Here are a few items that caught our eye late last year.

Bella Online: Beer Hunting with GPS
As a beer and tech geek, this sounds hawesome!

Brewing up fish food
New Belgium Brewing Company is part of an experimental project to turn their brewing wastewater into environmentally fish feed.

Moderate beer intake may cut Alzheimer’s risk
The silicon content of beer may protect against the deleterious effects of aluminum on brain health, suggests a new study with mice from Spain.

N.J. mulls mixing liquor, grocery sales
While people in most states can buy beer and wine in a grocery store, New Jerseyans aren’t among them. That’s because supermarket chains are limited to a total of two liquor licenses, and the liquor must be sold separately from groceries, usually in an adjoining store.
Major supermarket chains are trying to change that, pushing Garden State lawmakers to let them own more retail liquor licenses. (Alas, I moved from New Jersey to Maryland, which has the same sort of Supermarket/Liquor Store separation.)

Light and regular beer taste same to young males
Young males subjected to a taste test of their favorite frothy friend couldn’t tell the difference between low and-regular strength beer, says a study released by the University of Victoria (British Colombia).

Cancer-fighting agent found in beer
Studies indicate xanthohumol, found in hops, inhibits a family of enzymes that can trigger the cancer process, as well as help the body detoxify carcinogens.