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For anyone with experience using Brewer's Crystals, I am curious as to the usage rates. Looking at the product spec sheet from BSG, they appear to be fairly similar to DME in terms of sugar composition: 8% glucose, 55% maltose, 17% maltotriose, and 20% higher saccharides (which I assume are the...

F*ck Around and Find Stout (Did anyone say this already? Haha)

I think Italian Pilsner is a great example of how I’d like to see most of the modern “pale ales” classified. A separate category for examples where the hops are the star. German Pilsner has its own space, and then there’s a different category for the dry hopped ones using newer hop varietals...

MadeWest is a great example (and a great beer) and you’re right, it’s basically what used to be called Session IPA. Which was great, because that’s essentially what is it. Biscuity malt character, medium-full body, 5-ish% ABV, medium bitterness, little to no dry hop character: Pale Ale Light...

I get the sense the word beer cup is about as “worldly” as the World Series.

Even though it’s gotten better I think I still have some pent up frustrations from some of the more ridiculous stuff that breweries were pushing, seemingly successfully, to a crowd that clearly wanted beer that tasted like anything but beer. Seeing posts from some local shops that used to be...

Now imagine if every new Doppelbock being brewed was blonde, and classic beers like Celebrator had to be entered as a Belgian Dubbel to compete. It’s like the classic line from Office Space: “Why don’t you just go by Mike instead of Michael?” “Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks!”

It was one of those situations where the server had a tray of drinks going to multiple tables. I’m sure somebody else got my Kolsch and I got their pale ale. Not that I mind, totally honest mistake. But I just used it to point out that I believe Kolsch and American pale ale should be visually...

I was being a bit facetious on purpose of course. I’m all for new and creative things. It’s one of the things that got me into craft beer. The variety. But semantics matter. We see it with IPA now. You can’t (or at least shouldn’t) just put “IPA” on a menu anymore. You have to specify at least...

Curious if anyone else noticed this. Firestone Union Jack and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale both took gold medals in the latest World Beer Cup… in English ale categories. Union Jack by name alone sort of makes sense, but it’s crazy that the other beer, that essentially defined the American Pale Ale...

At least its winning awards!

How do they know it’s not all those lagers you’ve got fermenting? 🥚🍺🙃

When I’m bored I like to play around on ChatGPT and create beer themed images for all the dumb stuff I think of.

I've bounced back and forth between "Whale Tail Pale Ale" and "Snail Trail Pale Ale", but I've never been able to choose which one I like better.

My buddy and I brew an imperial stout together every year that we call "Once You Go Black".

I’m not as think as you drunk I am.

I should have done this one first.

No disrespect to Russian River, one of my absolute favorites hands down, but it’s hard to think people wait hours in line for PTY and this gem will likely just sit collecting dust on a Total Wine end cap.

Goodnight.