Pumpkin Ales are increasingly popular year after year (ever since buffalo bill…), and today I am tasting the dogfish head punkin ale. Typically these beers might have a small percentage of pumpk… more →
The Cause Of and The Solution Toisragirl wrote 7 months ago: The Ramon Inn, located on the cliff edge of Ramon crater in the Negev desert, will host, this month, … more →
topochico wrote 1 year ago: Pumpkin Ales are increasingly popular year after year (ever since buffalo bill…), and today I … more →
topochico wrote 1 year ago: Belgian Tripels are the celebratory beer from the trappist monastic tradition. Unibroue makes a vari … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: The California Common Beer is the style name for what we tend to tthink of as the steam beer. It is … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: Porter’s are a classic style of beer known for it’s use of black patent malt which resul … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: Spices were most likely added to even the earliest beers to help even out the over-weaning sweetness … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: Often times a portion of the malted barley is replaced with another grain during the brewing proces … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: Water is the largest single component in beer and has a huge effect on the finished product, both a … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: This tasting is to help calibrate the flavor of yeast. I have chosen Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse becau … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: This tasting is to help calibrate the flavor of hops. I have chosen Anchor Liberty Because it rocks … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: OK, so the first 5 or 6 posts will be devoted to the components: I-1. Malt I-2. Hops I-3. Yeast I-4. … more →
topochico wrote 2 years ago: This tasting is to help calibrate the flavor of malt. I have chosen Paulaner Salvator as it has a l … more →