Posts tagged with beer
October 19, 2011 | New Eco | by Contributions |
It’s beer-themed gift cards made from the leftover barley from a microbrewery. A gift to guzzlers everywhere, and even available to breweries with their own logo, these cards are by Twisted Limb, purveyor of many other awesome recycled paper products. Let the spirits flow!
August 19, 2011 | Cool Travel | by Tristan Rayner |
The Free House is a pub set in a retro-fitted church in Nelson, New Zealand, an exploration of the art of beer that is unshackled from big brewery mass produced fizz that we so often have to endure. Disciples have enjoyed more than 250 different craft beers since the crusade to set beers free was embarked upon in 2009 by Eelco Boswijk and Mic Dover. Read more
June 30, 2011 | Cool Travel | by Tristan Rayner |
While I’m sure we’ve all considered jumping into a frothy pool of beer, apparently a Beer Spa is actually good for you, with a healthy boost of B-vitamins and minerals in the hops and the giant stein soak could just help your skin. Yup, we agree, trust the Czechs to invent this boozy relaxation! Read more
March 5, 2011 | New Trends | by Zolton |
Do’h! It only took this long. Beer, long the source of cheap kicks in the Western World (for want of a better place), is officially having its classification changed in Russia from, err, ‘foodstuff’ to ‘alcohol’. Well, ok. There goes the habit of drinking this ‘foodtsuff’ for breakfast. [photo via Flickr]
February 12, 2011 | New Food and Packaging | by Louisa Neumann |
Shopping for prescription drugs and cheap beer just got a little easier! Walgreens drugstores just launched their own canned brew, which is now available in about half of their 7,655 stores across the US. At just 50 cents a can and $2.99 for a 6-pack (that’s right!) it just got a whole lot cheaper to drink your sorrows away. That’s at least half as expensive as most bottled waters (is that even ethical?). In fact, we think it’s cheaper than not drinking at all. Read more
November 13, 2010 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
It’s one thing to sell beer in preserved animal carcasses, but how about selling beer to preserve animals? Well, that’s exactly what Australian Nail Brewing Company is doing with their new limited edition Antarctic Nail Ale. This brewery has teamed up with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as they campaign to prevent the illegal hunting of whales in the Antarctic sanctuary. Read more
October 9, 2010 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Shmaltz Brewing Company has been brewing beers with some serious chutzpah since 1996. In a sassy series of brews they like to call He’Brew: The Chosen Beers, Shmatlz Brewing presents cheeky bottles with seriously fresh flavours, such as the Origin Pomegranate Ale, Messiah Bold, Genesis Ale and the famous seasonally-released Rejewvenator. Read more
August 17, 2010 | New Trends | 
by Andy |
We’ve got a little more on the stunt by former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. This is the moment Slater cursed out a nasty passenger over a plane intercom, grabbed some beer and fled down an emergency slide at Kennedy Airport. In Chinese. Apparently the translated title of this video is ‘Busy blasting the evil steward hack gun passengers trip’. Enough said!
August 12, 2010 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Wild imagination and fearless innovation has been fueling the masters over at BrewDog to engage in what they like to call ‘extreme brewing’ for some time now. They’ve pumped out such off-the-wall creations as ultra bitter, ‘hopped to hell’ India Pale Ales, and a 32% imperial stout known as the Tactical Nuclear Penguin. Read more
February 4, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton |
Every Aussie home should have one of these Barlite Beer Bottle Chandeliers. It’s a shrine to lazy summer indulgence. Now, if only they could figure out how to make a barbeque light fitting?
August 29, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Back in April, we told the tale behind the creation of NELSON beer — a collaborative, user-feedback Australian brew. Now, in preparation for Melbourne’s Spring Fashion Week in early September, this same Beta beer has slipped into its most recent attire, designed by Melbourne-based fashion house, Trimäpee. Read more
September 8, 2008 | New Products | by Gerry Mak |
When scientist Raul Cano discovered 45-million-year-old yeast preserved in amber and brought it back to life, he did what anyone else would do: he brewed beer. He and fellow scientist Lewis ‘Chip’ Lambert partnered with brew masters Peter Hackett to found Fossil Fuels Brewery in order to market their unique brew. If you live in Northern California, see if you can get a hold of it and tell us how it is. Hopefully the yeast won’t go berzerk from the pressures of the modern world and rampage through North America, eating every simple sugar in sight.
Korean artist Moon Beom creates otherworldly canvases using acylics and oilsticks, conjuring visions of infinite space and imagined landscapes ‘where reality and illusion crisscross’. Read more
I don’t remember the last time I laughed out loud about a photo as much as I recently did when stumbling upon clickandclash’s men-up series. They are spoofing common gender roles in the most charming way. Read more
Set in a remote Chinese village in the 1920s during a cholera outbreak and with a revolution bubbling in the background, The Painted Veil is a wonderfully tortured love story which excels on all levels. Based on the W Somerset Maugham novel, it was a labour of love for stars Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, who also produced the film. Read more
I recently passed through Detroit and saw the Heidelberg Project, an amazing street installation by Tyree Guyton. It felt like walking through a ghost town that had been ravished by art zombies, hauntingly beautiful and particularly sad on the rainy day I was there. Read more
When I first heard about The Eight Principles of Fun, I thought it sounded frighteningly close to being a self-help service ad. Read more
I caught Austin band Watch Out For Rockets playing the other week at the Beauty Bar, a small smoky den on a bustling hipster strip. Although they hit the stage a few hours late, they still cranked out an awesome set of guitar-based power pop, though they left out my favorite track, Urgent Serpent Merchant (below).
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Paulina Bojór mixes a timeless earthiness with sculptor. She grew up in the Polish Peoples Republic and there she began by embellishing old clothes, experimenting with bright colours and the avant-garde. She’s now based in London and continues to build her label BOYOR, inspired by graphic patterns and much more. Read more
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Michelle Blade’s washed out paintings are deceptively simple, her washy acrylics creating psychedelic textures and conjuring ghostly figures from the past. Read more
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Honest Food Preparation Instructions
Yes, we’ve all been there: the chinese food from last week that still looks edible amongst the bare surrounds of an empty fridge. But really, we shouldn’t. Just let it be. Or College Humor will expose you! Read more
Get lost in a daydream or a craving for something sweet while gazing at these cool sculptures by Brooklyn-based WiNK WiNK PONY. Made using clay, tree bark, wood, and mossy moss.
Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
Inside this sea urchin shell is an organic perfume made from grapefruit and basil essential oils. This bottle, designed by Stephanie Simek, is refillable and is packaged in a wooden box decorated with a satin photograph and padded with slices of exfoliating loofah sea sponges. The Honeymoon-themed fragrance is all natural: made from plant-based oils and contains no alcohol or chemicals. We like. Read more
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