Ingredients, health benefits, home brewing and more. A barrel load of information so you can be the smart one next time you're in a crowd of beer drinkers.
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Glass, pint, bottle, pitcher, liter, you say? When ordering a beer to drink, perhaps. But, when it comes to measuring beer, brewers have something else entirely in mind. Specific Gravity For reasons known only to history, the term 'specific gravity' refers to a liquid's density. | | Read more... |
The health benefits of moderate red wine drinking have been extensively studied. But numerous recent studies on beer suggest that it may be as, or even more, healthy if consumed in moderation.
At base, of course, both contain alcohol and there is abundant evidence that it can have a variety of beneficial effects. | | Read more... |
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Wheat beer recipes are as old as Babylon, where wheat grain was often used to make a heady brew. The Middle Ages saw many new forms arise, where it was considered the brew of the nobility. Most beers of the period were dark and consuming this Weissbier (white beer) was therefore a mark of distinction. Similarly, the Bavarian tradition of brewing goes back centuries. The famed Reinheitsgebot - the German purity law established in 1516 - continues to control the way beer is made in this center of the beer universe. | | Read more... |
Ale is at the top of the beer pyramid in more ways than one. The two broad categories of beer - ale and lager - are distinguished chiefly by the kind of yeast used during the fermentation process that transforms sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The type used in ales is called 'top fermenting' because of its tendency to float near the top of the tank. But, the results go far beyond providing an easy way to filter the brew. | | Read more... |
| Yeasts are living organisms, a uni-cellular fungus, and have a rare ability: to live with or without oxygen. In the presence of air, they multiply. In the absence of oxygen, they ferment sugars into alcohol. That's what makes beer brewing possible. | | Read more... |
Tasting is about the last thing in the world most beer drinkers would think they need advice on. But to get the most out of the experience we should emulate professional winetasters and strike out into new territory. Learn what the pros know... | | Read more... |
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