If you're like us, you enjoy drinking imported beers of all kinds. As we beer-lovers know, the only thing better than drinking your favorite imported beers is finding new beers to try and add to your list of favorites. Whether you brew your beer at home or frequent breweries and pubs for your new … [Read more...]
Beer brewing is a process that calls for precision, especially when it comes to ingredients and temperature. You have to admit that nothing beats a beer that warms you right up, especially when it's cold outside. The holiday season is upon us, and it's time you start preparing the kind of brew for … [Read more...]
There’s something special about brewing beer from scratch in your own kitchen, garage, or outside on the patio. It’s a great way to explore a new hobby while also entertaining family members and friends. Finding the ideal gift for the homebrewer in your life can be a challenge. Here are a few of the … [Read more...]
Craft beer is a small-scale, individually brewed beer made using traditional and non-mechanized methods. Many people love craft beer for its better taste, health benefits, and low cost. Making beer goes back thousands of years to Mesopotamia, and an ancient recipe can be found in a poem about the … [Read more...]
For a long time The Hop Research Institute in Hull Germany was not interested in unusual aroma characteristics in the hops they researched. In fact, up until about 2006 most hops that showed any off-the-norm aroma and flavor characteristics were discarded. Brewer's just weren't interested. But, in … [Read more...]
It might surprise all but the most staunch beer enthusiasts to know that hops didn't always have their haloed place in beer history. That's right you die-hard hop heads...if you'd been around about 700 years ago, that beer you're holding wouldn't have contained any hops. There’s … [Read more...]
Jester is one of the first English hops developed that has some new world flavor. Traditional English hop varieties are earthy, floral, grassy, woody, herbal, and tea-like; with very little of the bold fruity flavors of citrus, berry, and tropical fruit many of the New World varieties are known for. … [Read more...]
Pumpkin beer -- that subtle libation that shyly sneaks onto beer shelves every Autumn, half-hidden, only peaking out at the potential purchaser. If selected this timid seasonal will lavish upon its purchaser an exquisite memory-flash of the warming melancholy of Fall; with an understated amusement … [Read more...]
Hops are an amazing addition to any garden. But, of course, they hold a special place for the homebrewing gardener. As a homebrewer, I know the excitement of seeing the first pale green shoots poking up through the soil in the early spring. I've hurried out morning after morning and … [Read more...]
If you are interested in making sure that your homebrew equipment runs as efficiently and effectively as possible, you need to maintain it properly. Similar to your HVAC system, your electrical system, and your plumbing, you need to take care of your brewing equipment. Otherwise, it might end up … [Read more...]
It’s the time of year when trees are well into their fall fashion trends; aspens dressed out in their bright lemon yellow, sumac showing dull red, and the undecided gamble oak, trying all the color, painting themselves up in yellows, browns, oranges, and reds. The mountains become the stage for … [Read more...]
*Updated for 2020 - Some seasonal pumpkin beers may no longer be available The season of the pumpkin beer is well upon us. There are plenty of pumpkin beer lists out there, but this one is a little different. I have attempted a list of one pumpkin beer for each state. In doing so am fully aware … [Read more...]
