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St Patrick’s Day: Know Your Beers
If you’re looking for more authentic ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this March 17th than shamrock hats and green food dye in your beer, seek out these classic Irish beers to please every palate.
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Is gluten free beer worth drinking?
As with all things gluten free, the taste and texture of variations of foods that typically include wheat can be disappointing. It turns out beer is no exception. Most beers are made with malt, which is made of barley, a grain that includes the gluten protein most known for its presence in wheat. As more…
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Pilsner Beer Styles
Pilsner beers are a variety of lager beers, the result of brewers in Bavaria experimenting around with brewing beer in icey mountain caverns. The process was slower, but it also resulted in yeast and other solids gathering in the bottom of the barrel. This bottom fermenting process turned out a light coloured drink with a…
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Hix Beer Review: Pale & Brown Ales
Today we had the pleasure of sampling two Hix beer brews from Hickinbotham of Dromana, a winery, brewery, and restaurant on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Andrew Hickinbotham was kind enough to send us a few sample bottles of the Hix beer pale and brown ales.
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Beer Styles: Pale Ales
Pale ale is the term used to define beer that was made with malts dried with coke (a form of coal). Although the use of coke for roasting malt dates back to 1642, the term Pale Ale was first recorded around 1703. What are pale ales? The Pale Malts gave the beer a lighter colour…
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The Key Elements of Beer Styles
Since there are so many varieties of beer around the world, it has become necessary to set certain guidelines on the styles of beer that help classify similar beers. A beer style is basically just a classification assigned to beers based on their appearance, aroma, flavor and point of origin. To broaden your knowledge about…