Let’s cut right to the chase. Forget, at least for a moment, how Brother Thelonious pours, the various aromas that rise from the glass, the flavors, the finish. Instead go directly to the pairing: vinyl. Yep, serve this one with vintage jazz LPs (or even 78s).
North Coast Brewing in California wrote the recipe before giving […]

French wine philosopher Pierre Boisset once said:
“Wine is at the same time simpler than people say and more complex than they think.”
Pretty easy to plug in the word beer for wine and make as much sense.
The quote comes from Hugh Johnson’s delightful memoir A Life Uncorked and he bring it up to make a […]

A couple of months back I wrote about how our beer drinking experiences may improve as we develop a better vocabulary to descuss what we are tasting.
A paper delivered by a wine expert last month shows it is never that simple.
Decanter reports:
Clues to understanding why we all perceive wines differently were unveiled by an American […]

In one of its periodic forays into beer, a New York Times (free registration required) tasting panel tackled American-brewed wheat beers, looking primarily for the best “American versions of Bavarian-style brews.”
This can be a bit confusing.
As we expected, the American wheat beers were all over the map, with brewers taking great liberties with the style. […]

Scene at a brewpub: A group of friends gather on a Friday afternoon after work. Many are wearing beer-related T-shirts and most seem to know the beer lineup well. They tend to order the darkest and hoppiest beers on the menu. One member of the group has a Bud Light in his hand.
A few minutes […]

Will the project Firestone Walker Brewing has going now earn the Paso Robles, Calif., brewery more respect at the beer ratings sites?
The brewery won Champion Mid-Size Brewing Company (encompassing all breweries producing between 15,000 and 2 million barrels) in both the 2004 and 2006 World Beer Cup - but few of its beers reach the […]

Why should you care about a list from Pete Brown headlined The Ten Best World beers? (Since you might be asking yourself, who is Pete Brown?)
Maybe because he’s written two beer related books - Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer and Three Sheets to the Wind: One Man’s Quest for the […]