Articles about craft beer
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Is bread yeast the same as beer yeast?
Common baker's yeast and many of the yeasts used to brew beer belong to the same species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, they are usually different strains, selected for different characteristics. Sharing...
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Why does beer foam, and why does it sometimes disappear quickly?
Beer foam forms when dissolved gas leaves the liquid and becomes trapped in small bubbles. For those bubbles to stay together, carbonation is not enough: substances capable of stabilising their...
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Are hops and cannabis in the same family?
Yes. Hops and cannabis belong to the botanical family Cannabaceae, although they are different plants and belong to different genera: Humulus and Cannabis. Brewing hops are known as Humulus lupulus;...
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What is malt and how is it different from barley?
Malt is a cereal that has gone through controlled germination and drying. It is obtained mainly from barley, although other grains can also be malted. The difference is simple: barley...
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The Brewery That Became a Penicillin Factory
In the Inn River valley, surrounded by the mountains of the Austrian Tyrol, there is a factory capable of producing an antibiotic from the initial cultivation of the fungus all...
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What DDH Means in Beer and Why It Appears So Often on IPAs
DDH means Double Dry Hopped, in other words, a beer with double dry hopping or double cold hopping. In practice, the term is used mainly in modern IPAs, NEIPAs, Hazy...
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Beer Geeks: craft as cult
For decades, beer was a routine mass-consumption product. It was drunk, consumed. However, at the beginning of the 21st century a new kind of beer drinker emerged and transformed that...
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How craft beer is made
How craft beer is made (and why tasting is part of the process) Making craft beer means bringing science and sensitivity together. There are no automatic shortcuts or closed...
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Cellar beers
Cellar beers: the art of time in beer In beer culture, time does not simply pass: it acts. Some beers evolve, change and gain nuance over months or years. These...
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Buying guide: how to choose the best Stout for your taste
Stouts are one of the deepest and most complex expressions in the world of beer. Born in England and evolved around the world, they combine notes of coffee, cocoa, oats...
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What is beer?
Beer is a fermented drink made mainly from water, malt, hops and yeast. Its history goes back more than 6,000 years, and today it is one of the most consumed...
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The ultimate guide to craft beer styles
Blonde or dark? IPA or Lager? The ultimate guide to craft beer styles The variety of craft beers today is a whole universe to explore. Knowing the main styles helps...
