Let’s go back to 1849. California is the place to be. Something new is gaining attention and unknowingly setting the foundation of California’s future values. The culprit? Gold. Still in its beginning stages, the Gold Rush called all wealth-seeking individuals to a place where they would sweat, bleed, and pine …
Birra Nursia Extra One of the few abbey ales brewed in a genuine monastery by monks, Birra Nursia is as divine as it comes. The monks don’t do the work for profit and ensure that they are involved in every step. Their distributors in Europe and the United States ensure …
New Belgium Sunshine Wheat Beer and Vinaigrette Salad Most people view a plain salad with some vinaigrette as simple, as far as flavor is concerned. The right IPA from New Belgium Brewing however brings a ray of sunshine to our most popular leafy dish. The tangy citrus and strong hops …
If the name “Flesh & Blood” for Dogfish Head’s new IPA stirs up some ominous connotations for you, fear not. The “flesh and blood” of which the moniker refers once belonged to ripe, juicy, lemons and blood oranges, the zesty and bright essence of which elevate this brew from just …
There’s no better feeling out there than that moment when someone calls you smart. They see past your outward appearance and look into your mind instead. Intelligence is hard to come by in a lot of ways, so we’ve started finding it outside of books, and implementing it elsewhere. Like …
Immensely popular yet intriguingly complex, Mosaic hops bring a powerful trifecta of contributions to the completion of a well-balanced brew: bittering, flavor, and aroma. Austin-based brewery Hops and Grain proudly showcases the multi-talented nature of Mosaic hops in their new American IPA, A Pale Mosaic. The life of A Pale …
Let’s begin with a little beer history. Back in the 1880’s in Copenhagen, Denmark, modern lager as we know it was still in its early stages. Yeast varied greatly in quality, making it difficult for brewers to consistently produce good, or even drinkable beers—“beer sickness” as the result of questionable …
The versatility of cucumbers has never been at question. We love them in cucumber and tomato salads, shredded with fresh dill and Greek yogurt in tzatziki, or cured with sugar and vinegar into sweet and savory bread and butter pickles. Cucumber slices placed on one’s eyelids can even alleviate swelling …
It’s cloudy, it’s hazy, it’s mildly intoxicating, its predecessor is called “Resin”, and its packaging is covered in fluffy green clouds. But “Puff” isn’t the newest sativa strain available for pickup at your local Washington, Oregon, Alaska, or Colorado neighborhood dispensary. In fact, it’s crafted on the slightly less green-tolerant …
Hoppy Sour Mandarina American Wild Ale…it’s Erykah Badu crooning in a lemon grove with wildflower petals caught in her hair and drifting down around her—bracingly citrus-sour, softly and lushly floral, and funky in a gentle and even seductive way. Sours are flowing fast at hip establishments ’round the United States, but …
Brettanomyces: derived from the Greek for “British fungus”, it’s an acidogenic spore forming yeast from the family Saccharomycetaceae. In brewers’ vernacular “Brett”, along with the addition of lactic acid producing bacteria during the brewing process, is what makes a sour beer taste, well, sour. Largely regarded as an unwelcome invader …
With an overflowing bouquet of fresh-squeezed flavors of apricots, peaches, and lemons tempered with a pleasantly pucker-inducing sour character, Dry Dock Brewery’s Apricot Sour is edging closer and closer to becoming our go-to summer afternoon American Style Sour Ale. Sours have been a hit in recent years with brew aficionados for a …