Beer Notes: Ring in Spring With a Maibock
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. It’s finally Spring, and for most craft beer lovers, this change of season also means a change in the beers we prefer. Gone are the spicy and boozy beers of winter, the coffee stouts, double bocks, and barley wines. […]
Beer Notes: How did we end up with sour beer?
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. For many, sours are a new style of beer that provides a gateway into the world of craft beer. They can be a light and easy-drinking beer that’s perfect for the spring and summertime, but they are definitely not […]
Beer Notes: The importance of water in the brewing process
This script is from the 2019 season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Water makes up 90 – 95% of the total ingredients in beer. This week on Beer Notes, we’re talking about the importance and the impact of water in the brewing process. Basically, water affects the beer in 3 ways. […]
Beer Notes: Ales vs. Lagers
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Craft beer magazine Hop Culture predicts lagers to be a major trend in 2019. This week on Beer Notes, we’re going to discuss what makes the lager different from the traditional ale. Ales are brewed with a top-fermenting yeast […]
Beer Notes: Combining cannabis and craft beer
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. The fascination with cannabis continues, and not surprisingly, craft brewers are finding creative ways to infuse this plant into their beers. On this episode of Beer Notes, we’re discussing how craft brewers are using derivatives of the marijuana […]
Beer Notes: A History of IPAs
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. According to the Brewer’s Association, American India Pale Ale is the top driver of growth in the craft beer field. Today on Beer Notes, we will explore the romantic history of America’s favorite beer style. In the 1700s, Britain’s empire […]
Beer Notes: Corn Syrup?… In MY Craft Beer?
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Many of us watched SuperBowl LIII and saw the Bud Light commercial knocking Miller Light and Coors Light for their use of corn syrup. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the role of sugars in your beer. Beer […]
Beer Notes: Camp Fire’s “Butte County Proud Resilience IPA
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Beginning in December of 2018, over 1,400 craft breweries across the United States were all brewing the same beer — more than 17,000 barrels, or 4.2 million pints of it. This week on Beer Notes, we’re talking about brewing […]
Beer Notes: Craft Breweries and the Government Shutdown
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. If you are waiting for a new beer release or want that new brewery down the street to open, you may have to wait for months. This week on Beer Notes, we’re discussing the effect of a U.S. government […]
Beer Notes: Sustainable Craft Beer
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Environmentally-friendly craft breweries are changing the landscape of beer, from the ingredients to the packaging to the brewing process itself. One brewery is even using rejected Kellogg’s cornflakes in its mash. This week on Beer Notes, we’re discussing sustainable […]
Beer Notes: Evaluating your beer with all five senses
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. You might think you like a beer because it tastes good, but your idea of taste is far more complicated than you’d think it is. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring all the senses that go into your […]
Beer Notes: Pairing food with craft beer
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. In a 2015 Wall Street Journal article “The Connoisseur’s Way to Pair Food with Beer,” William Bostick states that “many of today’s craft beers are as complex, as revered, and sometimes as pricey as fine wines… So it should […]
