As a beer dilettante, I remember studying beer books and reading about the mysterious “coolship”. The name often popped up in my readings as a vessel used in the creation of the iconic Anchor Steam beer. I imagined metallic kiddie pools of sugar water sitting on the roof of some dilapidated San Francisco building, […]
Gluten – The Soul of Malt
If malt is the soul of beer, then gluten is the soul of malt. It provides elasticity to bread dough, and a fluffy chewiness when baked. It gives beer a texture of fullness and a pillowy foam. Without gluten, bread is flat and beer is thin. A world without gluten is deflated and found […]