Iron Maiden Beer
Iron Maiden machen jetzt auch Bier. Und als nächstes hätte ich gerne einen Anti-Kater-Dingsbums namens „Live after Death“.
Vimeo Direktmaiden, via Rainbow Zombies
British rock legends Iron Maiden have teamed up with Cheshire family brewers Robinsons to create a new beer, “Trooper”.
Real ale fan and history aficionado Bruce Dickinson, Maiden’s vocalist, played a major role in developing the unique flavour of the beer, entailing ongoing visits to Robinson’s brewery in Stockport. Dickinson’s on-stage Union Jack flag-waving military character is an iconic element of the band’s live concerts and “The Trooper”, written by bassist Steve Harris, is one of Maiden’s most popular songs and one of the highlights of any Maiden show.
Budweiser sued for making crappy Beer
Anheuser-Busch werden verklagt, weil sie ihr Bier mit Wasser panschen. No shit, Sherlock. Und da muss ich natürlich wieder meinen Monty Pythons alten American Beer-Witz auspacken: Why is American Beer like making love in a canoe? It’s fucking close to water.
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI), the world’s biggest brewer, was sued by consumers in three U.S. states for allegedly overstating the alcohol content in its Budweiser beer.
AB InBev’s St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. routinely adds extra water to its finished products to produce malt beverages with significantly less alcohol content than displayed on its labels, violating state statutes on consumer protection, according to in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Philadelphia. Similar lawsuits were filed in federal courts in New Jersey and San Francisco.
Beer by an unemployed Print Journalist for unemployed Print Journalists
The Unemployed Reporter Porter von Jon Campbell: Das erste Starkbier von arbeitslosen Print-Journalisten für arbeitslose Print-Journalisten. Weil „it’s not like you have to wake up and drive to work tomorrow so fuck it“. Sowas wie die Bier-Version von Nelson Muntz’ „Your medium is dying!“ Hihi…
Porter style beers were first popularized in the nineteenth century by merchant sailors and manual dock laborers; Unemployed Reporter is crafted in the same tradition, honoring a profession likewise doomed to decline and irrelevance. For this new class of expendables, we’ve included chocolate and roasted barley malts that are as dark and bitter as the future of American journalism, and a high alcohol content designed to numb the pain of a slow, inexorable march toward obsolescence. While Unemployed Reporter is especially delicious as a breakfast beer, it’s still smooth enough to be enjoyed all day, every day. And let’s be honest: what else do you have going on?
GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) The Surgeon General says women shouldn’t drink alcohol during pregnancy, but between Gawker and the Huffington Post, hasn’t the act of procreation itself become a moral liability? (2) Drinking alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car, but it’s not like you have to wake up and drive to work tomorrow so fuck it.
Very effective Beer-Sorting Method
Youtube Direktbeer, via Arbroath
„Sorting Cases of Beer Like a Boss“. Vom Level der Badassness her würde ich auf Russland tippen, aber das ist ‘ne andere Sprache, glaube ich. Jedenfalls: Impressive. Most impressive!
Beer made from Bull Testicles
Youtube Direktavocados, via Daniel
Zum ersten April hatte die Wynkoop Brewing Company aus Denver mit der Idee „Bier aus Bullenklöten“ herumgesponnen und obiges Video ins Netz gestellt. Und jetzt haben’se das Bier tatsächlich gebraut.
Eine meiner Lieblingsfolgen der Late Late Show mit Craig Ferguson war übrigens die mit Dr. Mehmet Oz und darin die Stelle, als sich die Herren über Hoden unterhalten (in diesem YT-Clip ab Minute 11:30) und warum die so geformt sind, wie so geformt sind, warum sie meistens unterschiedlich hoch hängen und dass das alt-aztekische Wort für Eier „Avocados“ lautet. Wie auch immer… jedenfalls: Gerstensaft mit Gemächt vom Rind. Yummy!
The beer is made with Colorado-grown base malts, roasted barley, seven specialty malts (including special B and smoked malt) and Styrian Goldings hops. The beer gets a small dose of sea salt, too. “It gives the beer an extra layer of Rocky Mountain oyster flavor,” Brown notes, “and additional texture.” The 8-barrel batch also included 25 pounds of bull testicles that were sliced by hand and then roasted (by Wynkoop sous chef Andrew Langlo) before being added to the beer’s mash.
So how does it taste? Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout is an assertive foreign-style stout, slightly viscous, with a deep brown color. It has equally deep flavors of chocolate syrup, Kahlua, and espresso, along with a palpable level of alcohol and a savory umami-like note.It finishes dry and roasted with a fast-fading hop bite. The beer is 7% ABV and has 3 BPBs. That’s balls per barrel.
Giant Breweries of Europe-Print
Schöner Bierprint aus dem PopChart Lab: Der Print misst grob 100x70cm und enthält knapp 1000 Brauereien in ganz Europa. Hier die Karte in SuperHighRes (6000×4102 Pixel). Prost!
The world’s most comprehensive mapping of the breweries and abbeys of the European continent, this print measures in at over seven square feet and features nearly 1,000 breweries, from craft to macro and everything in between.
Nuke Beer for Science!
Das Restricted Data-Blog postet jede Menge Details zu den Atombomben-Tests der Amerikaner in den 50er Jahren, jetzt haben sie Versuche ausgegraben die während der Operation Teapot stattfanden, das waren jene Atombomben-Versuche, während der sie leere Test-Käffer gebaut und mit Schaufensterpuppen vollgestellt haben. Kennt man aus der Eröffnungsszene von Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skulls.
Als Teil dieser Tests haben sie Atombomben auf Bier geschmissen, um die Versorgung der Überlebenden mit Wasser zu untersuchen, wenn die natürlichen Ressourcen verstrahlt sind. Nuke Beer for Science!
The Atomic Energy Commission did what they did best and dropped a nuke on bottles of beer and soda cans. (They were “exposed,” in the euphemism of the report. I also love the phrasing above, “the needs of humans for water” — it’s like the report was written by extraterrestrials.) […]
The results were somewhat interesting. Even the bottles pretty near the test had a fairly high survival rate — if they didn’t fall off the shelves, or have something else smash into them (a “missile” problem), or get totally crushed by whatever they were being housed in, they had a good chance of not breaking. Not super surprising, in a way: bottles are small, and there’s a lot of stuff in between them and the shockwave to dissipate it. […] As for radiation, only the bottles closest to Ground Zero had much radioactivity, and even that was “well within the permissible limits for emergency use,” which is to say, it won’t hurt you in the short term. The liquid itself was somewhat shielded by the bottles of the containers which picked up some of the radioactivity. But there were, of course, still pressing questions to be resolved… how did it taste?
Examination made immediately upon recovery showed no observable gross changes in the appearance of the beverages. Immediate taste tests indicated that the beverages, both beer and soft drinks, were still of commercial quality, although there was evidence of a slight flavor change in some of the products exposed at 1270 ft from GZ [Ground Zero]. Those farther away showed no change.
Beer and the Apocalypse (via MeFi)
Obamas White House DIY Beer-Brewing
Youtube Direktbeer, via Nerdalicious
Das Weiße Haus hat zwei DIY-Rezepte aus ihrer Hausbrauerei online gestellt, auf Anfrage während des Obama-AMAs auf Reddit. Muss man freilich als Teil des Wahlkampfs sehen und ist relativ schlau: Das Thema Bier fischt so per se erstmal bei den Rednecks und mit so ‘nem unverfänglichen und prinzipiell grundsympathischen Zug kann man möglicherweise ein paar Stimmen bei Republikanern klarmachen.
Inspired by home brewers from across the country, last year President Obama bought a home brewing kit for the kitchen. After the few first drafts we landed on some great recipes that came from a local brew shop. We received some tips from a couple of home brewers who work in the White House who helped us amend it and make it our own. To be honest, we were surprised that the beer turned out so well since none of us had brewed beer before.
Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe, Mashable: White House Unveils Beer Recipes
Beer on Steroids: Never Mind the Anabolics
Die Jungs der Brauerei Brew Dog haben zu den Olympischen Spielen ein Bier mit Dopingmitteln gebraut. Steroide sind nicht wirklich drin, wurden aber in Testphasen mitgebraut. Das ist übrigens dieselbe Brauerei, die bereits Bier mit Viagra braute und ihre Flaschen in ausgestopften Eichhörnchen verkaufte.
In order to protest corporate sponsorship of the Olympics, Scottish brewery BrewDog (makers of Viagra beer) created a limited edition IPA which supposedly contains a number of substances that have been banned for athletes competing in the Olympics, including Creatine, Guarana, Lycii Berries, Kola Nut, Gingko, Matcha Tea, Maca Powder and Steroids.
But don’t think you can just buy one of these things and start drinking your way toward buffness, because a spokesperson for the brewery admits that steroids were only brewed into the initial test batch, which cannot be purchased.
Dragon Head Beer-Rhytons
Jason und Jane Chischilly verkaufen auf Etsy schicke Drachenkopf-Bierkrüge, die auf alten Gefäßen aus dem antiken Griechenland basieren. Die Dinger sind nicht teuer und ich bin wirklich schwer am überlegen, das schicke Teil oben ist leider ausverkauft, die haben aber noch andere in ihrem Shop.
This is an original work of art by Chischilly Pottery, designed after a unique drinking vessel known as the Rhyton. A rhyton (plural rhytons or, following the Greek plural, rhyta) is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation (.libation (Σπονδή spondee in Greek) is a ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a god or deity). Rhytons were very common in ancient Persia, where they were called takuk (تکوک). The English word rhyton originates in the ancient Greek word ῥυτόν (rhŭtón).
After a Greek victory on Persia, much silver, gold, and other luxuries, including numerous rhytons, were brought to Athens. Persian rhytons, which appear in Athens suddenly in great quantities after the war, were immediately imitated by Greek artists.
Homebrew DIY-Bioshock-Beer
Jemand namens Calum hat sein eigenes Bioshock-Bier gebraut: „I kindly made a batch of homebrew to take to a Bioshock/Fallout/S.T.A.L.K.E.R./post apocalyptic themed party, if it doesn’t all get drunk well then I’ll be the son of a splicer.“
BROW SWEAT – Bioshock American Pale Ale, mehr Bilder auf imgur (via Drunken Moogle)
Beer in Space-Tourism ready for Liftoff
Vor ungefähr einem Jahr hatte ich die Story der 4 Pines Brauerei aus Australien, die Bier für Space-Touristen braut. Jetzt haben sie wohl alles fertig getestet und bieten für 2012/2013 Ausflüge in die äußere Atmosphäre bei Zero-G mit Space-Bier an. Und man bekommt natürlich ein T-Shirt. Ob da draufsteht „I became pissed in space and all I’ve got was this lousy T-Shirt“ weiß ich allerdings nicht.
You’ll be amongst the first human beings to take part in the next frontier of space exploration, and go where no man (or woman) has gone before. You’ll pass through the Kármán line, the official height of space at 100 kilometers / 62 miles altitude where you’ll be weightless for 5–10 minutes, with a view that will simply take your breath away. The beer you’ll drink has been specifically brewed for consumption in space, and is officially certified as space beer.
It’s one small thirst for man, one giant first for mankind.
Tour includes:
- Space flight or zero gravity flight
- 2 to 3 days preparing for space flight
- Introduction to consuming liquids in space
- Vostok Space Beer (brewed by our mates at 4 Pines Brewing Company)
- One hell of a party afterwards (Thirsty Swagman style of course)
- Extras incl. video production, space beer shirt, astronaut certificate etc.
- The most incredible view of earth you’ve ever had through a bottleBeer in Space flights are planned for 2012 / 2013 from US$95,000 (space flight) and from $9,900 (zero gravity / parabolic flight).
Beer in Space (via Ronny)
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Space-Bier
Beer for Space-Tourists
Testing Space-Beer in Zero-G
Siri pours a Beer and then some…
(Vimeo Direkt, via DrLiMa)
Die Leute von Redpepper aktivieren mit Siri einen ferngesteuerten Buggy auf den eine Bierdose geklemmt ist. Nett gemeint, schöne Idee, funktioniert aber eher so halb-okay: „We first created the Twitter account @beeribot with my phone number attached. On a 4S we then created a contact called “Tweet Beeri” with (40404) as the mobile number. This is the same process anyone can use to Tweet by text message. Now, if I say to Siri, “Text Tweet Beeri – could you pour me a beer?” a text is sent to 40404 and immediately tweeted out via @beeribot. The second part is Beeri herself – an RC truck with modified electronics.“
1.) Ein richtiges Bier schenkt man so ein, zumindest laut diesem neuen, irren Commercial für einen Brauer:
(Youtube Direktbeer, via Notcot)
2.) Man kann sich mit Siri und ein bisschen Soft- und Hardware eine DIY-Steuerung für das komplette Haus basteln: Siri Used for Home Automation: She Can Speak to Appliances Too.
Using the help of a few store-bought gadgets and Siri’s other digital buddies, Christoper Deutsch (aka “CDeutsch”) was able to create a voice-controlled home automation system.
Aside from an iPhone 4S and Siri, the setup consists of an INSTEON thermostat, an INSTEON appliance module, a home automation software called Indigo running on a Mac Mini, Twilio, a voice and text client, and a Node.js app. As you might have guessed, Siri doesn’t actually do any of the heavy lifting here. The process goes like this: Ask Siri to send a text message to the Twilio number – CDeutsch saved it in his Contacts as ‘Gladys’ as a nod to Portal – e.g. “Tell Gladys to turn off the bedroom fan.” Twilio sends the text to the Node.js app – i.e. it is Gladys – which will then analyze the message.
To make it more Siri-like, CDeutsch “wrote some semi-fuzzy logic” so that you can use plain speak to relay your commands. The Node.js app will then send the instruction to the Indigo server, and finally the INSTEON turns off the fan or whatever it is that CDeutsch commanded.
Animated GIFs as Photo-Journalism
Den sogenannten Cinematic GIFs von Jamie Beck und Kevin Burg konnte ich bislang nichts abgewinnen, das war Stock-Fotografie mit einem alten Gimmick und wurde bereits tausendmal besser von If we don’t remember me oder Three frames umgesetzt. Ihre neueste Story ist allerdings schick, denn sie haben den Prozess der Herstellung von Erdbeerbier in animierten GIFs dokumentiert, womit gleich ein paar meiner Favs zusammenkommen: Bier, Erdbeeren und GIFs (ja, ich mag GIFs, auch wenn sie in 99% aller Fälle… hmm… suboptimal eingesetzt werden).
Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg, the duo behind those beautiful cinematic gifs, just sent word about their latest project. It’s the first journalistic cinemagraph story ever told and it’s about the process of hand making a strawberry beer with Dogfish owner and brewmaster Sam Calagione. Sure, at first glance it looks like a fancy advertisement but with those gorgeous gifs and thorough explanations, you can’t help but get pulled into the story.
“The step-by-step process is brought to life through our cinemagraph process and we hope it takes you there with us, witnessing each moment happening,” says Beck. “We are so proud of this story and hope to share it around the world, if not for the story and imagery than for the love of good BEER.” […]
“Extracting the juice was exhausting but cool. It took us a few hours to work through all of the fruit, and the juice was a vibrant blood red as it ran through the slats. Because the press worked in repetitive increments, the juice pulsed out in surges. Before we cleaned up, the area looked like an epic crime scene minus the chalked body outlines. “Are wild strawberries really wild? Will they scratch an adult, will they snap at a child?” — Shel Silverstein.”
