Free Beer That's Free as in Speech 379
darkonc writes "The CBC has notes and an interview with Dane Rasmus Nielsen who decided to reduce the confusion between 'free as in speech' and 'free as in beer' by making a beer free -- in speech. The result is Vores Oel, an open source beer. The CBC site includes the recipe for the beer which is made with Guarana beans, and gives it a bit of a caffeine-like hit. The danish site downloads include the label for the beer (which is also Open Source)."
Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
It can't be open source (Score:5, Funny)
If this were in the true open-source spirit it'd be 0.99_rc3_beta1.1 at most.
Free beer is one thing (Score:5, Funny)
Trusting the Danish for your free beer is quite another.
*ducks*
First Prime Factorization Post (Score:1, Funny)
Malt extract
For Vores Øl we use four types malted barley:
2*3 kg pilsner malt
2*2 kg münsner malt
1 kg caramel malt
1 kg lager malt
The malt is crushed and put in 5*11-2*2*3*5C hot water for 1-2 hours.
The mixture is filtered and the liquid now contains about 2*5 kg malt extract.
Taste and sugar
Besides malt we use:
2*2*3*5 g Tetnang bitter hops
2*5*5 g Hallertaver aroma hops
2*2*3*5*5 g Guarana beans
2*2 kg sugar
(Guarana beans can typically be bought at health food stores).
The malt extact is brought to a boil in a large pot with the hops and approx. 2*5*7 ltr. of water.
After half an hour, the Guarana beans and sugar is added.
The mixture simmers for about an hour, and is then filtered and cooled in a sealed container.
Fermentation
Yeast is added and the beer is fermented at room temperature for approx. 2 weeks.
When the beer is fully fermentet it is transferred to bottles. First 2*2 g sugar is added per liter and some yeast from the bottom of the fermentation tanks for priming.
Vores Øl is then left in the bottles at room temperature for 2*2*2-2*5 days for carbonation. Then the beer is ready to enjoy; cold and refreshing.
Now that will just add to the confusion... (Score:5, Funny)
Except that it helps us get drunk, and that's not a bad thing, is it?
The label... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:caffeine LIKE? (Score:3, Funny)
> natural sources of our beloved caffeine!
The important thing is that guarana is better for you as it is a natural source of caffeine. so that's something to remember
Free Beer? (Score:1, Funny)
You can talk about free beer all you want. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free beer is one thing (Score:5, Funny)
mmmmmm danishhhhh
that would confuse the fuck out of homer simpson!
Little Known Fact About Free Beer/Free Speech (Score:2, Funny)
Hopefully someday the ass kicking won't just be legal, but compulsory.
Important message from Heineken (Score:5, Funny)
See our website for zillions of usless statistics and reports (compiled by and independent organisation (funded by us)), that disprove the so called benefits of open source beer.
As well as conveniently digging up all those old patents we also plan to file numourous lawsuits against the open source beer community - if you are a user of open source beer, watch out - you may be prosecuted.
Out of morbid curiosity..... (Score:3, Funny)
I know that malt can be used for other things (although I doubt lager malt has other uses), and hops have properties that stop bacterial reaction (although I have never heard of their use for anything else). Yeast, of course, is used for bread. So for thoes with experience in home bewing, what's the verdict?
Re:Free Beer? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you crazy?
Streaming free beer over the internet is pointless without a DRM free RS-232 Bar Tap for output and only RMS has one of those.
Re:Freedom (Score:5, Funny)
Shame. *hic*.
Don't forget - all drivers are incompatible with this open source release, DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE
Groovy (Score:1, Funny)
apt-get pour beer
or
apt-get drink --to-death beer
Long live to open source!
ALERT!!! DO NOT DRINK IT! (Score:3, Funny)
After you drink it you are running embedded beer and you will have to open all your internals for free
(small fee for sending your intestines is acceptable)
Re:Somewhat Lacking? (Score:3, Funny)
Hard to set up, isn't that good, and you can add something to something more mainstream to make it do the same thing!
(just kidding!)
Re:Open Source Beer? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free Beer? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ALERT!!! DO NOT DRINK IT! (Score:1, Funny)
On the other had that is unavoidable.
Your modified version gets distributed next time you flush the toilet.
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Re:GPLed Mead (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Open Source Beer? (Score:5, Funny)
MadCow.
Re:GPLed Mead (Score:5, Funny)
Says the guy with RGB colors in his sig. In my country, we only use HSV, you insensitive clod!
Beta testing (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Open Source Beer? Release Notes (Score:3, Funny)
Most of the modifications I make to beer involve kidneys, liver and bladder. There have been a few occasions where I have made their products freely available, but most people seemed more annoyed than grateful.
Re:GPLed Mead (Score:2, Funny)
For those unfamiliar with Mead, it is a honey-wine that dates back something like 6,000 years to either Greece or Cyprus.
Judging from your user ID you were one of the inventors, right? :-p
Re:reduce the confusion? (Score:3, Funny)
Friend: "Er, right. Suddenly everything becomes clear-as-in-mud." Me: "Actually it recently got a bit more complicated..."
No, that usually happens by about Beer 9.0.
Re:Beer is already free (as in speech) (Score:3, Funny)
Rich.
Re:Wait... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Beta testing (Score:4, Funny)
Did you ever wonder about the poor guys who beta tested preparations A through G? That had to be a crappy job...
Re:Free Beer? (Score:3, Funny)
To start press any key.
(reading screen) Where's the "any" key? I see Esc, Catarl, and Pig Up. There doesn't seem to be any "any" key.
Wo! All this computer hacking is making me thirsty. I think I'll order a Tab.
(presses TAB key).
Re:Free beer is one thing (Score:3, Funny)
It already is... (Score:1, Funny)
It already is...in Boston.
Re:Beta testing (Score:2, Funny)
One might even say that job was a pain in the ass!
Bug report (Score:3, Funny)
If you run this app for too long, it causes system glitches (hangover) a while after quitting it.
(ok, I know, that's not a bug, that's a feature. workaround: non-alcoholic hack)
Re:Important message from Heineken (Score:3, Funny)
As a beer "power user", I'd just like to remind you that Heineken tastes like an ass.