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Barrel-Aged Beer

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.

Passing the Bar

Stepping inside a new beer bar is one of the biggest rewards that can await a beer traveler. There’s something

Brewing With Cocoa

Few of life’s simple pleasures are as evocative and savored as chocolate. Everything from strength and health to aphrodisiacal prowess

with John Withey

You’ve brewed at just about every size of brewery during your career. I started in Greene King doing a pupilage,

Beer Gifts for the Holidays

Someone on your holiday gift list loves beer. Or perhaps it’s just because you love beer, and you’re convinced that

Inside the Barrel

In 1994, Chicagoans were treated to an extraordinary beer created to celebrate the 1,000th batch brewed at the Goose Island

Floating in the Malt River

The last decade has seen an arms race among American craft brewers and the weapon of choice has been the

American Stout

Stout evokes images of the bitter black and mysterious ale synonymous with Ireland. The Emerald Isle may indeed be famous

The Road to Damascus

Incredible as it seems to me now, I didn’t always like beer. I mean, when I was a kid. Once

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