· 8 min read
How to Build a Beer Tasting Flight at Home: Order, Glassware and What to Look For
Five beers, three ounces each, poured lightest to heaviest. Here is how to build a flight at home that actually teaches you something, glass by glass.
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The Beer Mortar blog: guides, tips and beer-fueled party tricks.
· 8 min read
How to Set Up a Home Bar on a Budget: What You Need and What You Can Skip
A home bar worth using costs about 150 dollars. Here is the short list of what actually earns its place, and the eight things everyone buys and never touches.
· 8 min read
The Physics of a Bottle Cap Trick Shot: Why Caps Fly the Way They Do
A launched bottle cap leaves at a few metres per second, tumbles, and lands within a metre. Here is the physics of the flight, and the safety limits.
· 3 min read
Bar Tricks That Actually Land: 6 Bets Worth Knowing
Six pub tricks that work on the first try, with the physics behind each one — and the two you should never bet money on because they depend on luck, not skill.
· 2 min read
Why Beer Still Uses Crown Caps (and Why That's a Good Thing)
The crown cap was invented in 1892 and has barely changed since. Here's why 21 teeth, a cork liner and a stubborn seal beat every replacement anyone has tried.
· 2 min read
Gifts for Beer Lovers: 9 Ideas That Don't End Up in a Drawer
Most beer gifts are novelty tat. Here are nine that get used every week — from glassware that actually matters to the opener people fight over at the table.
· 3 min read
How to Open a Beer Without a Bottle Opener: 7 Methods That Work
Lighter, countertop, another bottle, a ring: seven ways to pop a cap without an opener — which ones work, which ones chip teeth, and which one to stop using.