Illustration by David Witt Ask brewers and beer drinkers alike about their least-favorite beer style (aside from light lager, of course) and the answer is likely to be brown ale. To many, brown ale is boring. It’s an in-between beer—neither here nor there. It lacks the creamy body and roasty snap of a porter and … [ Read more]
Style Profile: Brown Ale
Filed Under: Beer Tagged With: beer styles, brown ale, english beer, Michael Agnew
Fermentation as an Art and Science in Brewing History
A side of history to go with your beer. By Jeffrey M. Pilcher Louis Pasteur famously set brewing on a scientific path with his Études sur la Bière (Studies on Beer, 1876), explaining that fermentation was caused by the work of microorganisms. Though Pasteur did not actually identify the microorganisms that were responsible—Pasteur believed them … [ Read more]
Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Beer, Heritage Tagged With: ale, english beer, fermentation, german purity law, History of fermentation, homebrewing, lager, the kalevala