[liquidify]

This entire article came across as a winey rant. I've never been in a situation where "all the discussions were about alcohol" outside of when I worked for a liquor store and participated in industry events. Within the coding spear, alcohol is not discussed anywhere close to as frequently as nerdy topics.

Why didn't the author just take the "beer dispenser" and use it to dispense something else? The pipes, tubes, mechanisms don't only work for beer. Or just sell it or donate it if it bothered him that much.

[dougmwne]

Sounds like they missed a chance to start drinking kombucha on tap.

[em-bee]

kombucha may contain small amounts of alcohol which is not acceptable for every one.

[dougmwne]

Sure, lots of foods contain trace amounts of alcohol. And lots of foods are unacceptable to lots of people for lots of reasons.

[em-bee]

the problem is that homemade kombucha tends to have 1-2% which is way more than the legal limit for non-alcoholic beverages.

[jjslocum3]

>winey rant<

...freudian typo...