The Beer Junction

Until recently, the U.S. was viewed internationally as a backward, unsophisticated country when it is spoken about our taste when we buy beer. By far, our greatest beers have long been from the major corporate breweries whose offerings don’t really command honour from beer enthusiasts. But, within the last several decades, the rise of the microbrewery business has injected new life into the American beer scene, and we’re at last starting to have the respect we are worthy.

Now, the further step is to start developing a sense of what sorts of beers are most appropriate to serve with… Continue reading

German beer doesn’t receive the attention it deserves from contemporary beer snob, who gravitates toward ultimate scents and marketing.

Good German beer (and there’s a lot of it—this is a country with 800 years of brewing history) is like a well-made Shaker chair: plain, traditional, and ideally balanced, with clean, wholesome flavors. A lot of brewers still stick to a now-repealed 16th-century law called the Reinheitsgebot, which forbids adding anything to beer besides the basic water, hops, and malt.

Germans like to buy beer and drink beer, ranking third in beer consumption behind the Czechs and the… Continue reading

It is commonly known that beer has been with mankind for a long period. The way we consumed beer changed as beer spreaded, grew, and improved. The earliest vessels man used for drinking beer included earthenware, pottery, carved out wood, and even sewn-together pieces of leather. The value of the beer glass saw certain improvements as time passed on. Within the period of the bubonic plague beer steins were popular because of their enclosed top to save bugs from landing in the beer and getting them ill.

The betterment of glass might have been the most important piece of the way… Continue reading

A German beer as usual sits in a huge glass that curves from wide mouth to narrow base. And that’s just the start. What quantity of various beer glass shapes are there? And what is the appropriate glass to employ? If a beer lover says the glass is of no difference and it’s quite right to drink out of the bottle, there is a thing or two he has to know.

It didn’t take an extended period of time after that for breweries to understand that they could put their names on the glasses and provide them to bars… Continue reading

Several countries of the world are renowned for their abilities to make fine wines, while others are better known for their capabilities at producing beer. What countries drink the most beer though?

Living in the UK, I usually feel rather lucky that we have quite great supply of varied beers accessible to us. No other country is probably as well known for its pub tradition.

The origin of brewing also runs many years here, as it does in much of Europe. In years gone by, most large scale brewing in what is now Great Britain would have been carried out in this… Continue reading

Beer has been a big piece of traditions in many stetes all over the world. Every country has usually celebrated the brewing of particular beer at certain times of the year. This usually corresponds to when the beer is made. Festivals are an excellent option to taste new and unusual beers and to learn more about beer. They are also a marvelous way to meet brewers as well as other beer fans. If you are keen in brewing your own home-made beer you will be able to find out a plenty of interesting facts about different beers and brewing processes.

The… Continue reading

When you consider European beverages, you probably conjure up French wine, Italian Limoncello, Russian vodka, maybe Greek ouzo if you’re risky. Beer, although always a reliable standby, might not be the first name on your lips.

Truth is, Beer is as huge part of European traditions as fine art, food and architecture. America might boast more breweries than any other country, but there’s something special about sipping a 200-year-old beer in a European bar that’s even older. It’s no wonder that one of the continent’s most famous festivals – Oktoberfest – is a celebration of all things hops. In time for… Continue reading

Beer is brewed nearly in each country in the world. Each country produces its own special kinds of beer. The type of beer made by a country is based on the sort of components it produces. All beers utilize similar recipes, using hops, barley, water, yeast and sugar. Malt is a process that is made to barley grain. Malted barley is as a rule employed to create beer because of its high enzyme amount.

Various states have developed various methods to produce beer, which they have brought through the years.

England
In England the most well known beer is ale. Ale is a… Continue reading