As a writer, brewer and marketing guy, I love words. Words have the power to convey thoughts, inspire the imagination
Few people can claim to have saved a beer style from extinction. But if the cloudy Belgian wheat beer called
Beer travelers hungry to prowl the lower Mid-Atlantic states have two books to inform their journeys. Your guide: noted beer
If you couldn’t guess from its hefty price tag and page count, Vincent Gasnier’s Drinks is a coffee-table book—and what
Porter is likely the world’s most confusing beer style. Attempting to unravel its inner secrets through diligent scholarship is futile:
Motek Welwetu (Polish for “Velvet Hammer”) Baltic Porter 5 gallons (19 liters) OG: 1075/18.2 degrees Plato Alcohol: 6 percent by
Born during the Industrial Revolution, out of necessity and fueled by novelty, India pale ale is the subject of a
You may have tried some beers from Scotland over the years—the powerfully malty Dark Island from the Orkney Brewery, or
Numbers can be suprising, as in the case of Scotland. Contrary to popular images, the descendants of blue-bottomed Braveheart aren’t
Holiday beers. Christmas beers. Winter beers. Whatever name they’re given by their makers, these bigger-than-usual, once-a-year ales and lagers are
