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Nothing Is Actually Making Its April Fools’ Beer

Nothing is sacred anymore as April Fools' morphs into a new way to stealth launch weird products.

Gadgets Kyle Barr Apr 4

Image: Star Trek Wines, Sexton, Disney, Game of Thrones Wines

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Toys & Collectibles Rob Bricken Apr 26

These 5,000-Year-Old Drinking Straws Were Used to Sip Beer, Researchers Say

The metal straws were used to drink from communal vessels during banquets, according to a new study.

Human History George Dvorsky Jan 18

Traces of Beer Discovered in 9,000-Year-Old Chinese Pots

Microfossil residues are all that's left of an ancient brewing setup.

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The Beer of the Future Tastes Like Ass

When I turned 21, I was living in New Mexico. My first legally purchased beer was Fat Tire, at the time only available west of the Mississippi. As someone raised in Massachusetts and in an era before the explosion of craft breweries, it was the peak of novelty at the time. I’ve held fond memories…

Climate Change Brian Kahn May 7

I Assure You, Budweiser, We Have Been Drinking

“Remember this?” Budweiser asks, in a new commercial promoting covid-19 vaccines. What follows are a series of snapshots of the before times, when we swigged at the barbeque, sloshed around at the bar, flung beer all over each other at the frat. Jimmy Durante croons, with nostalgic record cracking, the World War II-era hit “I’ll…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Apr 7

A Dutch Brewery Is Burning Iron Powder as a Recyclable Fuel

A Dutch brewery is using iron powder as fuel to demonstrate its potential utility as a carbon-free power source, New Atlas reported on Wednesday. Very small particles of iron burns well at high temperatures, releasing energy as they oxidize that can be used in industrial processes or power generation. Eindhoven University of Technology students first…

Earther Tom McKay Nov 5

Bud Light’s New Can Is Trying to Distract You From the Real Problem With Beer Today

Earlier this year, the parent company of Anheuser-Busch, AB InBev, started snatching up small craft breweries all across the country. In fact, InBev bought another one just yesterday, the same day the Belgian-Brazilian conglomerate announced the redesign of its own flagship light beer, Bud Light. Welcome to Happy Hour. Substance abuse for nerds. First, lest…

Tech News Alissa Walker Dec 18

Wet Hop Beer: The Real Seasonal Brew You Should Be Drinking This Fall

Late fall brings us a preponderance of seasonal brews, from ciders to Christmas porters to Glögg. But one you may not have heard of—and one you should definitely try—is wet-hopped beer, which is suddenly popping up in taprooms and being written about in Bon Appetit. So what is it? It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 9

How Pabst Brought a 136-Year-Old Beer Back From the Dead

Once upon a time there was a beer. A beer with bold flavor and character. A beer that was supposedly America’s first IPA. But then the 1970s happened. The tastes of the masses changed, and not for the better. A tidal wave of flavorless lager rushed in. And this unique, legendary beer was washed away…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 29

This Vacuum Brewer Infuses Your Tea (or Booze) With Almost Anything

With mixology and DIY designer beverages on the rise, it’s no wonder that users want more control. Enter BKON’s new Craft Brewer, an impressive piece of machinery that infuses liquids in a perfect vacuum. Gizmodo recently got a hands-on demo at the iconic Counter Culture in Soho—and this thing can brew. The Craft Brewer allows…

Tech News Eric Rydin May 22

How We Brewed the Beer of the Future

It’s time for the final chapter in the story of our collaboration with Sixpoint to make Hop Tech 431, the beer of the future. First, we found an experimental hop and we designed a brand-new recipe, then we trained a swarm of autonomous robots to do the brewing. Just kidding. Instead, we brewed it the…

Tech News Nicola Twilley May 16

Let Sixpoint’s Mad Scientists Show You How to Invent a Brand New Beer

Gizmodo has teamed up with Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Brewery to create a limited-edition IPA called Hop Tech 431, brewed especially for the Home of the Future. Last week, we looked at the story behind HBC 431, the mysterious and experimental hop we’ve chosen to brew with. Today, we’re exploring exactly what goes into designing the recipe…

Tech News Nicola Twilley May 12

Drinking Experimental Hops in the Sixpoint Beer of the Future

After a long day of futuristic work and hydroponic farming in Gizmodo’s Home of the Future, we’re betting that one thing will stay exactly the same as it is today: you’ll want to crack open a cold one. That’s why we’ve partnered with the beer gurus at Sixpoint to brew the Beer of the Future.…

Tech News Nicola Twilley May 8

Would You Drink A Beer Made From Kudzu?

As the microbrew industry has become increasingly crowded, brewmasters are becoming more and more creative with their ingredients and techniques. The latest trend, Outside magazine says, is spiking batches with foraged ingredients, from sassafras to kudzu. Sound delicious? Sounds different, at least. Kudzu, the invasive Japanese plant that’s taken over the South in the past…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 31

Iceland Is Making Beer Out of Dead Whales (Update: No, They’re Not)

These days, brewers get pretty creative with what they put in their beer. You can get beer containing anything from donuts to moon dust. And, wacky as it is, weird beer is a pretty fun conversation starter. That is, until you start putting endangered species in it. https://gizmodo.com/new-space-beer-is-made-with-actual-moondust-1412055926 This week, environmentalists are up in arms…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 10

Dogfish Head brews a beer made with bits of the moon

The brewmasters at Dogfish Head are certainly no strangers to experimental beers, and their latest brew may just be out of this world. They’ve added a dose of lunar meteorite to the recipe. Celest-jewel-ale may be reaching for the pun, but the folks at Dogfish Head claim that the lunar minerals and salts are “helping…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 5

How You Can Brew Beer In Your Own Digestive Tract

Imagine: your wife begins to think you’re a closet alcoholic, so she purchases a breathalyzer to test your blood alcohol content (BAC) throughout the day. Your doctors concur with her assessment, thinking you’re sneaking off into dark corners to imbibe without the judging eyes of the world to condemn you. The only problem, you really…

Tech News SCOTT - TODAYIFOUNDOUT.COM Oct 2

Shooting Challenge: Beer

It’s Oktoberfest time, or what some may call a far longer, far more lederhosened St. Patrick’s Day. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s celebrate it by celebrating the lifeblood of Oktoberfest itself: Beer. The Challenge Take a photo that features beer in some way. Oktoberfests optional. The Method Step one: crack a beer. (You’ve…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

The Science of Non-Alcoholic Beer

“Blasphemy! A crime against nature!” Yes, many people feel the same way about non-alcoholic beer as they do about decaffeinated espresso. “It’s just wrong and what’s the point” is the thinking. Yes. Yes, you’re very cool. Now shut it. While it may not be your drink of choice, there are plenty of very valid reasons…

Tech News Brent Rose May 24

Brewing

Nothing Is Actually Making Its April Fools’ Beer

11 Movies and TV Series to Get You Drunk

These 5,000-Year-Old Drinking Straws Were Used to Sip Beer, Researchers Say

Traces of Beer Discovered in 9,000-Year-Old Chinese Pots

The Beer of the Future Tastes Like Ass

I Assure You, Budweiser, We Have Been Drinking

A Dutch Brewery Is Burning Iron Powder as a Recyclable Fuel

Bud Light’s New Can Is Trying to Distract You From the Real Problem With Beer Today

Wet Hop Beer: The Real Seasonal Brew You Should Be Drinking This Fall

How Pabst Brought a 136-Year-Old Beer Back From the Dead

This Vacuum Brewer Infuses Your Tea (or Booze) With Almost Anything

How We Brewed the Beer of the Future

Let Sixpoint’s Mad Scientists Show You How to Invent a Brand New Beer

Drinking Experimental Hops in the Sixpoint Beer of the Future

Would You Drink A Beer Made From Kudzu?

Iceland Is Making Beer Out of Dead Whales (Update: No, They’re Not)

Dogfish Head brews a beer made with bits of the moon

How You Can Brew Beer In Your Own Digestive Tract

Shooting Challenge: Beer

The Science of Non-Alcoholic Beer

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