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Single-Malt Brewing

To the novice, brewing can seem a bit daunting, but, as is the case with any hobby, that initial hesitation

Buying Vintage Beer

You don’t necessarily have to age beer yourself. You can find people willing to do it for you: for a

Old and Out-of-the-Way

While nobody knows the exact percentage, nearly all of the beer brewed worldwide should be enjoyed when it’s as fresh

Anniversary Tasting Notes

Avery 18 Dry Hopped Rye Saison This 8.12 percent alcohol by volume ABV Colorado beer pours a cloudy amber color

These Islands are Hopping

Until Great Britain took up mash paddles, brewing was a continental endeavor. But once it spread from ancient Sumer (present-day

Barrel-Aged Ale

The Barrel-Aged Beer category, which also has some crossover with the Specialty Beer, is at its basic definition beers that are aged in non-neutral wood. This can to produce an intentional wood-influenced flavor effect (vanillin, caramel, toast), or flavors derived from the alcohol previously aged in the wood if any (bourbon, scotch whisky, sherry), as well as the action of microorganisms living in the wood. A wide variety of base beer styles can benefit from barrel aging, although darker or more alcoholic styles have been popular choices.

The Spark of Beer

Unless it asserts itself by, say, fizzing up your nose or aggressively dancing on your tongue, it can be easy

Pull Up a Stool with Wayne Wambles

I recently gave a presentation at the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego on aging beer on exotic wood, which

Hop Forward

Is beer not good enough? Has no one made pitch-perfect hoppy ale? I mean, what if in the evolution of

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