HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A Huntsville-based magnetics research company is in the spotlight after meeting with President Obama.

Correlated Magnetics was one of four companies chosen to give a presentation to the President, demonstrating their breakthroughs in technology.

Company leaders said the President said "he felt like a magician's assistant" during their presentation.

In a nutshell, the company programs magnets to give them a stronger hold. They use a computer to create special patterns on magnets. Those patterns determine how the magnet will react to other magnets.

In the past five years, the company has been issued 80 patents, with dozens more in the works.

The company's researchers develop all kinds of products, from sporting equipment to household goods.

They are also developing products for The Office of Naval Research, Marshall Space Flight Center, and The Missile Defense Agency.

In honor of the Homebrew bill being signed into law by Governor Bentley, I am going to impart some knowledge on how to get the most out of your craft beer experience!

I sat down to talk/eat/drink with craft beer connoisseur and level one cicerone, Rich Partain.  So what’s a cicerone?  It’s the beer world's version of a wine Sommelier for experts who love and are passionate about beer.  They can pair beer with foods to that make your taste buds stand up and shout, “Hooray!”  There are different levels and you can only take classes in certain places.  Fancy, right?!

So when you go to the Rocket City Brewfest, there are a few tips that Rich suggests.