Beer News


News: This Real-Life Version of Bender Doesn't Just Talk—It Also Brews Beer for You
Anyone who watches Futurama knows that Bender loves beer. They even used him to brew it in one episode. Well, you know that saying about how life imitates art? Yeah, this is definitely one of those cases.

News: This May Be the Most Meticulous Home-Brewing System Ever Built
You can brew your own beer on the stove, in a keg, or even inside a pumpkin, but those all look boring next to The Wobbly Boot Pico Brewery, the most sophisticated home-brewing system you'll ever see. Built by Ben_B, an engineer at National Instruments, the brewery sits on a steel frame with two incredibly shiny kegs. There's an LCD touch-panel PC, and Ben even made his own app to make it fully automated. The app lets him save recipes and also monitors the temperature of the beer. It keeps tr...

News: The Science Behind a Good Beer Head
Beer foam is a wonderful thing. It's what makes the scent of barley and hops waft up into your nostrils and starts your guzzling experience off right. Unless you think of foam as just wasted space that could have been more beer. To each his own.

News: HI-YA! DIY Karate Chop Bottle Opener
There are many ways to open a bottle, but you have to admire the simplicity and karate-esque action required in Instructable member Carleyy's scrap wood method. Don't be deterred by the use of power tools in the video below. All you really need is a piece of scrap wood, one nut, and one bolt.

News: Bottoms Up! Gravity-Defying Beer Machine
It's magic! #1. How does it work? #2. How can I get one? (The BottomsUp Beer System supposedly fills at the speedy rate of "nine times that of traditional beer taps". More videos.)

News: Yuppie Hipsters Drink $1000 Beers Stuffed Inside Roadkill
For those who have a love for taxidermy AND beer, here's just the thing for you. Fancy Scottish brewery BrewDog has just released a 55% ABV “The End of History” beer which will be sold inside roadkill (your choice:a stuffed stoat or gray squirrel).

News: 1000+ Ways to Open a Beer Bottle
Here it is, the first 15 methods courtesy of WonderHowTo, plus 1001 and counting from Stefan Lampert's blog solely dedicated to the subject. Stefan's blog is in German, so English speakers should click on Google Translator in the upper left corner.

News: Remote Controlled Beer Keg Party-Bot
Plan on throwing a keg party? There's only one thing in the world that can make your party the baddest around… Kegbot.

News: Open a beer bottle with a beer bottle
Perfect for washing down the last of the Cinco de Mayo tequila swigs. It's as if the bottle inventor planned it just right. Open a beer... with another beer!

News: Crack open a beer with only your forearm
Over the past year we have amassed quite a plethora of beer opening methods. Everything from a dollar bill to a carabiner can be finagled into a makeshift opener.