Beer Tasting and Drinking

Beer brand loyalty is one of those things that I completely get but also completely baffles me.

There are a variety of beer ads and commercials out there. Some help beer's reputation and some hurt it but, they are all interesting in their way.

Beer seems to suffer from something of an inferiority complex. Is it deserved or is it just the public perception? Why does beer seem somehow less worthy than wine or a good cocktail?

What's a beer lover to do when it's cold outside? Drink a beer, I say!

Does free beer actually exist? Well, yes and no...

So, your buddy tried a particular beer and loved it so much that he has convinced you that you must try it. Or, you heard about a new rare beer on BeerAdvocate.com and decided that if you can’t find a bottle of it for yourself, life simply would not be worth living. How can you find that rare beer?

A collection of the sometimes strange, sometimes useful, always interesting menagerie of beer products out there.

Are you a hop-head? Do your knees go a little weak at the aroma of bright, lovely hops in a beer? Here is some hops history, information about growing hop vines and harvesting hop cones, and our favorite hoppy beer styles.

Beer budget a little thin these days? Here are some tips buying good beer without breaking your budget.

Book review of The Beer Journal.

Want to share your opinions about beer? Join the About Beer tasters panel.

Tasting Notes and Review of Twang Beer Salt

Struggling to figure out which wine goes with your holiday dinner? Dump the wine and try beer this year!

For my ten beers for the fall season, I gathered a panel of 10 to taste my choices.

Here's your place to sound off about beer, beer drinking, and homebrewing beer. Check out all of the current polls from About Beer - remember vote early and vote often!

Imagine it is your job to travel all over the world drinking beer and hanging out in pubs. This is exactly the job the Pete Brown assigned to himself. Ostensibly it was research for his book - [em]Three Sheets to the Wind[/em] - in which he chronicles the journey and shares his findings. Check out the full my review here.

Beer tasting can be an interesting and rewarding way to discover new beers. Here's how.

Hosting a tasting provides both an opportunity to learn more about beer and a chance to try a wide range of beers you might not otherwise. Here are 10 tips to get you started.

Here are detailed instructions on tasting a new beer.

Here's a great list of hundreds of ways that people have described inebriation.

What exactly is craft beer? Is this really the best term for describing the kind of beer we like to drink?