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The Session #64: Pale in Comparison
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American Craft Beer Week
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Camp Beer XI – Ciders
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Buffalo Bayou Previewing Summer Ale at Cinco Drinko Party
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Local Craft Beer and Burger Pairing at The Counter
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Erwin Calverley:
The amount of beer waste does make the idea more plausible. It would be great -
Erwin Calverley:
The amount of beer waste does make the idea more plausible. It would be great -
Keith =):
you fucking snob.
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Posts Tagged ‘Beer 101’
Beer 101: What is malt?
The term malt can refer to several things but we’ll focus on the definitions that pertain to beer. According to the German Purity Law, malted barley is one of the four primary ingredients of beer, the others being hops, yeast, and water. Once barley, or a number of other grains, has been malted, it is sometimes referred [...]
Beer 101: What are hops?
Hops are one of the four primary ingredients of beer, the others being malted barley, yeast, and water. Hops are cone-shaped flowers that grow on the hop plant, which is a fast-growing vine. The flowers are picked and dried or compressed into pellets before being added to beer. There are three reasons hops are added [...]
Beer 101: What is “skunked” beer?
The word “skunked” is often used to describe beer that has been spoiled. However, skunked refers to a specific type of spoilage that is caused by beer being exposed to light. Skunked and light-struck are synonymous terms. Skunking has nothing to do with temperature, oxidation, or bacterial infection, though all of these can spoil beer [...]
Beer 101: Reinheitsgebot – The German Beer Purity Law
Almost 500 years ago, on April 23, 1516, two Bavarian dukes issued a decree that said that beer could only be made from three ingredients: barley, water and hops. This came to be known as Reinheitsgebot (purity ordinance) or the Beer PurityLaw. When it was written, however, the intent was not to keep beer “pure.” Originally, [...]
Beer 101: What is IPA?
Skunk Beer. If you’ve never been unfortunate enough to have had skunk beer, count yourself lucky. If you have, then you know what the British were dealing with in the early 1700′s trying to get beer south around the west of Africa, across the equator, around the Cape of Good Hope, and then back north [...]
Beer 101: What is bock?
Bock is the German term for strong beer. The primary characteristics of bock are: Relatively high in alcohol content. In Germany the alcohol by volume (ABV) is more than 6.25%. It is a lager. Often dark in color but can be golden to dark brown. Malty with low hops bitterness. Random facts about lager: The [...]
Beer 101: What is lambic?
Lambic is a unique style of beer produced only in a small region in Belgium. The primary characteristics of lamic are: Yeast is not added directly to the wort. The vats are left open and wild yeast, which is unique the region, is allowed to fall into the vats naturally. This process is called spontaneous [...]
Beer 101: What is ale?
Ale is one of the two major styles of beer, the other being lager. The primary characteristics of ale are: It is top fermented, meaning the yeast floats on the top of the wort in the fermenter rather than settling to the bottom. It is fermented at warmer temperatures, generally above 60°F. It is the [...]
