As we move into another holiday weekend, I was trying to think of something light and fun to talk about. And then it hit me. I did some checking on Youtube (you can find almost anything there). Of course I found some of my favorite beer commercials of all time. Hamm’s Beer was started back…
Although bock beers are a malt forward beer, they still use hops as do most beers. The type of hops have been held in a category that some call “Noble Hops”. These are low alpha acid hops that carry a distinctive flavor profile. Also the majority of these hops are German in origin. An interesting…
Have you ever had a time when you don’t want dinner food for dinner? Sometimes it can be breakfast night. Tonight we went with app night. Sliders and pizza sticks are a great way to have a lighter dinner while still having some fun (or at least feeling like you are having some real food).…
This is a great brewing video. Charlie Bamforth walks us through the brewing process.
We are still living within bock month. Our look at this great beer now takes us to another great source for not only great beer design but also beer history. I am talking about the book Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels. We will only be digging into the portion of the book dealing with…
Over the past few days there have been a couple items in the news of good tidings in the beer world. Though on the surface they are separate events, in the long run they will be tied together. The first announcement came on Monday when the Brewer’s Association announced the numbers for craft beer growth for…
I learned something new today. Originally I had thought that Cioppino was entirely Italian. But it seems that when looking up the origins for my daughter (she was looking for a recipe that might have been eaten during the Victorian era), I found that it actually came from Northern California. It does fit the time…
