Welcome to another beer style crash course video giving you quick but thorough explanations of beer styles.
If IPAs are for the hop heads, Scottish ales are for the malt heads. Their rich, sweet, caramel maltiness makes these highly addictive brews.
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This blog presents a challenge.
Since I often write about homebrewing, I exclude those readers who do not homebrew. Sure some people still read those posts out of curiosity, but hitting “publish” on my hop filter video was like hitting a “not for you” button for non-homebrewers.
Ideally, everybody would homebrew, but since that’s not the case I’m going to try to bridge the gap with this post.
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When you lose a loved one it’s hard to take your mind off the hurt and pain.
Ever since my kegerator died I’ve missed its presence in my living room. The glistening tower, the fresh homebrew only a handle pull away. Once you go tap, you never go back.
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It’s hard to argue that there is a more popular craft beer style than the India Pale Ale, or IPA.
You asked for it, so I’m kicking off my beer style crash course videos again. And what better way to start it than with the coolest kid in school.
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The first week of winter is here and if you’re like me, you’ve been a bit of a bum lately.
With shorter days and the cold Denver air, my beer consumption has been slowly rising along with my waistline. In fact, I almost always drink more beer in the winter.
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The wise beer drinker should not practice sobriety between September and November. It’s during these months that wet hop beers debut, and they are some of the tastiest beers around.
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Do the words barnyard, sour, funky, and horse-blanket make your mouth water for a pint? They do for this beer geek.
I’m not alone. The county’s sour beer phenomenon has created an army of mouth-puckered fanatics. Breweries are responding by creating more of these beers than ever before, entering 119 into the Great American Beer Festival sour beer category in 2009 vs. 15 in 2002, as this NY Times article points out.
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Picture this…
You’re scampering around a beer festival, trying desperately to sample every beer you can. With all the hectic refilling and draining of your 2-ounce sampler glass, do you think you’ll have time to write down (coherent) notes?
Me neither. But try drawing a picture instead.
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Admit it….you’re guilty.
I know I am.
You scour the beer aisles looking for the next bright shiny object. A limited release whiskey barrel aged imperial stout. A collaborative barley wine from 5 different breweries. A Rauchbier made from the smoke of the Icelandic volcano.
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Beer lacing adds to the appearance of a beer. A pattern of foam that clings to the glass is a beautiful sight to behold.
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Billy Broas is a craft beer lover, homebrewer, and the founder of
The Homebrew Academy. He lives in Denver, Colorado where he splits his time between imbibing and snowboarding, but often combines the two. Billy's beer philosophy is that we should all be beer geeks but not beer snobs. He'll try any beer once and is currently studying for his BJCP beer judge exam.
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