Heading to Great American Beer Festival? Hope you like hops. Thanks to Porch Drinking, festival goers have an advance preview at the many beers that will be served to thirsty enthusiasts descending on the Colorado Convention Center. Want an idea of what to expect? I crunched some numbers pulled from a continually updated list at…
Category: Beer Education
A Guide to 20 Chili Beers at GABF
With inspiration to find the best chili beers from around the USA, we are headed to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver.
A Guide to 40 Chocolate Beers at GABF
With inspiration to find the best chocolate beers from around the USA, we are headed to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver.
A Guide to 55 Coffee Beers at GABF
With inspiration to find the best coffee beer in Denver next week, we are featuring 55 beers being poured at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF).
Ask A Cicerone: How can I drink a weird combo of beers at GABF and still enjoy them?
Hey, beer geeks! (or dorks, or nerds, whichever you prefer.) It is about that time of year for us to run around like candy-high children on Halloween… at the Great American Beer Festival! Here’s a little introduction to the festival and new additions for 2016 from the Brewers’ Association: It’s the 35th anniversary of the…
I am a Certified Cicerone!
Hey, craft beer fans! I wanted to let you know that as of today, I am a Certified Cicerone. This means that I will build thoughtfully executed food and beer pairings for our taproom and keep educating myself to be a better brewer. What is a Cicerone (“sis-uh-rohn“), you ask? Well, it’s the equivalent of…
Why You Should Care About [THIS STATE]’s Beer
Originally posted on This Is Why I'm Drunk:
In November, I spent a good chunk of time analyzing data collected from Beer Advocate’s “best beer” lists, studying differences between states and finding patterns in our rating habits. Among all the research for those posts, one thing stood out as clear as an American lager:…
Perennial Sump Bottle Release Jan. 15
Originally posted on Beer Served Rare:
Originally scheduled for January 8, the Perennial Sump release has officially been pushed back to Thursday, January 15 at 4pm. In case you’ve missed the boat in year’s past, this is the brewery’s delicious imperial stout blended with coffee from the folks at Sump, weighing in at 10.5% ABV.…
Physiology of Flavors in Beer – Saccharomyces Species
Originally posted on A Ph.D. in Beer – A Study of Beer and Fermentation Science:
As a working scientist, I really want to get deep into the science of brewing, especially the microbiology of brewing. Throughout the life of this blog, who knows how long that will be, I want to sprinkle in articles…
What Beer Advocate’s “Low” ABV Beers Tell Us About Preference
Originally posted on This Is Why I'm Drunk:
You may recall from my state-by-state full list of Beer Advocate’s best 506 beers, I determined an average ABV of 8.1 percent, even if the best of the “best” beers clock in at an alcohol content much higher than that. Even so, I wanted to see…
Come Play Wild West Trivia Showdown at Barrels & Bottles Brewery (November 22)
Eight students from my MSU Denver “Special Events Planning” class planned a Wild West themed trivia night! Will be held at Barrels & Bottles Brewery, Golden, CO, next weekend (Saturday, November 22, 5-8pm). Team registration is from 4-5pm, so bring yourself or three other friends! (Teams of 1-4 can play) Proceeds from the $5 trivia…
A State-by-State Analysis of Beer Advocate Rankings: Setting the Stage
Originally posted on This Is Why I'm Drunk:
Among the more interesting parts of today’s beer industry is not just the increasing regionalism of the product, but the intrastate personalities that create each local culture. From the Pacific Northwest and it’s conglomeration of hop-infused residents to Michigan and its blankets of high-alcohol brews perfect…
