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Beer: Most Popular ArticlesThese articles are the most popular over the last month. Beer Festivals Listing of upcoming beer festivals for the next two months. Beer Can Chicken - Beer Styles What's the right choice for beer can chicken? Let your imagination go! Top Ten German Beers Quick, name five different kinds of German beer! Not brands but styles. If you had to think on that one you should check out this list of top ten beers and beer styles from Germany. Beer Nutrition What's in your beer? Have you ever wondered what you beer might be doing to your body? Here's a break down of what's in your pint, how much of it's in there and what it can do to (or for) you. St. Louis Heritage Festival Notes and Review of the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival Top 10 Beers From the About.com guide for beer, here are the top ten beer with which every beer lover should be familiar. Beer novices, here's a good list to use to start exploring different types of beers. Beer snobs, check out this collection then share your own top ten. Beer Styles 101 All beer is either ale or lager. Find out about this basic distinction here and learn how the other beer styles fit. Top Ten Summer Brews Summertime is no time for the dark, chewy beers that many beer lovers prize. Here are some light, refreshing beers that still have enough flavor to keep the most discerning of beer snobs interested. Beer Lovers Gift List Stumped for a gift for the beer lover on your list? Here are ten suggestions every beer lover would be delighted to receive. Beer Tasting Beer tasting can be an interesting and rewarding way to discover new beers. Here's how. Beer Crust Pizza Dough There's nothing better than pizza and beer, right? Try beer in your pizza crust. Here's the recipe for a bread machine. Frankenmuth Beer Festival Beer Festival review from the Frankenmuth World Expo of Beer. Make a Yeast Starter Homebrew Beer Resources - Improve your chances of a healthy fermentation with a big yeast starter. Find pictorial instructions for making a yeast starter here. Make your own beer more successfully and with less chance of infection. Hoegaarden White Tasting notes and review of Hoegaarden's White Beer. Cooking with Beer Thinking of trying some beer in your favorite recipe? Here are a few pointers. Brewing Beer This is an overview of the process of brewing beer. Pale Ale Pale ale is one of the most popular ale styles. But there are about as many different interpretations of this styles as there are breweries. Find out what makes an ale a pale ale as well as the history and brewer stats for this beer. Krausen Krausen Defined Beer Polls Here's your place to sound off about beer, beer drinking, and homebrewing beer. Check out all of the current beer polls from About Beer - remember vote early and vote often! Wheat Beer Styles Introduction to Wheat Beer, Hefeweizen, Berliner Weiss, Dunkelweizen, Weizenbock, Krystal, Belgian wit, and American Wheat. Longshot Homebrew Competition Think your homebrew deserves to be sold commercially? Sam Adams and Boston Beer Company is willing to give you a chance with their Longshot homebrew competition. Wheat Beer Profile Once brewed primarily for royal Bavarian quaffing, wheat beers are now widely interpretted by breweries and even more widely enjoyed by beer drinkers all over the world. Get the highlights of this style in my profile of wheat beer. Pilsner Profile Pilsner beer profiled here Negra Modelo Tasting Notes and Review of Negra Modelo The Boil There is more to boiling wort than turning up the heat and throwing in a few hops. Learn about the boil and how to manage it for greater control. International Bittering Units IBU Defined Sauerkraut and Brats with Beer Recipe for Sauerkraut and Brats with Beer Know Your Lager Styles! Know your lagers! Profiles of popular lager styles. Leinie Shandy Tasting Notes and Review of Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy Stuck Mash Worried about a stuck mash or trying to solve one? Here are a few pointers for preventing or fixing a stuck mash. Pizza Toppings The ultimate pizza toppings for the beer crust pizza. Great pizza toppings if you grow your own basil. Dry Hop Dry Hop Defined Bock Profile Beer Style Profile - Bock, Dunkles Bock, DoppelBock, Double Bock, Helles Bock, MaiBock Beer and Ice Cream Combine Framboise lambic with this homemade Mascarpone Ice Cream for a truly wonderful dessert. Shiner Bock Tasting Notes and Review of Shiner Bock Sam Adams Boston Lager Tasting Notes and Review for Samuel Adams Boston Lager Know Your Ales Styles! Know your ales! Here is a quick run down of popular ale styles from Hefe-Weizen to Barleywine. India Pale Ale Profile The history of this popular ale is as interesting as the hoppy brew itself. Find out why the beer was originally created. Miller Chill Review About Beer's Panel Review and Tasting Notes for Miller Chill Paulaner Salvator Double Bock Tasting Notes and Review of Paulaner Salvator Double Bock Newcastle and Cheddar Soup Beer and cheese soup, the ultimate comfort food! Here's a recipe that combines Newcastle Brown Ale and cheddar. Selling German Beer in America A look at German beer and how to sell it in the American beer market Four for Five Mexican beer and Cinco de Mayo Messiah Bold Review Tasting Notes and Review of He'Brew Beer's Messiah Bold Growler Growler Defined Bud Light Review Bud Light Review - see my tasting notes and review of Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light here. Corona Extra Tasting Notes and Review of Corona Barley Wine Profile Barley wine is big in every way. It has the highest alcohol content, the most amount of malt, and the biggest serving of hops of any beer style out there. Get a profile of this big beer here. Rolling Rock Tasting Notes for Rolling Rock Lager brewed at Latrobe, PA brewery Twang Beer Salt Tasting Notes and Review of Twang Beer Salt Stout Profile Stout profiled here. Sparger Sparger defined Flemish Beef and Beer Stew Beer and beef come together for this rich and filling peasant stew. Texas Beef Chili Chili is the perfect food for a picnic, heat it up at home and put in an insulated container to keep warm and it goes great with beer. Redhook Brewery Tour Photo Gallery from the Brewery Tour of Redhook's Woodinville Facility. The Beer Drinkers "Diet" When I first heard of The Beer Drinker’s “Diet” a few months ago I assumed that the title was likely a marketing hook. Nevertheless, I was intrigued. I told myself that perhaps here was a plan that I could work with. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Anheuser-Bush Winter Warmer Review and Tasting Notes of Anheuser Busch's Winter Seasonal Winter's Bourbon Cask Ale A Layman's Guide to Stout For many people the first thing that comes to mind when they hear the word stout is a black pint of Guinness. But the world of stout is much wider than that. There are many different styles of stout and the variety can be somewhat daunting. Here's an introduction to the different styles of stout. Oktoberfest / Maerzen Profile When a beer style is named for a festival, you know that it's got to be good! Find out about Oktoberfest beer here. Hybrid Beer Styles Neither lagers nor ales, these unusual beers share characteristics of both. Get to know hybrid beers here. Hefeweizen Defined hefeweizen defined Anchor Porter Beer Panel Tasting Notes and Review of Anchor Porter Grimbergen Double Ale Tastin Notes and Review of Grimbergen Double Ale Super Bowl and Beer Picks and Recommendations for Beer and Your Super Bowl Party Redhook Blonde Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Redhook Blonde Ale Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale Sierra Nevada Summerfest Tasting Notes and Review of Sierra Nevada Summerfest The History of Bock The History of Bock, Doppelbock, Hellesbock and Maibock St. Patrick's Day Are you ready for the big day? St. Paddy's can sneak up on you. Here's what you need to know to be ready for the best day in a beer lover's year. Autumn '06 Beer Recommendation Beer guide recommendations for autumn tippling. Budweiser Review Bud Review - see my tasting notes and review of Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser here. Pale Ale Defined Pale Ale Defined Original Gravity, OG Original Gravity Defined Porter Get a profile of Porter here. Ambitious Brew About Beer Book Review of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle Barrel Barrel defined Samuel Adams Octoberfest About Beer's Panel Review and Tasting Notes for Samuel Adams Octoberfest Franziskaner Dark Wheat Tasting Notes and Review of Franziskaner Dunkel Hefe-Weisse Paulaner Oktoberfest Review Beer Panel Tasting Notes and Review of Paulaner Oktoberfest Redhook ESB Review Tasting Notes and Review of Redhook ESB Sleeman Porter 68 Tasting Notes and Review of Sleeman Porter 68 Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic Samuel Adams Winter Lager Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Winter Seasonal Winter Lager Samuel Adams Black Lager Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Black Lager Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale Redhook Blackhook Porter Tasting Notes and Review of Redhook Blackhook Porter Spaten Oktoberfest Tasting Notes and Review of Spaten Oktoberfest Stone Mill Pale Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Anheuser Busch's Stone Mill Pale Ale Murphy's Irish Red Tasting Notes and Review of Murphy's Red Beer India Pale Ale, IPA India Pale Ale Defined Lauter Tun Lauter Tun Defined Stout Stout defined here Mash Mash Defined Mash Tun Mash Tun defined New Belgium Blue Paddle Review Tasting Notes and Review of New Belgium Brewing Company's Blue Paddle Pilsner Extreme Beer Extreme Beer: An Enthusiasts Guide to Brewing Craft Beer at Home by Sam Calagione History of Pilsner Learn about the history of Pilsner, the most popular beer style in the world. Adjunct Adjunct Defined SRM - Standard Research Method SRM - Standard Research Method Defined Parti-Gyle Parti-Gyle Defined Reinheitsgebot Reinheitsgebot Defined Harmon Point Defiance IPA Tasting Notes and Review of Harmon Brewing Point Defiance IPA Harmon Brewery & Restaurant Beer and Brewpub Review for Harmon Brewery & Restaurant Sleeman Cream Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Sleeman Cream Ale 64 Oktoberfest Beer Tasting For my ten beers for the fall season, I gathered a panel of 10 to taste my choices. Top Ten Beers - Winter Ten beer recommendations for your wintertime and holiday celebrations. Three Sheets Review 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. Boysenberry Wheat Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Longshot Boysenberry Wheat Redhook India Pale Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Redhook India Pale Ale Scotland's Terror Tasting Notes and Review of Scotland's Terror from Swashbuckler Brewing Company Alandale Brewing Company Beer Tasting Notes and Brewpub Review of Alandale Brewing Company Saison Profile Saison ale profiled here. Jurassic Dark Review Tasting notes and review of Lemp Brewery's Jurassic Dark. Lager Review Tasting notes and review of Lemp Brewery's Standard Lager. Einbecker Ur-Bock Tasting Notes and Review of Einbecker Ur-Bock New Belgium Saison Harvest Ale Beer Panel Review of New Belgium Saison Harvest Ale Flocculate Flocculate Defined Pilsner Pilsner Defined Samuel Smith's Lager Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Smith's Pure Brewed Lager Beer Beer and Dessert Beer and dessert - its no longer just a stout float! Interview with Maureen Ogle Interview with Maureen Ogle, Author of Ambitious Brew The Story of American Beer Beer Can History Overview of the history of the beer can. Longshot Winner In February 2007 Boston Beer Company will release a mix-6 pack of three beers from the Samuel Adams Longshot American Homebrew Competition. The recipes for these beer were created by homebrewers that won that competition. I interviewed Don Oliver, one of the winners. Goose Island IPA Review Tasting Notes and Review of Goose Island's India Pale Ale Redhook Sunrye Summer Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Redhook Sunrye Summer Ale Beer & Food Book Review of Beer & Food: An American History All Grain Homebrewing All Grain Homebrewing defined BarleyWine Barleywine defined here Green Beer Searching for a green beer recipe? Here it is! Beer Gas Beer Gas defined Carboy Carboy defined Decoction Decoction Defined Session Beer Session Beer defined Sparge Sparge Defined Orlio Organic Common Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Orlio Organic Common Ale Harmon Brewing Vanilla Porter Tasting Notes and Review of Harmon Brewing Vanilla Porter Butte Creek India Pale Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Butte Creek IPA Michelob Bavarian Style Wheat Tasting Notes and Review of Michelob Bavarian Style Wheat Harmon Pinnacle Peak Pale Ale Tasting Notes and Review of Harmon Pinnacle Peak Pale Ale Sierra Nevada's Anniversary Al About Beer's Panel Review and Tasting Notes for Sierra Nevada's Anniversary Ale Redhook Brewery Woodinville WA Information and Review of the Redhook Beers and Brewery in Woodinville, Washington. Bell's Kalamazoo Stout Beer Panel Tasting Notes for Bell's Kalamazoo Stout Boulevard Bully! Porter Beer Panel Review of Boulevard Bully! Porter Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen About Beer's Panel Review and Tasting Notes for Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen Wetlands Wit from Swashbuckler Tasting Notes and Review of Wetlands Wit from Swashbuckler Brewing Company Tsingtao Pure Draft Beer Tasting Notes and Review of Tsingtao Pure Draft Beer Schlafly Saison Ale Beer Panel Tasting Notes and Review of Schlafly Saison Ale Sam Adams Holiday Porter Tasting Notes and Review for Samuel Adams Holiday Porter Dortmunder Export Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Longshot Dortmunder Export Fat Altbier from Swashbuckler Tasting Notes and Review of Fat Altbier from Swashbuckler Brewing Company |
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