Category: micro-brew-beer

Cream ale/American lager/blonde ale This blend produces a mild, pale, light bodied ale. This can be made using a warm fermentation (either top or bottom) and cold layering or also by blending top and bottom fermented beers. The hop bitterness in the style is normally very low, with hip aroma often absent. Sometimes they are […]

Below, you will find a guide to some of the best brews out there. Long Trail Brewery – Bridgewater, Vermont This brewery offers several brews that will easily quench your thirst. The long trail ale is a very good choice, as it’s very tasty and not too heavy, just right. The hibernator is also good, […]

Pale Ale Beer | English pale ale The style of English pale ale was originated by producers in Burton during the 1800’s. The high levels of calcium found in the water compliment this style quite well, by making a more efficient extraction of bitter resins from the hops. The taste and aroma of English pale […]

Beer brewing has always been the core business of the Anheuser-Busch company. An industry leader since 1957, Anheuser-Busch currently owns over half of the domestic beer market. The market share has grown so much that Anheuser-Busch now has a bigger portion of the market than the next four competitors, with the international sales being no […]

Brewing is the actual process of alcoholic beverages and alcohol through fermentation. This method is used with beer production, although the term can also be used for other drinks as well. The term brewing is also used to refer to any chemical mixing process as well. The Brewing Process The process of brewing has a […]

Brewed on every continent around the world and enjoyed in every nation, beer can quench every type of thirst and go down as easily as spring water to thick, heady concoctions that resemble that of the thickest oatmeal. Just as the gourmet blends have conquered a large portion of the coffee business, handcrafted brews continue […]

With their varying flavor intensities and alcohol contents, microbrews are here because beer distributors noticed a market demand and took a gamble on imports like Corona in the 70s. This type of flavorful beer sold to a limited yet very enthusiastic crowd. Beer manufacturers create what sells, therefore they didn’t believe there would be a […]

The first thing you’ll need to do when brewing is to sanitize everything that will come in contact with your unfermented beer.  It will take time for the sanitizer to do its job, so don’t rush things. Next, you’ll need to rinse everything to remove any remaining sanitizer.  Any remaining sanitizer can kill of your […]

The normal batch of homebrewed beer is five gallons in volume, which is enough for 2 cases, or 48 12 ounce bottle of beer. The typical homebrewed beer is produced by boiling water, malt extract and hops together in a large kettle and then cooling the resulting wort and adding yeast for fermenting. Experienced home […]