In the 1990s, Roger Protz attended a dinner where English hop farmers celebrated a successful harvest. When he asked the
Most beer styles are, in one way or another, connected to their past. Collectively, the roots are ancient; stylistically, more
If yeast didn’t exist, Douglas Adams would have had to invent it. Among a host of imaginary species, the author
While few things deserve legendary status, in the beer world, that description is easily claimed by the most colossal of
These days, anybody with a dumper of malt and an overabundance of fresh hops can make a lip-smackingly tasty beer.
Denmark may be a land of lager, but paradoxically it’s also the land from which the word “ale” made its
English Mead, Lurgashall Winery, Petworth, West Sussex, England (12.5% ABV) Intense honey aroma; sweet, candyish taste is balanced somewhat by
Although beer and wine have replaced it in the West, mead remains the national drink of one African nation. “Ethiopia
Anger and disbelief have greeted the news that W. H. Brakspear, one of England’s finest pale ale brewers, is to
Bavaria has a well-earned reputation as an epicenter of brewing. Fine pilsner, weizenbier, bock and Münchner helles are all brewed
