Sean
What’s brewing: IPA, pomegranate saison
Chris has bottled two great beers this week: a West Coast-style IPA (75 IBUs, 7% alcohol) and a pomegranate saison. I should have taken pictures, but an empty glass isn’t all that thousand-word-worthy. (In other words, they’re both easy-drinking stuff.) Next up is the famous Carolina Common and a Golden Ale. By the way, the [...]
1930: the future is a fanny pack
While this video is mostly concerned with the 1930s predictions of ladies fashion in AD 2000, I found the most fascinating part to be the Man of the Future: “He’ll be fitted with a telephone, a radio, and containers for coins, keys, and candies for cuties.” Was the prediction of the future that impressively accurate, [...]
1989: Who’s Newton?
We’re just a bunch of dorks here at Fullsteam. Dorks who are fascinated with failed and often inane predictions of the future. I think this interest in past predictions stems from our own idealized vision of the tavern: a gathering space more concerned with the here-and-now than what tomorrow might bring. Historically, the American tavern [...]
