Book Review: On Extreme Beers
The very first thing I would like to mention about Adem Tepedelen’s The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers is how much my pocket book and liver suffered from researching…
Session Beers and India Session Ales
According to that font of all knowledge, Wikipedia, a definition of 4.5% ABV or less has been proposed by beer writer Lew Bryson. I would heartily support that notion. In contrast, the Brewers Association has adopted a new session beer category within their Great American Beer Fest competition, with an alcohol content not to exceed 4.1% ABW (5.1% ABV).
Issue: Fall 2015
What the Heck is “Mild”?
Growing up in the north of England there was a beer in almost every pub called “mild” - sometimes it was called “dark” but it was all basically the same:…
The Evolution of BC’s West Coast IPA
When the contemporary craft beer revolution began back in the early 1980s, it was led by styles that hailed from the British brewing tradition: pale ales, stouts and bitters. This…