Thirsting For- Dual Beer Glass

It will soon no longer be needed to slap incompetent bartenders repeatedly in the face after failures to properly poor half and half brews nor try drink two different beers at the same time through straws. HELLO DUEL BEER GLASS!

Suspiciously sex toy looking, Dual Beer Glass was created by Pretentious Beer Glass Company living up to it's name in new and outlandishly snobby ways. Not only will you choke on the price tag but you are likely to need an inhaler to revive you from the shock of discovering new pairs to match up.

"The Dual Beer Glass is not just the solution to the problem of using a jig to properly pour those types of beers, but it allows you to mix any two beers, even ones that have similar viscosities. A wonderful secondary benefit to this glass is that you can smell the bouquet of both beers simultaneously, where normally you only smell the beer that settles on top."

The possibilities!

DuClaw's Sweet baby Jesus peanut butter Porter and Samuel Smith's Organic Strawberry for a peanut butter and jelly!

Well's Banana Bread Beer and

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier for a mouth of bread, bananas and bubbles!

Calapooia Chili Beer and DogFish Head 90 minute IPA for face melting effects!



Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen Smoked Beer and Gulden Draak to create a smoked malt bomb!





 

Maui Coconut Porter and Lindeman's Cherry Kriek for cherry coconut dessert!

BWAHHAAA I can't help but evil laugh as I mix and create things like an insane Pokemon trainer.  The Dual Beer glass brings new creative highs to an already blazed beer culture. The Frankenstein couplings that were once reluctant to mingle in your mouth, are now possible. What will you choose?

 

Beer Fashion

Beer and fashion are normally two words that cancel each other out- a double negative. Beer fashion tends to constitute brewery t-shirts (sweatshirts if you live in colder areas), an old pair of jeans and some waders for brewing day. But today ladies and gentlemen (we don't discriminate ) TODAY, have I got a treat for you! The brewing process has never looked so fierce as now!

I had one of those moments where the flagrant hot pink loving side of myself comes bursting through the door with ams loads of shopping bags, ready for a fashion show. The beer world doesn't need to be all beer gut and no glam.

Let the inner Beer Diva shine, top and bottom with these fizzy from the feet up beer leggings.

Now that we've determined that looking like your favorite brew can be ravishingly hot, lets imagine her taking a gravity reading and sipping a home brewed porter. That is the future of beer, Nitch style. 

Not enough absurd sexual tension for your day?

Try imagining our brewmaster working out the original gravity of our beer while wearing this:

We can dream can't we?

BlackMilk, the company that makes these quality threads seems to be done with beer bubble themed outfits and has discontinued the fabrication. I'll be trolling ebay for my next Beer Diva brew day outfit.

XOXO

Global Warming Beer

One might think that beer titled "global warming beer" might have something to do with a charity of some kind, but oohhh not so my dear friends. Think more "capitalizing on a shitty situation." The first brewery of the world's largest island,  Greenland Brewhouse takes a few extra chips off the ol' 2,000 year old ice cap and tries to create something magic.

"On July 31 a team of canny entrepreneurs unveiled Greenland Beer, an ale brewed with water melted from Greenland's ice cap, at a public tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark."

Wiki notes that the poor brewery didn't make it well through the years, but the website still has contacts and locations for ordering.

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"The microbrewery filed for bankruptcy in October 2008. A month later—in November 2008—the main shareholder, Greenland Ventures, decided against further investment in the company and the brewery was declared bankrupt. The main Greenlandic newspaper Sermitisiaq reported the brewery left behind four million kroner in debt."

Being the first inuit brew house is interesting enough to be put on my list of things to do, but showcasing a fancy water source from a dying natural resource might not have been the best move.

We know that water is a VERY important to the composition of beer. People living in the middles ages had a better go at life if they imbibed only beer, like the stupid blond guy from the movie Cabin Fever. These people were able to stay healthier then their water sipping friends because the act of boiling the water removes most of the deadly aspects that can live in contaminated water. That being said, is boiling down the ice cap water going to remove some of those lovely pre historic aspects?

People on the rating sites don't seem overly impressed with the brew with average ratings and mild notes mostly adding things about how they taste thin or light but balance well.

I'll keep an eye out for this one and would love some first hand accounts of this Ice-capped effect on the beer, even if it has nothing to do with saving the planet.

Beer Tech

"Don't you hate it when warm beer ruins a perfectly good week day morning?"

Chill Puck to the rescue!

http://youtu.be/1HxBWUXr8pk

The commercial is a riot but I'll admit that I"m unlikely to purchase this nugget of a gadget. More plastic added to the world and the page for advertising almost makes me sick. It reminds me of those plastic wrist bands that were <are?> a rage fad. I guess Nitch is just a fan of natural thermal progression. Then again, I haven't lived in Arizona in a long time- desert people might surely be in need of this invention.

This miracle worker is filled with a super cold material that defies the laws of physics. This same potion has been used to slow global warming, preserve the body of Michael Jackson, and keep Frosty alive.

NASA wants it...

but we're saving it for YOU.

Thirsting For: SwagBrewery.com

SwagBrewery.com has done what we've all been waiting for:

Beerified everything.

I sent them an emailing inquiring about international shipping costs- cross your fingers with me all you Non America Dwellers.



Looking for that next great gift for grandma? How about some flash bottle cap earrings

Don't know what to get your mum for mum's day? She will be flattered and stunning in this woman's "Hop Head" t-shirt.



 

 

 

 

 

Grad gifts- no need to push deodorant on the guy, get him some beer soap and he'll be washing in between classes

There's even some hop candy for those little creatures all your friends keep making!

 

Beer Autism Hope

Lets take a moment to enlighten ourselves and expand our loving abilities. Beer Autism Hope is a project to help a self taught beer expert finish a life long book dedicated to beer.

First watch this:

http://youtu.be/Diuv3XZQXyc

Now consider that, instead of donating a kidney or saving children in africa, the least you could do is support your fellow beer advocates <not the website>.

If you haven't already, watch Lance and his family peck out searches on the computer then be astounded by the power of beer.

http://youtu.be/hgW3V0UasSM

"Beer is one of those things can bring people together- like cookies," as my grandmother always said.

$1

$10

$1,000

Donate what you can, then spread the word. It only takes $1 from each beer lover to make dreams come true.

I'm surprised that some breweries haven't jumped on board and offered to feed and house them along the way, if not aiding finically.

Any brewers with a spare room and a heart of gold?!

Beer Beauty- Hop Lip Balm

Hops right under your nose!

I’ve talked before about how beautiful slick lips might turn heads as you walk in a bar but it will also ruin the head of your beer.

Lip products flatten BEER HEADS!

But don't let that stop you from enjoying a little hop right under your nose in this herbal infusion of beauty and beer-

The creators of Atlantic Farms had an excess of hops, so they come up with some delightful new creations to keep you feeling smothered in resin and essential oils all day long!



My friend Mr. Sean Inman over at Beer Search Party recently posted how he prefers the grapefruit flavor because it co-ordinates beautifully with BEER.

"I have seen hops in lip balm as swag from Sierra Nevada at some beer events but this is the first that I have seen Double IPA and grapefruit.  Grapefruit works well with beer so that would be my choice."

With flavors like: Hops Mint, Double IPA, Hops Grapefruit, and Hops Lavender, the steep chop of $6.50 per tube might be worth it.

Grab the sale four pack for only $20!

Thirsting For: HomeBrew Tours

If there isn’t one in your city yet- be the first to create it!

http://youtu.be/vXzZQ4zPsXo

Joshua lays the ground-work on a fantastic craft beer movement activity: HomeBrew Tours. Small groups of people orangized for a day of intimate beer sampling with the people who hobby on beer instead of work on it. What a better way to get more people brewing then to show them their neighbors! Keepin up with the Joneses, as they say, might bring people around to making the most of their Sunday afternoons.

I'll make one for Paris/France! Although for the moment I only know one home brewer and myself so the tour will be rather short, throwing in some nano-breweries might be acceptable.

HAPPY SIPPING!

Free Online Beer School- The Art and Science of Making Great Beer

UReddit is Reddit.com’s open online university where people on one side of the planet can teach people on the other side of the planet <or across the street>, things they don’t already know, called MOOCs.

MOOC = Massive Open Online Course

What is Nitch <and you, of course> interested in?

The Art and Science of Making Great Beer

“Are you interested in making your own high quality beer at home? Are you a already an all-grain homebrewer? This course is designed for beginning and advanced homebrewers alike.

I have been homebrewing for years and have a degree in microbiology. I am also a real-life teacher (for now, actually looking to move into the pro-brewing industry).

This class will feature homebrewing demo videos, lectures/presentations about the science of brewing, and interviews and discussion with other brewers (home and pro) about various relevant topics.”

6 Lessons all supplemented with videos, pdfs and discussion boards.

Around 1,300 people signed up for the course which began June 1^st 2012 and looks like it ended around June 25^th 2012 then fizzled away.

Beer pilgrim talked of adding class courses on filtering, fruit additions and kegging, then of “big announcements” which turned out to not announced as there hasn’t been a post since. We assume that the opening of Pilgrim’s tap room (which I was unable to find the name of) has distracted him from the philanthropic teaches of the global mass.

C’est dommage mais c’est la vie.

I’ll run through the course and see if I learn anything or if it is worth while

Thirsting For: Handcrafted leather beer koozie

Time for another moment where Nitch helps you become more socially acceptable!

DO NOT:

Using a zebra and pink feathered, zip up bottle koozie means that you are a classless woman who wears underwear from wal mart or a classless gay man who wears underwear from wal mart.

 Using a "missing in action" koozie means that your love for your military brethren is equated to your own self hate and cheapness. It was made in China. POW and MIA are worth more then foam and plastic embossing.

Stop it. It's embarrassing how much you want to be back in college

DO:






Budding business and all man team Parlor, kickstarts a new business for the discerning home beer guzzler: leather beer koozies. Define beer koozie.

Tired of cold hands and redundant labels and bored with your swag foam koozie?

Time for an upgrade!

 

Grab Beer by the balls!

Spoof video for April fools takes the attention of many, forcing the Colorado brewery Wynkoop to make good on its joke.

25 pounds of rocky mountain oysters later: you got yourself a stout with some kick.

It takes a lot of balls to make a testicle beer! Okay, last pun, I promise. Tasting notes? Can't find word of anyone who has lipped the brew just yet but as soon as I know, we'll all know.