Beer Notes: How to pour beer

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Jim Koch, co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Sam Adams beer, says that “Beer deserves the same respect that wine does.” We agree, and how you pour the beer matters. This week on Beer […]

Beer Notes: The surprising origin of straws

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. The origin of straws is based in necessity and celebration, not convenience, and beer played a big role. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the origin of straws. The oldest surviving straws were found during an excavation of […]

Beer Notes: Global Climate Change and Craft Beer

If you think that the increasing numbers of hot days might be okay as long as you can retreat with a cold craft beer, think again. This week on Beer Notes, we are discussing the effect of a heating planet on our favorite beverage. Steve Davis, the co-author of a study done at the University […]

Beer Notes: Wedding Beers (And living hoppily ever after)

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something brewed. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring wedding beers. For many couples planning a wedding, beer is becoming an important consideration, and getting one brewed specifically for your celebration is definitely […]

Beer Notes: Cans vs. Bottles

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Most millennials understand that craft beer is better in cans, but the rest of us might not be convinced. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the differences in canned and bottled craft beer. In 2016, 58% of all […]

Beer Notes: Nothing beats a little haze (especially in an IPA)

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Don’t be afraid of a little haze in your beer. This week on Beer Notes, we’re talking about New England IPAs, a style first developed by The Alchemist brewery in Stowe, Vermont in the mid-1990s. It is a softer, […]

Beer Notes: Gluten-free (and still great-tasting) craft beer

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Gluten-free foods are popular these days, and gluten-free beer is no exception. Today on Beer Notes, we’re exploring gluten-free craft beer. As background, gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. In the U.S., about 7% of […]

Beer Notes: Could you be a Supertaster?

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Fun fact: This is the first episode we ever recorded! If you don’t like the bitterness of IPAs, you might be a supertaster. That’s right: This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring how supertasters taste craft beer differently. A […]

Beer Notes: The colonial conception of the pumpkin beer

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org.  Quoting Draftmag.com, “There is no family of beers as broadly despised yet also as incredibly popular as the pumpkin beer.” This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the history of pumpkin beer. Today, there are almost unlimited varieties of pumpkin […]

Beer Notes e1: A brief history of Oktoberfest and the Märzenbier

This script is from our first episode of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org.  Oktoberfest started with the pounding of hooves. This week on Beer Notes, we’re bringing you the history of Oktoberfest and the popular Oktoberfest beers. In 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The public […]