Stylistically Speaking

Porter: Three Threads into One

Any beer aficionado would identify the most significant events in brewing in the past three hundred years as the development

Smoke Gets in your Beer

The modern beer renaissance has led to the rediscovery and appreciation of many traditional beer styles, followed by a wave

Imperial Stout

Near the end of the 18th century, British brewers began exporting pale ales to India to nourish its troops, and

Coming Through the Rye

Rye is not a commonly used grain in brewing, but beers that do use it are distinctive and noteworthy. Rye

Bitter, Ordinary and Special

In British rock icon Pete Townsend’s song entitled “Misunderstood,” one line is “I wanna be misunderstood, I wanna be feared

The Magic of Lambic

The notion of brewing a “one-off” is not uncommon. But there is a whole family of styles, the lambics, that

Schwarzbier

Stouts, be they conventional or imperial, and porters are the most common of the so-called black beers. But only one

Bavarian Helles: Soft and Subtle

Light gold in hue and laid-back in character, helles (German for “light”) is Bavaria’s answer to a session beer. The

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