Tasting Beer with Your Nose

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

Tasting Beer with Your Eyes

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

Beer and Food Pairing

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

Penicillin can’t cure this infection

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

Vote now in the Pints for Prostates beer naming contest

The Rare Beer Club is partnering with Fullsteam Brewing and Pints for Prostates in a beer naming contest benefiting Pints for Prostates. If you’re not familiar with the organization, the site describes it as “a grassroots campaign that uses the universal language of beer to reach men with an important health message.” The special beer brewed … Read more