Styles
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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
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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
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A Quick Guide to Pilsners
A Quick Guide to Pilsners A long long time ago, in a city far far away, the citizens of Plzěn were so appalled by the quality of their beer, that they dumped it all. They then built a new brewery and hired a Bavarian brewmaster by the name of Josef Groll. In 1842 Pilsner was
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Some Good AdWeiss
Some Good AdWeiss: A Guide to Weissbiers Every beer has a time and a place. For Weissbier, that time and place is any time, any place. It’s refreshing in the summer, delicious in the winter, and fits seamlessly in between. It has the uncanny ability to pair with almost any dish, making it the fallback
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A Festivus for the Rest of Us
The Beers of Oktoberfest As autumn settles in, the mornings turn crisp, the leaves shift to red and gold, and the sounds of clinking steins raised to “Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit” draw nearer. Oktoberfest is almost upon us- and with it comes the beer. But should you reach for a Festbier, an Oktoberfestbier, or a
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Hoppy Ever After: A Guide to IPAs
Hoppy Ever After: A Guide to IPAs It wasn’t so long ago that everyone was making fruited kettle sours, and almost nothing but. It also felt like most of them were the same base beer with the fruit being the differentiator. The sours still exist but have settled into a more appropriate portion of the
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Irish Red Ale
Easy to Drink, Hard to Define Whether preparing for beer judging, a tasting exam, or just honing your skills, building a mental sensory profile from which to benchmark is vital. It’s always lovely when something easy and attainable comes along like Belgian Witbier. Which can be benchmarked with Hoegaarden White, Blanche de Chambly, Blanche de
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A Brief History of Beer
In the beginning It has been proposed, by beer people of course, that humans settled down so they could make and drink beer. It’s a nice story. Similar arguments have been made with a focus on bread. We can generally agree however, that it was the birth of agriculture that set the foundations for human