You & Me & Beer Makes Three
kendall So far in our exploration of beer off flavors, we’ve covered diacetyl (butter) and acetaldehyde (apples). While common, you may not have experienced those off flavors yet. But I bet you’ve had skunky beer. It’s probably the most common off flavor out there and you can usually smell it better than you can taste it. … Read more
In the last post we discussed diacetyl, a buttery flavor that is one of the most common off flavors in beer. Next up is another common off flavor, acetaldehyde. If you’ve ever had a beer that smelled or tasted like apples, you’ve enjoyed acetaldehyde. It can’t hurt you at the levels you’ll find in beer, … Read more
One of the most common off flavors in beer is diacetyl. Diacetyl smells and taste like butter and it reminds many of movie theater popcorn. That’s not a coincidence, diacetyl used to be added to oil to make movie popcorn “butter flavoring” until it could cause health issues in large concentrations. The chemical name of … Read more
It’s probably happened to you. If not, it will someday. You picked up a nice bottle at your favorite shop, get it home and poured it into proper glassware. Or maybe your friendly beer server poured what looked like a perfect pint. Then it hits you like a brick upside the head. You face puckers … Read more
Miller is staking its claim in the premium beer market with Fortune, a beer to compete with AB’s Bud Light Platinum. From the first time you see the black bottle you know this is not your father’s Miller Lite, or your grandfather’s High Life. Miller describes it as a “spirited golden lager.” Spirited indeed, it’s … Read more
