The last beer on Earth

The last beer on Earth

Given all the beer styles available, if you could only choose one, which beer would you choose?  Which beer style is more important to you above all other beers? What criteria would you use to choose your beer?  You might choose the beer that has the most flavor.  If...
Review: Piraat Ale

Review: Piraat Ale

Piraat Ale Piraat Ale is made by the Van Steenberge brewery.  This brewery has been around since the 1784 under various owners.  The brewery has been run by the Van Steenberge since World War I.  The brewery had a short stint making lagers in what is normally...
How to be a social beer aficionado

How to be a social beer aficionado

Groups inside Facebook, MySpace, or other online societies cater to almost every group.  I’ve even found a group in Facebook that was for Colorado Beer Pong players.  The problem was that the group was dead.  No one had been to the group for months.  This problem is...
All-grain brewing: How to batch sparge

All-grain brewing: How to batch sparge

Sparging is sprinkling water over mash to rinse the fermentable sugars from the grain.  The rinsing helps to extract about 70-80% of the fermentable sugars from the grain.  These sugars eventually become your alcohol and beer.  There are two common methods to sparge...
Drunk Driver Delivery

Drunk Driver Delivery

A 28-year-old man in Wetaskiwin, Alberta (Canada eh?) was driving while drunk.  He did have enough sense about him to pull off the road, and turn off his car.  He then stumbled into a building displaying obvious signs of intoxication to the people inside. ...