Category: Craft Drinks
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Style Profile: Berliner Weisse
Berliner Weisse is a sour wheat beer that’s technically only produced in Berlin. Napoleon once called it “the Champagne of the North”. While there are plenty of breweries throughout the world that make this style, true Berliner Weisse beer is brewed solely by two small Berlin breweries, Berliner Kindl and Schultheiss. Berliner Weisse History Though…
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Beer Style Profile: Gose
Sour beers have recently become popular and breweries are coming out with more sour beer options to keep up with demand. As brewers explore new styles, they have begun to revisit older, traditional styles. Gose (not to be confused with the Belgian lambic style “gueze”), is one kind of traditional sour beer that has recently…
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A Quick History of Craft Beer in the US
American craft beer is relatively new when considering beer’s millenniums-old history, but where did “craft beer” get its start? It’s an industry that’s had its shares of ups and downs, but is currently an industry that rakes in $23.5 billion annually from over 5,000 breweries. So how did craft brewing get so successful so fast? Well,…
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What is Germany’s Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) About?
Beer was once (and may even still be) considered a staple in many German diets. At one point, beer was considered so important that the Reinheitsgebot, or the beer purity law, was issued. This law still dominates beer-making in Germany, in great contrast to the opacity surrounding beer ingredients in the US. What is the…
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How are Hops Grown?
We all know that a primary ingredient in beer, especially craft beers, is hops. But where and how are they grown?Hop plants are actually vines and are fairly widespread and grow in temperate climates throughout the world. The key part of the plant is the flowers. These give beer its trademark bitter notes. The vine-like…