A few weeks ago (yes, I'm slow), Kevin at the Oldenfat Blog emailed us to let us know about his blog. It looks like the blog is a mix of beer, football, and baseball. They love their beer so much they sponsored a beer called Oldenfat Ale with Old Dominion Brewery. Love the Oldenfat logo! Go check it out.
[tags]beer[/tags]
Welcome to Beer Gadget Friday! This new feature highlights some beer gadgets we've run across in the past week.
The first few links come to us from Liquor Snob:
Obey Hangover Wallet With Bottle Opener
Next up, Gizmodo points out the Beverage Buggy RC Beverage Car
And finally, not a gadget, but a video of a beer bottle hitting the floor in slow motion.
Days That End in Y pointed out a promo Keystone is running where you can get a collectible, empty can of Keystone. Intrigued, I figured I'd give it a shot. That's when the annoyance started.
First, there's the stupid age verification which is stupid enough but they super-stupidified it by adding an option to choose your state. I guess a simple dropdown (or HTML for that matter) wouldn't do so the list of states is in a grid and you select the one you want. My guess is that KS and KY gets a lot of clicks since they appear under your mouse after clicking on the button to bring up the list. Porcine avionics are more likely than the likelihood of a Flash developer making the Enter key work to submit a form, so you'll need to click on the Submit button.
After that you have to click on another button to get to the contest which is actually the button to go to a game. I'm sure someone at Keystone was drunk and thought to themselves that it would be a good idea to ask for the age verification again (this time without your state) before going to the game info. After passing that hurdle for the second time you now have to click another button to get to the promo part where you tell them where you live and verify your frigging age again!!!
All this for a can? No wonder it will be a collectible. Only five people will go through the hassle and you can probably figure out who they are by looking for top sellers of collectible crap on eBay (no offense to either the collectors or collectees of such crap).
From NPR via BoingBoing:
About 4 percent of America's hops have gone up in flames. Most of America's hops are grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington state, where a 40,000-foot warehouse storing hops burned down yesterday. According to the AP story, "By mid-afternoon flames engulfed most of the building, sending up plumes of smoke and a pungent aroma."
The cause of the fire is not known. Nor is the effect on beer and beer prices. The world mourns. Start hoarding now.
Mark at BrewingKB emailed to let us know about a home brewing contest they are putting on there. You can find the details at the site, but here's the good stuff–the prizes:
So, if you are interested in home brewing get on over there and start posting so you can learn or help others learn.
[tags]beer, homebrew[/tags]
