One of the most popular beer in Japan is Asahi Super Dry, a Japanese Rice Lager. The beer was first produced in 1987 and was Japan’s first dry beer. So what exactly is a dry beer?
A dry beer undergoes a longer fermentation process. ... read more »
February 13, 2012 10:33 am / no comments
In the history of beer the important ingredients were water, hops, barley, yeast, and women. The Sumerian beer drinkers worshiped the goddess of brewing, Ninkasi. The Hymn to Ninkasi is a nineteenth-century BC recipe for beer found inscribed... read more »
December 16, 2011 10:47 am / no comments
Frank Thomas ended his MLB career in 2008 after playing 18 years. The former Chicago White Sox player and current Chicago suburb resident – also known as “The Big Hurt – is lending his nickname to a new brew. The 7% ABV, 24-oz canned... read more »
November 7, 2011 10:07 am / 1 comment
For a few years now Goose Island brewed the award-winning IPA at an East coast Craft Brewers Alliance brewery and part of the Honker’s Ale at the same facility. I should note that CBA is partially owned by ABinBev. Following my post... read more »
July 30, 2011 3:09 pm / no comments
Goose Island is currently doing marketing research to determine customer reaction to a label change on their popular 312 Urban Wheat Ale. What is that change? The beer would now state that is brewed and bottled in Baldwinsville, NY. Is... read more »
July 27, 2011 5:08 pm / 5 comments