A traditional English-style brown ale, but with more body. Its deep brown color comes from a combination...

Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen Beer-a-Day #139 My second wheat beer in as many days. Orangish and cloudy. Not as aromatic as...

Charles Bamforth, the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California - Davis has written a book with the idea of illustrating that beer is just as sophisticated, complex, and valuable as wine.

I think archaelogy is cool. Not cool enough for me to kneel in the dirt and hot sun searching for artifacts with just a toothbrush, but I'm definitely fascinated by "lost" bits of civilization.

Meanwhile, the fate of thousands of employees–who, in their own way, are beer lovers–hangs in the balance.

©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #328  Designed as our session beer, Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale is bronze in color with a velvety smooth taste and subtle chocolate note. Rugged Trail’s...

©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #327 Ten years ago we brewed our first batch of Shoals Pale Ale, our American interpretation of the traditional British ESB (Extra Special Bitter) style....

©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited “The Zythophile” has a fascinating history of the use of hops in beer. As you might expect, we have a certain fondness for those little flower cones. A short history...

©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #326 Medium amber with a little chill haze. Big hop aroma, with grapefruit and toast. Big hop flavor and delicious. They should just call this “hop...

©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #325 In the 14th Century, Sailors would rely on sheer skill to get from a starting point to a final destination.  They called this Dead Reckoning.  We...