ALE TALE: Quick Characteristics Brewery: Alltech Lexington Brewing & Distilling Company Location: Lexington, KY Style: Pumpkin Ale ABV: 10.0% IBU: ? Appearance: Rich Amber Color with a finger high, … [Read more...]
History of Märzen The world turns and the season transitions from the warming summer heats to the cooler crisper air of autumn. Leaves begin to shake color, changing from green to a brighter palate of firey shades. Beer lovers and brewers alike share in the transition. They abandon the … [Read more...]
ALE TALE Quick Characteristics Brewery: Shipyard Brewing Company Location: Portland, ME Style: Pumpkin Ale ABV: 9.0% IBU: 26 Appearance: Burnt orange color with thin off-white head; Clear with little … [Read more...]
History of Pumpkin Beer It’s early Fall and that means the march of the pumpkin beer is well underway. Like every other iconic holiday sale, be it Christmas or Halloween, pumpkin beer graces our grocery shelves earlier and earlier each year. Some wait with baited breath for the coming of these … [Read more...]
ALE TALE: Quick Characteristics Brewery: Uinta Brewing Company Location: Salt Lake City, UT Style: Pumpkin Ale ABV: 5.0% IBU: 10 Appearance: Copper-Amber with a hint of pumpkin orange; Slightly hazy; … [Read more...]
We would like to cordially invite you to join us on October 17th to help us celebrate German heritage with a bier in one hand and a sausage in the other. As a proud sponsor of Austoberfest, Austin's biggest Oktoberfest celebration, we will be there playing games, giving out prizes and drinking lots … [Read more...]
Pumpkin beer defines the Fall season these days. No other beer has split the craft beer community quite like the pumpkin beer. Some are enamored by it, waiting expectantly for the first six-packs of pumpkin love to hit their local shelves, others dread the season for the scourge of squash it … [Read more...]
ALE TALE: Quick Characteristics Brewery: Rogue Ales & Spirits Location: Newport, OR Style: Pumpkin Ale ABV: 6.1% IBU: 25 Appearance: Dark Amber with one finger head; Good Clarity. Aroma: … [Read more...]
As of May 2015, the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) has renamed the Scottish 60/- beer style, sometimes referred to as Scottish 60 Shilling, to just "Scottish Light." This is an important update to make note of for anybody that loves this type of beer style. History of Scottish Light … [Read more...]
ALE TALE: Quick Characteristics Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Location: Chico, CA Style: American IPA ABV: 6.5% IBU: 55 Appearance: Resiny yellow-gold with a finger-and-a-half of nice white rocky … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Flickr Much is made of oxygen as a super villain in the brewing world. Oxygen stales beer creating “cardboard like” flavors and it decreases a beer’s shelf-life. The act of boiling wort forces much of the oxygen in the wort out of solution, which we would think is good. And it … [Read more...]
ALE TALE: Quick Characteristics Brewery: Alltech Lexington Brewing & Distilling Company. Location: Lexington, KY Style: Wood Aged Beer ABV: 8.2% IBU: ? Appearance: Clear dark honey hue with thin off-white … [Read more...]
