Styles

Imperial Stout

Near the end of the 18th century, British brewers began exporting pale ales to India to nourish its troops, and

Coming Through the Rye

Rye is not a commonly used grain in brewing, but beers that do use it are distinctive and noteworthy. Rye

Bitter, Ordinary and Special

In British rock icon Pete Townsend’s song entitled “Misunderstood,” one line is “I wanna be misunderstood, I wanna be feared

The New British Invasion?

Forty years ago, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and the British music invasion was on. Since then,

Please, Please Me

Five members of the Real Ale Festival staff recently participated in a non-blind tasting of 12 British imports. The purchasing

The Magic of Lambic

The notion of brewing a “one-off” is not uncommon. But there is a whole family of styles, the lambics, that

Curiouser and Curiouser

The first thing one notices when surveying the vast landscape of beer is how much it is all the same.

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