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1: Beer - Yeast

Yeasts are living organisms, a uni-cellular fungus, and have a rare ability: to live with or without oxygen. In the presence of air, they multiply. In the absence of oxygen, they ferment sugars int...

By: J.Morgan

2: Beer - Weizenbier (Wheat Beer)

Wheat beer recipes are as old as Babylon, where wheat grain was often used to make a heady brew. The Middle Ages saw many new forms arise, where it was considered the brew of the nobility. Most bee...

By: J.Morgan

3: Beer - Measuring Beer - A Lesson In Hops and Color

Hops Who would have thought that something as subjective as 'bitterness' could be measured and quantified? But thanks to the ingenuity of brew chemists, that's just what has been done. 'Bre...

By: J.Morgan

4: Beer - Hops, Clever Use For a Useless Plant

Beer is essentially four basic ingredients: water, malt, yeast and hops that are boiled, cooled and stored to ferment. The last, hops, are the flowering cone of a viney plant related to can...

By: J.Morgan

5: Beer - Beer Buying Guide - Brews Around The World

So much beer, so little time. The phrase is a common complaint among beer aficionados, and for good reason. Today the variety available at restaurants, pubs, specialty stores and online is ...

By: J.Morgan

6: Beer - Breweriana

Found a 50-year old Budweiser can in your grandfather's garage? Don't throw it out - it might be worth $300 or more on eBay. Got a 1943 Schlitz bottle, with the label intact? If it has a 'Buy War B...

By: J.Morgan

7: Beer - Beer, Why Water Matters

Water might be the most varied chemical compound on the planet. Plain old H2O is the same anywhere, of course. But brewing with pure water is not only expensive, but leads to poor beer - flat, stal...

By: J.Morgan

Beer - Barley Malt, Beer's Basic Ingredient

Sometimes a problem is cleverly turned into an advantage. The world is indeed fortunate that barley is good for little more than making beer. But for that, it is excellently suited. Barley is a cereal grain, simila...

By: J.Morgan

Beer - Measuring Beer - A Lesson In Hops and Color

Hops Who would have thought that something as subjective as 'bitterness' could be measured and quantified? But thanks to the ingenuity of brew chemists, that's just what has been done. 'Brew chemist'. How's that fo...

By: J.Morgan

Beer - Glassware, Not Just For Looks

Which glass looks best for beer presentation is largely a subjective issue. Belgian brewers, for example, are known to take the issue to a delightful extreme, some going so far as to design the brew around the serving vess...

By: J.Morgan

CHICAGO, IL-- - Tenth and Blake Beer Company, MillerCoors craft-and-import division, has acquired Crispin Cider Company, giving it a significant presence in the beer industry's fastest-growing...

INDIANAPOLIS (MainStreet) -- Craft beer lovers love to boast about how their beer is booming while "yellow beer" fizzles, but on Super Bowl Sunday they're drowned out by Clydesdale hoofb...

WHITEFISH, MT-- - The second annual Black Star Beer Barter held outside the Great Northern Brewery was an event that the town of Whitefish , Montana may never forget. Contestants traveled in from as f...

Beer sales have been hurt by changing tastes and the growing appeal of wine and liquor in recent years, with U.S. shipments down 1.4% last year. Super Bowl Sunday promises to be another epic day in th...