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- The Worst (and Best) Glasses for Beer
The Worst (and Best) Glasses for Beer Excluding paper cups, coffee mugs and plastic, the worst glass for beer is arguably the shaker pint. Unfortunately, many other beer glasses aren’t much better. First of all, the shaker was never meant for beer. This is of course slightly less relevant because a lot of things were… Read more: The Worst (and Best) Glasses for Beer - For Whom the Bell Rings
For Whom the Bell Rings Bickford Brewing’s New Releases, an All Day Event, and a Great Cause It’s Saturday, and in what appears to be a rare display of kindness, the sun is shining. I’ve just walked into Bickford Brewing on Harbord Street for an all day event celebrating the release of Ring the Bell,… Read more: For Whom the Bell Rings - ICE COLD BEER! – Not So FastICE COLD BEER! – Not So Fast Why serving temperature matters WIce cold beer might sound alluring, and I doubt anyone would salivate over “Luke warm beer!”, but the reality is that ice cold isn’t always ideal. Most fridges run around 3°C and most keg fridges run around the same. That’s 38°F, for those who… Read more: ICE COLD BEER! – Not So Fast
- In Praise of Haze
In Praise of Haze It may seem like a misguided topic for an article. After all, everyone is brewing them and everyone is doing them. Or drinking them at least. The haze craze doesn’t seem to be going anywhere soon, so what am I on about? Well, it goes by many a name, New England… Read more: In Praise of Haze - Into the Darkness
Into the Darkness The first black lager I ever tasted was quite confusing. It looked like a stout, it kinda smelled like a stout, but it didn’t quite taste like a stout, and it sure didn’t finish like a stout. Then I never saw one again for years. To be fair, the Schwarzbier (literally “black… Read more: Into the Darkness