Bottoms Up
Our beloved porter has seen it all. It went from the rough-hewn, smoky seminal macrobrew in early 18th-century England, to the first truly international beer in the 19th century, to near extinction in the 1970s, all in a span of ...
Posts tagged with lager
Narragansett Beer Introduces 24 oz Tallboy Cans
Narragansett Beer has announced the release of 24 oz Tallboy cans for the first time in the brew’s 120-year history....
Renaissance of British Craft Lager
Appearances can be deceptive. The place is an old stone barn amid a group of farm buildings on the edge of a village in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. This is an area of mellow stone, high hedges, winding lanes and long ...
All The World’s a Stage for Lagers
It never ceases to amaze me how pervasive lager style beers are. And, as I was enjoying a spicy sushi roll last night that paired brilliantly with a Korean pale lager that I hadn’t had in a long time, I ...
How Homebrewers Changed the Whole Brewing Industry—Forever
After the repeal of national prohibition in 1933, only 756 of the nation’s estimated 1,900 pre-prohibition breweries resumed operations. WWII and its aftermath had a further effect on their numbers, with the largest American (and world) brewers buying out smaller ...
Lagers
Bottom fermented, and with little room for error, lagers are in no way mundane or something to pass up experiencing. With so many different producers creating multiple varieties these days, one can experience a local brewer’s take on a tradition, ...
Lagers
Bottom fermented, and with little room for error, lagers are in no way mundane or something to pass up experiencing. With so many different producers creating multiple varieties these days, one can experience a local brewer’s take on a tradition, ...
Lager Beer vs. Ale Beer—Does It Matter?
If you inquire of the average beer geek about the differences between ale and lager, you will probably be told that ale is brewed with top-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and lager with bottom-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces uvarum). End of conversation....
Oh, Ye Biere Styles, Where Goest Thou Now?
The world has been blessed with a proliferation of new beer varieties. Robert Wahl and Max Henius presented the 19th century’s beer list in their masterpiece, the two volume American Handy Book of Brewing and Malting, published in 1908. There, ...
A Pilsner in Prague is Only the Beginning
In an hotel room in the Czech Republic, I roll out of bed, make myself some coffee, and check my e-mail. It is there again: that question. It is a question of style. Every day, I am asked questions about ...
