If you have ever taken a wine-tasting class, chances are you have been exposed to the “Flavor Wheel.” This handy
Black beers have been winning over the hearts of craft beer devotees for 30 years now, but until quite recently,
Beer 101 classes are nothing new. Geared toward novice craft beer drinkers and even non-fans, such classes are held in
Ostensibly, this book reads more like a desktop page-a-day calendar that suggests a different beer to help get you through
These are lagers or ales to which fruits have been added in order to impart flavor or color. Depending on whether or not the seasonings have been used in the fermentation or as an addition of juice or extract, the beer will have more or less of the desired character. These beers are highly individualistic, and allow the brewers great creativity in their formulations. They will range from mild aromatic overtones to intense and pungently flavored concoctions.
Stepping inside a new beer bar is one of the biggest rewards that can await a beer traveler. There’s something
Five gallon recipe 7 pound light DME (9# pilsner malt for all-grain) 2 pound Munich or amber malt extract (3#
Brewery Ommegang Cave Hennepin (2000) Pale orange-gold, big frothy head with lace, yeasty bouquet with dried apricot aroma and trace
Belhaven Scottish Ale: Tarnished brass color. Served with the help of a draught nitro push that produced an overall creamy
The last decade has seen an arms race among American craft brewers and the weapon of choice has been the
