A good rule of thumb is that the shelf life for a keg of pasteurized beer is about 90-120 days (or 3-4 months), and unpasteurized draft beer will last about 45-60 days (or 6-8 weeks) when stored at the proper temperature. Many imported and domestic beers are pasteurized. If you...
For 13 years, starting in 1920, a constitutional amendment banned the production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Before Prohibition, America had thousands of breweries producing many different types of beer. But Prohibition forced most breweries out of business. By the time the laws we...
In many English-speaking restaurants, you’ll find two options for beers: bottled and on tap. Beer on tap is poured from a keg instead of from cans or bottles. Which one to choose? That’s the fun part! You’ll usually have the choice between a lager (light in color and quite ref...
Burner– If you’re going to make beer, you’ll need a heat source that’s strong enough to bring 1 or 5 or however many gallons of brew you’re making to a boil in a timely fashion. For small batches, the stovetop may work. But for big batches, we recommend a72,000 BTU burner....
Welcome to WordBowl! How it works: Folks like you send word suggestions (look below for link, or submit to wordbowl@gmail.com). I draw one at random and have my essayish-or-fictional way with it (handwriting in bars & coffee shops all over NYC). Let the
Beer Inventory There are many different types and shapes of keg sizes, and draft beer inventory is a different animal. Here are 3 ways to go about it: Tenthing AKA the “lift-n-guess” method. Good news, everyone! The rule of tenths is back, but this time you can’t see anything!
Why not embrace the hobby that keeps so many people repeatedly happy over so many years? Brewing beer has been around for a long time. There are four components when it comes to brewing beer; grain, hops, water, and yeast. You do not need to know every little thing about each of thes...
Starting with these pre-boil volumes is a great way to go, especially for brewers in the metric system, because you can directly recycle the many 5 Gal recipes you find online without any further conversion If you want to speed up the temperature rise, you can use a 2000Wportable water ...
Thrillist goes as far to say that Parish Brewing Company's Ghost in The Machine is one of the seven southern beers to try before you die. Between the strong mortal promotion and the slightly scary name, many travelers have found a reason to swing by the Louisiana liquor lounge. Maine: Di...
“It’s almost saisonlike in its loosey-goosey nature,” says Moon, referring to the broad spectrum of idiosyncratic beers from Belgium that tend to be lumped into the “saison” category. “One version would be like a Cascadian dark ale”—also known as Black IPA—“while others were ...