Beer
First brewed at least 5,000 years ago, beer is one of the oldest and most universally consumed alcoholic drinks. It is usually made from cereals, most frequently malted barley, but other ingredients can be used, such as wheat, corn, or rice. In the majority of cases, hops are added to the process (originally as a preservative), although in centuries past other flavorings were used. Today, a whole host of flavored beers exist, ranging from conventional ingredients such as fruit to crazier additions including bacon, donuts, and rocky mountain oysters (aka bull testicles). The most popular beer style, however, is the easy-drinking pale lager style. It used to be thought that beer in cans was inferior quality to beer in bottles, and that there was a safety worry over the use of aluminum, but that is no longer the case. Cans are perfectly safe and sales of canned beers are growing while bottles are on the decline.
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We’re consolidating all of our Oskar Blues Brewery discussion into one post, so you can get all our reviews of this Colorado-based producer in one place. Oskar Blues G’Knight Imperial Red IPA – This beer was brewed in tribute to another Colorado craft beer pioneer and Vietnam vet who died fighting a 2002 wild fire.…
The latest brew in Houston-based Karbach‘s Hopadillo is a bruiser: Hopadillo Imperial IPA, which not only tips the scales at 9.9% abv, it does so in a huge 19.2 oz can. Made with Chinook, Centennial, Comet, and Citra hops, it’s the “experimental hop oils” in the mix that make this especially unique. Let’s give…
“Born in London, crafted in America, and enjoyed worldwide,” Bero hit the scene last year as a collaboration between longtime brewer John Herman and Spider-Man actor Tom Holland. The non-alcoholic beer operation launched with three expressions and quickly followed up by a fourth (more are on the way), all of which we review below. Bero Noon Wheat…
UK-based Mash Gang got started during Covid and has expanded rapidly, now producing products in the U.S. Their offerings span a ton of standard beer styles (over 200 have been produced), and lately the operation has delved into non-alcoholic offerings, of which four are now available. We tasted the full set — from 16 oz…
Who doesn’t love a cold glass of Sapporo or Kirin alongside a nice plate of sushi? Not 10 Barrel, that’s who. 10 Barrel’s Money Cat is a Japanese-style lager brewed with rice, now available in cans for the first time (in addition to kegs). There’s an unmistakable rice-ness to this beer, with a flavor that…
Wisconsin’s Untitled Art produces a dazzling array of non-alcoholic beers — more than 25 by my last count — and probably more every day. The samples we received — 8 in total – bore the N0N Alcoholic label, but that appears to have recently been switched to a new brand called FLVR!, presumably to distinguish…
Prost may sound German — and the can even looks German — but it’s actually made in Colorado, focusing on Teutonic style brews. Here’s a quick look at a pair of brews from the operation. Prost Pilsner – A clean and innocuous pilsner, just as it should be: Pale in color, lightly lemony on the…
And we’re back with another trio of big, boozy beers from Firestone Walker’s 2024 Brewmaster’s Collective. How many of these brews are there? According to the website, a whopping twenty each year. Members get five barrel-aged beers every quarter along with lots of other perks like discounts, member-only events, and first dibs at other Vintage…
I don’t think they take a day off at Firestone, where the brews arrive on a breakneck pace, running the gamut from barrel-aged monstrosities to ultra-hoppy IPAs to, for the first time ever, a non-alcoholic beer. Today we’re looking at that N/A offering plus a couple of those middle options along with a trio of…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Ready for something a little off the beaten path? Rather than trying to Split the G with your traditional Guinness Stout, check out this special edition, a collaboration with Brooklyn Brewery that is made with the inclusion of fonio, a West African grain similar to quinoa. (This was technically a late…