You & Me & Beer Makes Three
I know we teased you about a new series on beer and food pairing, and it’s coming. However, you can’t fully appreciate a great pairing unless you understand a few beer tasting principles. In our last post we discussed how a beer’s color and flavors are related. There’s a lot you can tell about a … Read more
You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can often guess how a beer will taste just by looking at it. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but you can perceive a lot about a beer by its appearance. Almost all beers gets their colors from grain, although some fruit beers … Read more
Many people still think of beer as something you drink at the beach and football games, but not at a nice meal. Wine has traditionally been the beverage of choice at dinner, but with the growth of craft beer, thankfully, that is changing. People have been drinking beer with food for centuries, it’s a modern … Read more
Infected beer is bad. Very bad. Drain pour beers are the worst. It’s not just money down the drain, but it’s a big let down with a beer you’ve been looking forward to drinking. You may be able to finish a beer with some off flavors, like a slight diacetyl or skunky flavor, but not an … Read more
While not as common as skunky beer or diacetyl off-flavors, dimethyl sulfide is another beer off flavor you’ll likely experience. Dimethyl sulfide, or DMS for short, is an organic sulfur compound that occurs naturally in germinated barley. Of course, germinated barley is is a major component of beer. DMS is often perceived as a vegetable … Read more
