It seems there was a curious reporter in Atlanta that bought and tested several beers from different sporting venues around his city, only to find that the beer was far below its advertised ABV. Federal regulations allow for a .3% variation in ABV, but the results were finding far greater discrepancies. Some times as much as 2 full percent of difference. Makes you wonder if the same is true of other states’ venues.

Read more here: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25838605/detail.html

You may have noticed a missing brew last week. This is due to the fact that we  have now reviewed the same beer twice. It happens to be the Cutthroat Porter by Odell Brewing Company.  Oops!  The interesting thing is that we actually rated it about the same overall however some of the impressions and comments that were made we way different. Check out this weeks weekly brewsk video for all of the comments we made.

I was reading Engadget the other day and I found this great little article.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/02/medea-vodka-and-its-radical-programmable-led-bottle-now-ready/

The spokesman says it can be pronounced Like idea, but that it can also be pronounced like media. However you say it, its an awesome idea. It can be programmed with up to 6 different phrases, each with around 300 different characters. And they can be reprogrammed on the fly by anyone.  I can think of so many fun ways to use a bottle with a scrolling LED in it! The obvious “Happy Birthday” shown in the little video, congrats to couples getting married, even at a company party with the name of the company scrolling through the bottle. Now to find out if they’re being sold in Ks.