How to make a Stella Artois homebrew clone

How to make a Stella Artois homebrew clone

A friend of mine was planning a big celebration for her daughter’s one year birthday and she wanted me to make the beer for the party. If you’ve been to a birthday party for a one year old, you’ll understand why you need the beer. Of course I said yes because I like...
Photos from 2010 Great American Beer Festival

Photos from 2010 Great American Beer Festival

This year at the Great American Beer Festival, there seemed to be many more oak infused, oak aged, and oak fermented beers. Most of the beers were very strong and aged in whiskey barrels. I think this might be why the night seemed to go like this: sober buzzed buzzed...
Review: Newcastle Summer Ale

Review: Newcastle Summer Ale

I got an email a few weeks ago from Newcastle asking if I’d like to try their new beer. Of course I said yes, never turning down a free beer, and they shipped one out to me right away. The beer has the familiar Newcastle logo, but brighter summer colors. So...
Liquor Love

Liquor Love

Humans are the only species on Earth known to voluntarily consume ethanol. The vast majority of other species have evolved an avoidance for what is essentially a biological poison. Drunk animals are more likely to die and therefore less likely to reproduce, so a trend...