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Fermentarium serves as one place to collect everything interesting about alcohol, predominantly beer and wine. There are articles about how to start homebrewing or winemaking, advanced topics, industry news, wine and beer reviews, and other articles about beer and wine! Hopefully you will find this site a great place to find homebrewing information, gather new ideas, and share new ideas with other readers.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Lifestyle'

Nov 04

Thanksgiving Day dinner alcohol ideas

Really, pretty much everyone needs or wants a drink at Thanksgiving. It’s the unfortunate truth that a little tipple helps you tolerate old Uncle Bob who will insist on regaling the table with his crazy conspiracy theories for hours on end. Than (read full article)

cider, holiday, lambic, Lifestyle, thanksgiving, turkey

Oct 01

Drink ideas for your Halloween party

Halloween is not a kid only holiday—adults can get in on the scary fun too.  Even kid centered Halloween parties can offer some themed drinks for the adults (just make sure they are clearly marked).   Few things are more boring than kids’ par (read full article)

Halloween, holiday, Lifestyle, Party Ideas

Sep 28

It isn’t easy drinking green

The word green—formally a noun, now typically an adjective—is applied to just about anything possible (green dog food!).  Opinion polls and the American tradition of the focus group both have found the populace expressing more concern for the e (read full article)

agriculture, biodiversity, Community, energy use, environment, Lifestyle, Organic

Mar 16

How to get beat up on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick the Englishman St. Patrick was born and raised in England.  Just mentioning this will raise the dander of at least one drunk Irishman on St. Paddy’s day.  Patrick wasn’t what you’d call British, he was a Celtic Briton (read full article)

England, Ireland, Lifestyle, religion, snakes, st patrick

Jan 26

The ritual of drinking

Corona Lime There are several reasons offered for why the lime is added to the neck of a Corona bottle, none of which have any credence.  The main reasons suggested for the lime are masking the light struck odors, protecting the lip of the beer fro (read full article)

corona, featured, guinness, Lifestyle, mexico, ritual, Wine

Oct 01

Making Oktoberfest a local party

For most beer lovers, a trip to Munich is like a trip to the big game.  Oktoberfest is the holy grail of beer festivals!  Unfortunately with rising energy costs, the closest most will get is watching BeerFest at home.  It doesn’t need to be tha (read full article)

Community, Lifestyle, Oktoberfest

Aug 20

Can red wine make you live longer?

We’ve all read the health benefits from drinking red wine.  One joke that commonly gets tossed around for any ailment is, “You have x?  Red wine cures that!”  Distinguishing between myth and science can be very difficult.  Ever (read full article)

health, Lifestyle, red wine headache, resveratrol, science, sulfites, Wine

Aug 18

Does organic alcohol reduce hangovers?

I’m never surprised the claims organics make for alcohol and food in general.  Any day I suspect someone will claim organics cure cancer and cause world peace.  In the case of a NY Daily News article , the author Sean Evans claims if you drink o (read full article)

Lifestyle, Organic, science

May 23

Passing a breathalyzer after 12 beers

If I’m ever in a position where I want to consume many beers (more than 2), I’ve already established driving is completely out.  I have arranged for transportation from a designated driver or mass transit.  I haven’t considered drinking 12 b (read full article)

breathalyzer, dui, DWI, Lifestyle, science

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