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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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Apr 09
I’ve heard of many people getting fired for drinking on the job, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard workers going on strike because they can’t drink on the job. You read that right, Carlsberg workers went on strike yester (read full article)
beer, carlsberg, industry, strange, strike
Mar 24
Ilja Gort’s nose is worth $7.9 million dollars (5 Euros), at least according to his insurance policy. Jonathan Thomas, the lead underwriter for the policy, stated that the nose could distinguish millions of different smells. This ability was i (read full article)
industry, nose, strange, Wine
Oct 14
Does this look anything at all like the Monster drink labels? The story Yesterday Monster Energy drinks fired a shot at a Rock Art Brewery over their Vermonster beer. Monster Energy drinks says the name Vermonster beer is too close their Monster E (read full article)
industry, legal, monster drinks, rock art brewery
Jul 23
The US Supreme Court may have inadvertently given drunk drivers a free ride. In June they ruled in a 5-4 decision, the Constitution’s Sixth Amendment guarantee “… to be confronted with the witnesses against him” is not sati (read full article)
dui, DWI, industry, legal
Jul 15
In South Carolina, buying alcohol by anyone under 21 is illegal, but one judge ruled this does not prevent them from possessing or consuming alcohol. A twenty year old was cited by the Richland County Sheriff’s department in March for posess (read full article)
drinking age, industry, legal, South Carolina
Feb 26
There’s a large sign on one of the (many) organic/natural/vegan/I’m better than you for not eating “x” restaurants in Boulder, Colorado reading “biodynamic wine” in huge, bright letters. Boulder, being commonly referred to arou (read full article)
biodynamic, featured, industry, myths, Organic, science, Wine
Feb 23
History of beer distribution Before prohibition, the large breweries had their own saloons. If you wanted a Schlitz, you went to a bar which sold only Schlitz. The large breweries practiced anti-competitive practices by requiring retailers to ca (read full article)
21st amendment, featured, industry, legal, three-tier distribution
Jan 22
Humans have been altering the genome of many plants and animals for thousands of years. The wild “natural” grape still exists in parts of Eurasia and north Africa but bears only a passing resemblance to its relatives cultivated for the wine tr (read full article)
beer, dna, industry, Recent Studies, science, Wine
Jun 04
Legal Weed Beer If you haven’t heard, Vaune Dillmann, owner of Mt. Shasta Brewing Co. in Weed, California ran into an issue with his bottlecaps. The bottlecaps are offending the U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bure (read full article)
aclu, boobies, flying dog, industry, labeling, legal, legal weed, santas butt, ttb