So you fancy yourself a beer lover. And you fancy yourself a fantasy sports freak. Would a fantasy league that combines the best of both these worlds entice you?Well, if it sounds intriguing the gang at The Beer Mapping Project have just the ticket!Be…
DOGFISH HEAD BREWING made their big splash in Northern California a few months back, and I finally got around to trying all three beers they debuted with out here. As fate would have it, through a combination of travels and beer trading, I’ve actual…
From the depressingly thick oppressive/interventionist state regulation-files, France has banned the advertisement of alcohol on the internet:
France may be home to some of the world’s finest wines but it could be about to join the tiny club of Muslim…
The English Pub: A Unique Social PhenomenonThis is not a new book. In fact it’s very old. I was walking down Queen Street East when I stumbled into a small, un-organized, used book shop with a name I can’t begin to remember and I came across this fab…
I’ve mentioned before that the fine folks in Alabama live in a state that has not made home brewing legal. I don’t think I mentioned that winner of this years’ Home Brew Club of the year at NHC was from Alabama. Gary Glass commented that illegal bee…
On September 14, I brewed Dick’s Elixir Wheat Porter again. This time, I intend to add some coffee at kegging.
The last time I made this was also my second all-grain batch in five years or so. I made some mistakes, but still wound up with a pretty g…
There’s more great news for Czech beer lovers: In case you missed Purkmistr’s beer festival in Plze? last weekend, you’ve got another chance to sample the impressive new lineup from Pivovar Kocour Varnsdorf. On Monday, September 29…
On reflection I probably didn’t get nearly enough smoked beers into me over the three days of the European Beer Festival, despite running for every one I saw. Of course, Schlenkerla featured, at the stall of one of the importers — the lager, which I …
It’s stunning how often the word tradition popped up last week when talking with Belgian brewers (doubly so since relatively little time was spent in the presence of brewers — this is a big little country, incredibly diverse). Expected dur…
This week we examine the topic of troubleshooting homebrewed beer. Despite the best laid plans of mice and men, not every beer you brew is going to be a homerun. Homebrewing beer is a combination of both art and science, and sometimes the art or …