Beer Education

  • Patrick Dawson Vintage Beer Connoisseur Magazine

    Build Your Own Beer Cellar With Expert Advice From Patrick Dawson

    If, like mine, your basement is filled with bombers of specialty beer that you’re saving to drink, then I have…

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  • Beer Glasses

    Beer 101: Temperature, Pour, and Glassware

    When it comes to beer’s temperature, the common belief is “the colder the better.” This is not always sound advice.…

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  • Jim Koch Hops Boston Beer Connoisseur Sam Adams

    Hallertau: Hop Nobility and its Bostonian Knight

    If you’ve seen the Sam Adams commercial with founder Jim Koch plunging facefirst into a handful of hops, it’s probably Hallertau…

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  • Barrel Aging Beer Storage

    Beer 101: Storage

    When you resist the urge to crack open a beer instantaneously, magic can happen. Storing or cellaring beer allows a…

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  • Rare old beer cans.

    Style Studies: Light Lager

    More than a few hardcore beer geeks would argue, in fact, that these wildly popular and notoriously insipid lager beers…

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  • St. Feuillien Saison

    Style Studies: Saison

    Having grown up in an agriculturally-rich part of the country, I am not unfamiliar with the sights, sounds and smells…

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  • The Complete Truth About the Origins of India Pale Ale (IPA)

    The Complete Truth About the Origin of India Pale Ale (IPA)

    Because of its popularity, most craft drinkers know – or think they know – how India Pale Ale began. Trouble…

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  • Two glasses of dark beer side by side illustrating the difference between porter and stout.

    The Difference Between Porter and Stout

    Historically a stout was simply a strong version of porter. Today the difference is whatever you want it to be.

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  • Schneider Aventinus Weizen Eisbock

    Style Studies: German Eisbock, Foreign Stout

    The marketing angle for these beers centers on a process by which the beer is cooled to sub-freezing temperatures after…

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  • Kriek Lambic

    Style Studies: Kölsch and Lambic

    A Complete Guide on Beer Styles – Kölsch and Lambic

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