7 Apps For Superior Suds on St. Patrick's Day

Drinking beer on St. Patrick's Day is a custom that dates back centuries and is celebrated throughout the world. But it's high time to add some technology to the tradition, and that's just what the suds scene has done lately.

There's a brewery in Alaska that's using spent grains (waste from the brewing process) to power the brewery. The Alaska Brewing Co. jokes that it now makes "beer-powered beer."

Beer was used as motivation for video game players in an arcade game created by McKinney, a creative agency in North Carolina. Winners get a pour of Big Boss Brewing Company beer.

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Beer technology is also available in the palm of your hand (and we don't mean the Intoxicase, although that's pretty cool too). These seven beer apps will make your hops drinking a bit more high-tech.

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