Considering the decades of televised beer marketing and the relatively recent increase of beer nerd wackos that can’t wait to corner you and tell you about that time they stood in line for a quadruple-sour-barrel-aged-double-doggy-dry-hopped-beer for three days, you have probably picked up the ability to rattle off the names of the four main ingredients […]
This Dampfbier Is Really Steaming Up the Place!
What the suds is Dampfbier?! Relax; it’s not as bizarre as it sounds. Dampfbier (damp-f-beer) translates literally to “steam beer” in German. Here in the American West, we are quite familiar, or at least our ancestors were, with steam beer. You may be acquainted with San Francisco’s Anchor Steam as the classic version of this […]
Ales vs. Lagers
True or false? If a beer is dark in color, it must be an ale. The correct answer is absolutely false! Color is not an indicator of ale or lager beer, as both types have light and dark examples. I have heard three different people in the past two weeks state with a fair amount […]
Who Is This Brett, and What Does He Want with My Beer?
Brett is pretty popular these days, turning up in all sorts of beers. Whether that’s a good thing may depend on your tastes, but although the culprit can be considered an enemy to the brewery, Brett is also a brewer’s best friend. Short for Brettanomyces, “Brett” is a type of yeast that can be used […]