Make sure you’re serving the best tasting beer possible by keeping your draft beer system clean! Beer line cleaning kits are designed to remove the toughest buildups from your beer lines and can take as little as 15 minutes to complete. There are many types of kits available that effectively … [Read more...]
Quick Characteristics Brewery: Santa Fe Brewing Co. Location: Santa Fe, NM Style: Winter Warmer ABV: 6.0% IBU: 18 Appearance: Warm brown-amber with ruby highlights; Light-colored mocha head; Superb clarity; Low … [Read more...]
History of Amarillo Hops The history of the Amarillo variety starts with a chance discovery. Unlike many other varieties there was no purposeful breeding of different plants to amplify certain characteristics and minimize others, no involvement of the USDA hop breeding program. It is the whim of … [Read more...]
Ah Valentine's Day, that time of teddy bears and flower bouquets, of chocolate hearts and candle lit dinners, of whimsical love and starry eyed romance. Whether you choose to recognize Valentine's Day or seek a lone rebellion against this couples-strewn day with all its gooey romance and its … [Read more...]
Quick Characteristics Brewery: Samuel Smith's Brewery Location: United Kingdom Style: English Strong Ale ABV: 6.0% IBU: ? Hops: Fuggles, Golding Malts: ? Appearance: Beautiful clear … [Read more...]
History of English Fuggle Hops: Fuggle hops have a history stretching back more than 150 years. Most information you can find on English Fuggle hops have cited the same origin story, which first appeared in 1901 in an article written by John Percival called "The Hop and its English Varieties," … [Read more...]
History of Gose Beer First, let's get the proper pronunciation out of the way. The name of the beer style Gose is German and is pronounced much the same way as the name Rosa, with emphasis on the "o"; and the "e" making an "Uh" sound; like so "Goes-uh." Gose is a bit of an oddity in the beer … [Read more...]
Quick Characteristics Brewery: New Belgium Brewing Co. Location: Fort Collins, CO Style: White IPA ABV: 6.2% IBU: 55 Appearance: Sun-bleached straw color with rocky white foam; Excellent head retention that leaves … [Read more...]
Extract brewing is where it all starts for most of us. We talk to a friend who's done some brewing, maybe taste a latest creation, and maybe this gets us thinking, "Hey, I could do this too." So, we do a little research online, pickup some pointers from that friend, buy a homebrewing book and pick … [Read more...]
ALE TALE Quick Characteristics Brewery: Alaskan Brewing Co. Location: Juneau, AK Style: English Olde Ale ABV: 6.4% IBU: 22 Appearance: Light & clean copper colored with half-finger of off-white foam; Low … [Read more...]
Winter is hard upon us. The holidays are over and there's not much to look forward to besides that next ski trip and the spring thaw. Well, buck up. There's some great beer out there to get you through the cold weather, or unseasonably warm weather, depending on where you put your feet up. We … [Read more...]
History of Stouts Mention stout to anyone and nine times out of ten the Emerald Isle and its famous Guinness will come to mind. Guinness may be the best known stout in the world but it is only one example of the style. The stout category boasts an impressive seven renditions (with a new one being … [Read more...]
