(Photo by Jeff Quinn) For all its history, beer has lived with the curse and blessing of acidity. In most
We have become rather smitten with sours in recent years, an affair that shows no sign of waning. The venerable
Legend has it that great Delta blues artist Robert Johnson, hungry for fame and fortune, met Satan at the Crossroads.
In recent years, there has been a particular fondness for brews with “extreme” qualities. Intense hoppiness, rugged roasted flavors, wild
A business associate once told me that the world is pretty much segregated by what it drinks. He opined that
Cascade The Vine ’08: This ale changes slightly with each vintage. The Portland brewery starts with a Northwest-style sour ale
The growing number of entries to sour beer categories suggests that brewers are onto something new. But the techniques they’re
The first thing one notices when surveying the vast landscape of beer is how much it is all the same.