Climate Change Will Cause Beer Shortages and Price Hikes, Study Says
Hundreds of millions of people may lose the luxury of enjoying a cold one on a hot day. Continue reading Climate Change Will Cause Beer Shortages and Price Hikes, Study Says
Category Archives: alcohol
People Keep Calling the Cops on These Drunk Birds
“There is no need to call law enforcement about these birds as they should sober up in a short period of time.” Continue reading People Keep Calling the Cops on These Drunk Birds
Male Fruit Flies Love to Cum, and Turn to Alcohol If They Can’t
A new study creates a red light district for flies. Continue reading Male Fruit Flies Love to Cum, and Turn to Alcohol If They Can’t
Listen To Your Fermentation To Monitor Its Progress
If you are a wine, beer, or cider maker, you’ll know the ritual of checking for fermentation. As the yeast does its work of turning sugar into alcohol, carbon dioxide bubbles froth on the surface of your developing brew, and if your fermentation container has an airlock, large bubbles pass through the water within it on a regular basis. Your ears become attuned to the regular “Plop… plop… plop” sound they make, and from their interval you can tell what stage you have reached.
[Chris] automated this listening for fermentation bubbles, placing a microphone next to his airlock and detecting …read more
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A Mobile Bar In A Trailer!
Ok, there are some worthy laws in place regulating the sale and distribution of alcohol — and for good reason. For many a bootlegger, however, the dream of renovating an old trailer from 1946 into a mobile bar is a dream that must– wait, what? That already exists?
It’s no mobile workshop, but the bar was initially built to accommodate guests at their wedding. [HelloPennyBar] has shared the reconstruction process with the world. Inside, there’s everything you’d need to serve beverages, including a (double) kitchen sink. In addition to a water tank, a pair of car batteries serve as the …read more
Hackaday Prize Entry: An Automated Still
We’ve seen plenty of Arduinofied home brewing setups, and kegerators are a fairly standard project for the types of people we hang out with. What we haven’t seen a lot of are home stills. There are unfortunate reasons for this. First off, distilling alcohol is illegal in a few parts of the world if you don’t have a license or tax stamp. Second, vapors explode. Third, wood alcohol is poison.
That said, [TegwynTwmffat’s] project for the Hackaday Prize is the coolest and the safest alcohol still we’ve ever seen. It’s fully automated, small, safe, and there are video game noises …read more
Hackaday Links: April 9, 2017
[Frederico Musto], one of the Arduinos in the Arduino vs. Arduino saga (which finally came to an end last September) may have fabricated his academic record. This news comes from Wired, providing documents from the registrars at MIT and NYU stating [Musto] never attended these institutions. Since this story came out, [Musto] has edited his LinkedIn, listing his only academic credential as a kindergarten in Torino, Italy.
[shininglaser] built a tinnitus machine. What’s a tinnitus machine? It’s a device that, when activated, produces this sound: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. [shininglaser] built this tinnitus machine out of a pair of speakers, a cardboard box, …read more
Watch This Educational PSA from the 1940s Explain Why You Feel So Hungover
Nothing soothes a hangover like the sweet, sweet sounds of the 1940s voiceover guy. Continue reading Watch This Educational PSA from the 1940s Explain Why You Feel So Hungover
Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies
The kids are finally down for the evening—or, better yet, spending the weekend with Nana. Make the most of your little slice of you-time. The post Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies
Stanford’s New Alcohol Policy Isn’t Based On Much Research
One of the country’s most prestigious research institutions doesn’t seem to care about the data. Continue reading Stanford’s New Alcohol Policy Isn’t Based On Much Research