Brewers, both pro and home, are a passionate, enthusiastic bunch. Homebrewers are notorious experimenteurs and almost feel an entitlement and
The notion of brewing a “one-off” is not uncommon. But there is a whole family of styles, the lambics, that
There’s a joke going the rounds of the British brewing industry that runs like this: “What do you call Scottish
Bottle or draft? Imported or domestic? Forget politics; even in an election year, beer drinkers are more likely to debate
We think of India pale ales as representing the glory of the British Empire. And indeed, they served as global
5 gallons at 1100 (24 degrees P); 96 IBU; 7 to 8.5 percent ABV 20 pounds (kilograms) US two-row lager
Tim Webb is best known for his book Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland, which is widely considered to
Two north German cities on opposite banks of the Rhine River are home to two distinct styles of beer: kölsch
No beer style is more identified with a single country than are dry stouts with Ireland. So synonymous are they
The first thing one notices when surveying the vast landscape of beer is how much it is all the same.


