Beer bottles vs. the sun

When light strikes beer, the beer can become skunked.  This flavor and aroma is described as tasting like onion and smelling like the nasty stuff that shoots out of a pissed-off striped mammal.  The skunky flavor comes from the compound 3-methylbut-2-ene-1-thiol, or...
The Grand Days of Prohibition

The Grand Days of Prohibition

When you hear about prohibition (in the USA during 1920-1933 alcohol was illegal) , people tend to glamorize how the sneaky partiers were always one step ahead of Johnny Law.  You hear about the glamorous secret parties, the underground tunnels between establishments,...

Zythophile’s response

Here’s Zythophile’s response to my Is the IPA myth a myth? article.  It was in the original comment system, and I didn’t want to lose it. Response An excellent attack on my theory, which probes a number of weaknesses, for which I thank you. However,...

A very cool hop chart!

I posted this earlier on twitter and it was very popular. This is a very impressive hop chart. It looks like it was done by a designer named Zeke Shore. You can see more about him on his web page, after you’re done drooling over the pretty hop chart. Enjoy!...

Thanksgiving Day dinner alcohol ideas

Really, pretty much everyone needs or wants a drink at Thanksgiving. It’s the unfortunate truth that a little tipple helps you tolerate old Uncle Bob who will insist on regaling the table with his crazy conspiracy theories for hours on end. Thanksgiving is a holiday...