Aside from the Irish red ale, no beer style is more closely aligned with St. Patrick’s Day than the Irish / dry stout. High in flavor and low in alcohol, this sessionable stout is a favorite of many, especially during this time of year. Guinness Draught is the most famous dry [...]
Irish red ale, or simply red ale, is a top-fermented beer with an amber, red or copper hue, moderate strength (typically 4-6% ABV), a malt-forward profile, and a relatively low or moderate amount of hop character along with a low hop bitterness (typically in the 15- to 30-IBU range). Some versions [...]
Lagers dominate the beer market in the United States. By volume, they make up more than three-fourths of the market, and the top 20 best-selling beers in America are all lagers. But in the craft beer segment, lagers make up the minority. Craft breweries mostly produce ales, and ales are overwhelmingly [...]
No beer is more romantic or more connected to Mother Nature than Lambics and spontaneously fermented ales. These unique beers are defined by geography, techniques, ingredients and local microorganisms. Lambic is spontaneously fermented beer from Brussels and the Pajottenland region (also Payottenland) / Senne Valley (also Zenne) of Belgium. Lambic is more of [...]
Gose is a German-style sour wheat beer that originated in the Middle Ages. Since 1740, it has been associated with Leipzig, Germany, but the style originated in Goslar, Germany, which is adjacent to the Gose River. At one time, Gose was a very popular beer, but it fell out of favor [...]
Saison, which means season in French, is among the most varied and wide-ranging styles of beer. Interpretations vary greatly from simple to complex, and from light (in color and strength) to dark and strong. Historically, saisons can be traced back to the nineteenth century, when they were made in small farmhouse breweries [...]
There are so many new breweries opening these days that it’s difficult to keep up with them all (and that’s a great thing). But when I heard about Optimism Brewing and its unique approaches, I put it high on my list of new breweries to visit. And after doing a hike in the snowy mountains near [...]
When the craft beer movement was gaining momentum in the late 1990s, there seemed to be a clear distinction between your average West Coast IPA and your average East Coast IPA. In the West, IPAs tended to be more boldly hopped (with high-alpha, Northwest-grown hops), drier, lighter in color, and more [...]
The imperial stout, also known as Russian imperial stout, is the granddaddy of stouts. Typically, these intensely flavored beers are mahogany-brown to inky black (SRM 35+), very strong (7-12+% ABV), heavily hopped (50-100 IBUs), full bodied, and very complex. Common flavors and aromas include dark chocolate/cocoa, caramel/toffee, coffee/espresso, and dark fruits [...]
Oktoberfest in Munich Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, runs from the second-to-last Saturday in September through the first Sunday in October. It began more than 200 years ago as a wedding reception – featuring a horse race – after the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. Over time, the [...]
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