Pliny the Elder was created in 2000 as a special brew for the beer festival organized by Vic Kralj, owner of the Bistro in Hayward, California, in which only 10 breweries took part.
In the late 19th century, Anchor Brewing Company began brewing its famous Steam Beer, using local ingredients and giving up the lager brewing techniques popular at the time.
This version, especially the one produced in the 1970s–1990s, became the last direct commercial survivor of the original lineage of 18th-century London Imperial Stouts.
Neither Ozempic nor Mounjaro mentions alcohol in its product information, but Heineken has just warned British pubs and bars that these drugs reduce the desire to drink and that users spend 14% less on beer.
The history of the beer can, from the 1935 steel can to the cone top, aluminum, the pull tab, the Guinness widget and craft beer.
Bottle openers are part of our personal toolkit, on the key chain, in the backpack or packed as a basic utensil when we go camping.
Over 500,000 people of Palestinian descent live in Chile today, where second, third, and fourth-generation families keep alive the language, traditions, and memory of a territory many have never been able to return to.
Collaborative beers have become a very popular phenomenon in the beer world, with producers from all over joining forces in an attempt to create new and exciting beers.
When religion permeated everything, major transformations appeared even in the most mundane matters. When the Protestant Revolution reduced the Catholic Church’s power, beer was much more than a pleasure drink.
The history of the Munich Oktoberfest dates back to October 12, 1810, when Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, son of King Maximilian I, married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
The history of the St. Bernardus Brewery is strongly linked to two Trappist abbeys since the monks of Catsberg Abbey (Mont des Cats) decided to move to Belgium and settle in the small town of Watou.
The popular myth is simple and says that the more papillae you have on your tongue, the greater your ability to taste flavors and, as a result, the more bitter beer tastes. The most recent published studies show that reality is quite a bit more complex.
Beer foam (collar or head) is one of those things that has a specific name that most people are unaware of: ‘Giste’, a word that comes from the German ‘Gischt’, which precisely means foam.
From ingredient selection to final fermentation, chemistry is essential to understanding how flavors and aromas develop, allowing brewers to adjust the process for specific results.
Acetaldehyde is one of the most relevant chemical compounds in beer production, both for its impact on the sensory profile and for its role as an indicator of fermentation quality.
Craft breweries in the United States, known for their creativity, quality, and connection to local communities, face a new and significant challenge that could jeopardize their economic viability.
It’s undeniable that TikTok is one of the social networks of the moment, developing exponential growth since 2020 until reaching…
Planning a big party, a barbecue or a day at the pool with friends or family? One key to success is having plenty of fresh, cold beer on hand.
The Belgians point to fishermen from the Meuse River, who fried potato strips when the waters froze in the 17th century. The French point to street vendors at Paris’s Pont Neuf, who popularized them in the late 18th century.
Saint Arnold is recognized for “the miracle of the beer,” which is why both the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church consider him the Patron Saint of this beloved drink.
The brewing of the Gose style was established during the 16th century in the then-prosperous mining city of Goslar, in the north-central region of Germany (present-day Lower Saxony), which had built its wealth through silver extraction.
The most studied kokumi substances, γ-glutamyl peptides, activate the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), a close relative of the T1R1, T1R2, and T1R3 receptors, which detect sweet and umami tastes.
The Egyptian scribe Amennajet narrates concisely, in an impersonal tone, unprecedented conduct unanimously adopted by the workers of the Pharaoh’s Tomb due to the poor working conditions that existed.
Few things delight archaeologists like centuries-old rubbish heaps. Ancient bones and stones from waste piles can tell complex stories.
The history of the jigger constitutes the fundamental axis upon which the professionalization of modern mixology was built, transforming a craft based on empirical intuition into an exact technical discipline.
Hidden for centuries in the bark of lenga beeches, coigüe trees and araucarias of the Patagonian forest, the lost genetic link from which all the world’s lager beers are born.
Taste is what the tongue perceives, the five basic tastes. Flavor adds smell and mouthfeel. What ISO, the BJCP and the science say about beer.
Duvel Moortgat is a family brewery founded in 1871 by Jan-Leonard Moortgat in the town of Breendonk, being one of the more than 3,000 breweries operating in Belgium at that time.
The history of the Munich Oktoberfest dates back to October 12, 1810, when Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, son of King Maximilian I, married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Huxley, who wrote ‘Beer… Liquid Poetry. A Manual for Beer Lovers’ and contributed to the Oxford Companion to Beer, argues that good beer doesn’t cause hangovers and encourages people to brew at home to save money.
If you love beer, you have probably heard some of the long, complicated names of the yeasts and bacteria used specifically to brew sour beers.
Baked apple cider donuts, fluffy and coated in cinnamon sugar. The recipe makes 12 donuts and takes about an hour.
Pilsner Urquell is the first beer of its kind in history and the one from which, for better or worse, all others in its style were developed. Its quality is guaranteed by the use of the original recipe.
The pinnacle of the St. Bernardus portfolio is a dark-colored, ivory-foamed, top-fermented beer that is easy to drink due to its smooth flavor and fruity aroma.
Trabanco Tradicional is the yellow-label natural cider of a Gijón house making cider since 1925, fermented with natural yeasts mostly in chestnut casks.
Cantillon ferments this beer spontaneously with wild yeasts from the Senne valley and adds fresh raspberries, giving rise to one of the most renowned fruit lambics in Brussels.
Hoegaarden Wit is one of the world’s most iconic beers, a Belgian wheat beer whose pale yellow color and natural haze win you over at first sight.
Cuello Negro Stout is a craft beer made with pure water from the Valdivian rainforest in southern Chile, whose flavor comes from a careful brewing process that gives it an unmistakable distinctive character.
Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier, a German wheat beer with notes of banana, clove, and citrus, is perfect for pairing with Bavarian dishes, fresh cheeses, roasted vegetables, and citrus desserts. Its unique flavor and versatility make it ideal for any occasion.
Houblon Chouffe Bière Tripel IPA represents a unique fusion of the English IPA tradition, the American Double IPA revolution, and the Belgian Tripel heritage.
Made in Clonmel since 1935 with 17 apple varieties, Magners Original is the 4.5% semi-sweet Irish cider the brand suggests serving in a pint over ice.
Angry Orchard went national in the US in 2012 with Crisp Apple among its three core ciders, and now runs a cidery on a 24-hectare orchard in New York.
In 2012 it grew fastest among the world’s top ten cider brands, per Carlsberg, and it now sells in over 40 countries in versions tailored to each market.
Gulden Draak is a Belgian strong ale-style beer originating from Ertvelde, Belgium, and brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge, with 10.5% ABV, 18 IBU, and 255 total calories.
A recent study published in Nature Medicine analyzed data from 184 countries and found that sugar-sweetened beverages contributed to 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cardiovascular disease cases in 2020 alone.
The decline is especially marked among young people aged 15 to 24, who have reduced their usual consumption by around 60% over the last two decades. Spain is the fifth country in the European Union with the most abstainers.
The Brews to Barns Act would give small US breweries 8 cents per pound of spent grain donated to farms, capped at $35,000 a year.
The beer Pliny the Elder takes its name in honor of the Roman traveler, naturalist, historian, and writer Gaius Minor Plinius Caecilius Secundus, who is credited with having given the first botanical name for hops.
To start this top 10 of the best-selling beers in the world, we can comment that for 2020, most of them are on the way to generating an impressive sum of 688.4 billion dollars in sales.
Next Glass acquired BeerAdvocate in February 2020 in a deal that brought under one roof the oldest beer review community on the internet and the world’s most popular consumption tracking app.
Of the 10 most expensive beers in the world, some hit astronomical prices on release, while others are still brewed in exclusive batches.
Climate change is not only transforming ecosystems and altering weather patterns but is also putting at risk one of humanity’s most iconic cultural products: beer.
Grupo Modelo hands over the store ready to operate and pays the rent, and the operator puts up an initial investment that starts at 60,000 pesos, according to the company itself, and that goes entirely toward inventory.
France is famous for its exquisite gastronomy. Although primarily known for wine production, beer has also been a popular beverage in France for centuries.
The discovery of a 220-year-old beer bottle recovered from the Sydney Cove, sunk in Australian waters near Tasmania, has inspired the creativity of a team of researchers.
On January 24, 1935, the first canned beer went on sale after decades of experiments and more than ten years of Prohibition, thanks to the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia.
The rise of non-alcoholic or low-alcohol beers has led the brewing industry to explore new yeast strains and fermentation techniques.
Nitro beer has been dismissed as a passing trend more than once — yet it keeps finding new fans and new formats. From the Guinness widget to nitro Cream Ales and Lagers, here is the science and history behind the nitrogen revolution in beer.
Brewing beer with less than 0.5% alcohol involves stopping fermentation early or removing ethanol afterward, and in both cases more residual fermentable sugar remains in the liquid than in a conventional beer.
MiniBrew is a device that promises to make brewing beer as simple as making a cup of instant coffee in the morning.
You do not simply request an “IPA recipe”; instead, you instruct Claude Code to first analyze the ingredient inventory, evaluate the cooling capacity of the equipment, and propose a mashing process that favors the desired final body.
Traditional SEO is shifting ground. It’s no longer enough to optimize to appear on Google’s first page; the battle is now fought in the responses of large language models (LLMs).
A refractometer is an optical instrument that measures the sucrose concentration of a solution based on the refractive index produced by light in that solution.
A team at Chalmers University of Technology has developed a biodegradable construction material made from baker’s yeast, algae alginate, wood cellulose, and vegetable glycerol—3D printable at room temperature with no heating, no support structures, and no waste.
Untappd, the most widely used beer check-in and rating app in the world, released version 5.0 on October 15, 2026, and with it adds wine, liquor and spirits to its catalog.
The first thing to understand is that IBU, from a chemical perspective, does not refer to the perceived flavor in beer, but rather to the levels of certain bitter compounds dissolved in the liquid.
Analyzing a beer requires different perspectives depending on the context and objective. What for a trained judge establishes quantifiable parameters, for a hobbyist consumer can be a memorable sensory experience.
The Brews to Barns Act would give small US breweries 8 cents per pound of spent grain donated to farms, capped at $35,000 a year.
Grupo Modelo hands over the store ready to operate and pays the rent, and the operator puts up an initial investment that starts at 60,000 pesos, according to the company itself, and that goes entirely toward inventory.
The decline is especially marked among young people aged 15 to 24, who have reduced their usual consumption by around 60% over the last two decades. Spain is the fifth country in the European Union with the most abstainers.
Next Glass acquired BeerAdvocate in February 2020 in a deal that brought under one roof the oldest beer review community on the internet and the world’s most popular consumption tracking app.
Over 500,000 people of Palestinian descent live in Chile today, where second, third, and fourth-generation families keep alive the language, traditions, and memory of a territory many have never been able to return to.
The big brewers trade on the NYSE, Euronext and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. A guide to investing in AB InBev, Heineken, Carlsberg, Constellation Brands and Molson Coors from Latin America and Spain.
That relationship was described by the English chemist William Henry, and today it rules everything from the bottle cap to the regulator on a keg. That is why a British ale, a weissbier and a Czech pilsner can feel so different in the glass.
Several mistaken ideas about beer tears are going around, and they come from the world of wine and whisky. That they reveal quality, that glycerol produces them or that they form because alcohol concentrates at the top of the glass.
PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a large family of synthetic compounds built on carbon-fluorine bonds, among the most stable in chemistry.
The figures vary widely between countries, from 4 particles per liter in the United States to more than 90 in Spain. Much of that difference lies in how they are measured and understanding that matters as much as the number.
Hops bring their own enzymes that break down dextrins and reactivate the yeast after dry hopping. What hop creep is, how much alcohol and CO₂ it adds and how to stop it.
