Smoked Beer
Newcomers are often surprised that smoked beers even exist, but beer made with smoked malts are one of our most tangible link to the 18th century and before. At one time, most beers made with kilned malt had a smoky ...
Posts tagged with rauchbier
Traditional Rauchbier
5 gallons OG 1.060 6# Weyermann rauchmalz 6# Munich malt 0.5# CaraMunich of your choice is optional for depth and color Mash at 152° F for one hour 6.5 AAU Tetnanger or Hallertauer hops for bittering 0.5 oz Tetnanger or ...
Specialty Beers and Draft Cider
Once again, the World Beer Challenge held their annual Specialty Beer Styles Competition and, as always, intriguing results came to the surface. In the Fruit Beer Category, Unibroue’s Quelque Chose, which translates to “something else,” stood out (91 points). It ...
BAVARIA BY BUS
(Editor. December 2005: While most of us are busy preparing for the holidays, a band of hearty brew-loving souls is packing its bags and preparing for a journey. The mission: to rediscover one of beer culture’s most cherished places. This ...
Big Beers in Bamberg
Ten years ago, I found a rock-bottom airfare from Detroit to Frankfurt. And with it, an excuse for an impromptu vacation....
Curiouser and Curiouser
The first thing one notices when surveying the vast landscape of beer is how much it is all the same. Like a great sandy desert, vast swaths of it have a numbing sameness. Well over 90 percent of modern beer ...
