Inventor Charles Russell. of Dublin, Ireland, has just received a US patent (Dec, 2014) for his : ‘Drinking vessel fillable from the bottom and apparatus for dispensing a beverage therein’ The glass, which can be used for stout, or other beers, is filled (or refilled) via a special nozzle equipped with a non-return valve. Also […]
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How many drinks does it take you to feel drunk?
The answer, it seems, depends on many factors. Gender for example, and also when you ask(ed) the drinkers. A report in the journal Addiction, (Volume 101, Issue 10, pages 1428–1437, October 2006) examined the 1979, 1995 and 2000 US National Alcohol Surveys, and found that : “The mean reported number of drinks to feel drunk […]
Primary Gushing of Beer – a Curative Method
“Gushing is the vigorous overfoaming of carbonated beverages when the bottle is opened.” Don’t you just hate it when that happens? But (other than too much priming sugar as in the example above) why does it happen, and what can be done about it? Answers can be found in a 2014 paper in the Journal […]
Hot dogs (canines) with hops
Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) should if possible avoid hops (Humulus lupulus). For dogs ingesting hops can, and often do, overheat to an alarming, sometimes life-threatening degree. *see note. The physiological pathways involved are as yet poorly understood unknown. See: Toxicology Brief: Hops Make Dogs Hot, Veterinary Technician, August 2013 (Vol 34, No 8). * Note: […]