the power on and off to keep it at temp. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HXM5UAC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fab_gYjIFbBEDSEKF

Mass Brewers Guild has a pretty cool app of all the breweries in the state and their beers.

My local favorite is Merrimack Ales in Lowell, they try a lot of unique brews that don't always hit the mark but it's nice to see a microbrewery without 5 different styles of IPAs. Their current "tap room" is shady af from the outside but a great atmosphere where the owner loves talking about the industry.

The most glaring error in your video is that hops add alcoholic strength to a beer. But, I suggest you read a book like Hops And Glory and/or check out beer historian Martyn Cornell's blog Zythophile for some good old IPA myth-busting like this.

Hi everyone! Creator here. After a long hiatus & reviewing /r/beer's awesome feedback, BeerSwift is here, FREE. BeerSwift is optimized for experiences:

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Myself and 3 friends (including /u/gwaki) will be in Denver next week at GABF 2016 - the Saturday 12-4 session. Say Hi! We'll be wearing yellow BeerSwift shirts!

I appreciate any questions/feedback. This is just the beginning - many more features to come! Cheers, Matt

An easy way to turn them into fridge magnets without hot glue, is put magnetic buckyballs in them. This is how I keep track of what beers I have tried.

For a unique take on the style give Ommegang Upside Down Brown a try. It was a limited edition brew put out this past fall, but I still see it around and depending on where you live you may be able to find it. It's a brown ale soured with Brettanomyces with Ommegang's characteristic Belgian Style.

Here's what I'm enjoying this evening.

http://tinypic.com/r/jfbvpe/8

In my humble opinion, four of the best beers in the world. Then again, I'm obviously biased towards a certain style of brew.

That's Strand Brewing in Torrance, CA -- I believe their Beach House Amber Ale.

Edit: Here's an article covering it with better photos: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/california-based-microbrewer-strand-brewing-co-gets-hit-smallwood

I have one that I made myself, constructed from various other people's lists, but mostly based on 50 beers to try before you die. It more encompasses many varieties than it is 50 top rated beers so you get a good mix.

Edit: My Personal Beer List

I took some time to look into it more. I looked at this spreadsheet and this distribution map and according to their information and my recollection of canned craft beer, your only choice is Sierra Nevada. They've just started rolling out their cans so they should start showing up there in the near future.

Alternatively, it's not technically craft, but Leinenkugels makes some decent canned beers and my brother keeps telling me that I should get Gennessee Bock sometime.

I'll always have a special place in my heart for World Wide Stout.... That beer is the one that got me interested in keeping some beers around to age. Here's my cellar: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AtL2RUVd1K9gdEROR3RtcV9lRWFKWlRKX1VieGFRWGc&authkey=CJ6knYQE&hl=en_US

....I'm waiting for some other guys like familynight to show off in this thread.

These ass clowns want $22,000 for their kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1951661698/bro-bong-the-iron-gym-for-taking-beer-bongs-with-f

You could rig up something like this at your frat house for practically nothing. But isn't half the fun of the beer bong having someone drunkenly hold it for you?

You can see others, such as this one, list Sierra Nevada as having 14mg of sodium. I wouldn't put stock in any of it unless the numbers are coming from the brewery itself.

As for OP's question, I have no guesses. Possibly just a fluke anomaly, possibly something else.

> a traditional clarity agent made ~~with~~ from fish, called isinglas

Yes, by many (if not all) accounts, isinglass <em>is</em> used in the production of Guinness. I do agree that it's only bad if you're vegan -- or if you simply don't want fish guts in your beer....

Two Brothers held a home brewers competition during the release of Hop Juice. The brew club I work with (Vandenbosch Brew Club) took "Best of Show" with our hopped up porter. We just brewed 35 barrels of our winning beer at Two Brothers in Warrenville as part of the prize!

If you would like support some humble redditor homebrewers, our beer will be served at both the Warrenville and Rounhouse locations when its ready!

Hopped Up Porter – 30 SRM, 70 IBU, 7.0% ABV - This porter has a well balanced malt profile with hints of chocolate. It has a medium body and a clean finish. The unique hop combination provides floral aromas and a fruity flavor profile.

/selfishbeerpromotion

According to this spreadsheet, the only states that don't get it are Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

There's several mobile apps that aim to solve this exact problem. I actually built one of them called BrewGene. It's free, here are the download links:

iOS / Android

The goal is you plug in beers you like or dislike, and it'll offer recommendations to you just like Pandora or Netflix. At the very least, you can browse some of the most popular/highly rated beers and keep a watch list so next time you're choosing a brew you can remember which ones to try.

As an alternative to brining/marinating with beer, you could try a beer can turkey. I haven't tried one, myself, but I've heard good things about it. In a nutshell, shove a big (opened) can of beer up the bird's ass and slow-cook it.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814697002367

>The United States produces about 200 million barrels of beer each year from which a large percentage is packaged into aluminum cans. It is important to identify the possible effects a particular foodstuff may induce on its package especially when it is being purchased and consumed nationwide on a regular basis. Very few studies have been done on aluminum can corrosion by beer. The purpose of this study was to compare aluminum levels in fresh, and stored, canned beer representative of U.S. quality draft. A 2 × 2 × 4 design was employed for two brands of beer, A and B, held at two different temperatures of 23 °C (room temperature) and 5 °C (refrigerated) over a period of 5 months. Room temperature beer was found to contain more aluminum (108μgl−1) than refrigerated beer and brand A at room temperature had significantly more aluminum content (546μgl−1) than brand B (414μgl−1) at the end of the duration of storage period. Aluminum content changes from day 0 to day 150 were significant. From these results, it is shown that aluminum cans are corroded over time by canned beer. However this corrosion may be reduced through refrigeration.

Learn 2 English:

Definition of agnostic

1 : of, relating to, or being an agnostic : involving or characterized by agnosticism

2 : noncommittal, undogmatic

3 usually used after a noun a : not preferring a particular device or system “Children are platform agnostic,” said Alice Cahn, vice-president of development for Cartoon Network. “If you want to look foolish with a preschooler, say, ‘Sorry, you can't watch that. It's not on.’ It's TiVoed, it's online, it's on video on demand.” — Business Wire b : designed to be compatible with different devices (such as computers or smartphones) or operating systems content that is OS agnostic —often used in combination The application is platform-agnostic, so it can work on your tablet or cell phone.

via https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agnostic

2 and 3 are what you're looking for.

Some other awesome redditor posted this a while back, sorry to that guy for stealing his link. I was hoping the mods would put it on the sidebar.

They don't distribute to DC but do distribute to VA. Get some Sculpin and Victory at Sea.

For future distribution questions, I present nickd717's US Beer Distribution spreadsheet. Use it wisely.

Simplest most straightforward option would probably be something like this.

Some people want the project, or the customization options of converting a fridge or chest freezer. But the considerations get pretty numerous and particular for your specific build. At the least you'd be looking at this much in addition to the fridge you're converting plus drilling holes, fitting the shank/tower, etc.

I really wanna get one of their smaller ones. I've got several of the large Duvel glasses, but they're so impractical for 12oz bottles. My most used glass is probably the Bruery tulip, but the D'Achouffe tulip I got recently is pretty swell.

Check this out for some info on Christian Moerlein. They started in the early 19th century, but that book has some info on their history.

Excerpt from some book