International Stout Day is celebrated on the first Thursday of November. Who created it, the real history of Stout and how to join in with #StoutDay.
Cheese fondue is one of the emblematic dishes of Swiss cuisine, originating in Romandy, also known as French-speaking Switzerland. Here it is made with stout.
The tulip glass is very similar to the snifter, but larger, with a longer stem and a curve that flares at the top, ideal for full-bodied, aromatic and complex beers.
Beer waffles recipe with ingredients, step-by-step instructions and tips for making them airy inside and crispy outside.
The combination of dark beer, in this case a Porter, with spices, sugar and agar-agar makes this jam ideal for spreading on bread and serving with cheese and meat.
Spent grain bread is a delicious, sustainable and nutritious option made from a byproduct of the brewing process, the mashed malt grains.
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is found in beer, wine, and bread, but also in research laboratories, as it is the organism that initiated modern biochemistry and molecular biology and remains a fundamental testing ground for science.
Chinese food is one of the oldest and most diverse cooking styles in the world, with an enormous variety of options available depending on the region of the country where they originate.
A mango michelada is a refreshing, delicious drink that combines beer, mango juice and spices, a very popular cocktail in Mexico and Latin America, perfect for a hot day.
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.
Jesús Sánchez from Conejo en la Luna restaurant in Teotihuacán shares four keys to dive into traditional mezcal without making beginner mistakes.
The legend of the Russian Imperial Stout style tells that the future Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great, was captivated by Porter-style beers during a visit to England in the late 17th century.
On December 11, 2014, the liso was officially declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of the city of Santa Fe by the Honorable Municipal Council of this emblematic Argentine city.
In 2025, French people consumed 22.1 million hectoliters of beer versus 22 million of wine, according to the OIV. It is the first time on record that beer has overtaken wine in France.
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.
Sierra Nevada launched this Pale Ale in 1980 and brought Cascade hops to the center of the recipe, marking the starting point of the citrus profile that would later define hundreds of American IPAs.
Google’s algorithm doesn’t always prioritize specialized beer media, but now it allows you to add The Beer Times as a preferred content source in Google Discover in less than a minute.
Its composition was subject to local variations and in many cases a jealously guarded secret, but the general consensus reveals that the gruit blend is historically linked to 3 herbs.
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.
Lambic, Gueuze, and their various variants are a living relic of a time when all beer was fermented at the mercy of nature.
Pilsner Urquell ensures that wherever their beer is available on draft, a certified tapster is trained to serve it correctly. Discover the three traditional Czech service styles: Hladinka, Šnyt, and Mlíko.
Nothing beats a good beer to accompany good sushi, but even today, unfortunately, most sushi bars do not have a very varied selection of beers on offer.
In a context where post-Prohibition American beer meant light lagers from a handful of industrial giants, Jack McAuliffe changed everything. He passed away on July 15, 2025, at age 80.
Cider is a fermented beverage made from apples, with a long and rich history intertwined with the introduction of apple trees (Malus domestica) to the Americas by the Spanish.
Kettle souring has revolutionized sour beer production as a modern, controlled technique that delivers a pronounced acidic profile in far less time than traditional fermentation methods.
For early humanity, beer was perhaps the most important staple in their diet—a valuable source of protein and vitamins, and a crucial milestone in ensuring our survival as a species.
Andy Parker, head brewer and manager of the barrel program at Avery Brewing Co. (Boulder, Colorado), provides 5 tips on how to properly age beers in barrels.
The coloring and browning of food is a topic highly valued within the community of chemists who study this scientific field, since the pigmentations and the reactions that form them tend to be very complex.
Today it is very common to wonder what the real difference is between beer types and beer styles, whether industrial or craft, because while the original idea is shared, it is the latter that has clearly begun to impose itself in recent decades among brewers and the market in general.
On February 22, 2017, NASA announced one of the most exciting discoveries in the search for extraterrestrial life, confirming the existence of 7 exoplanets orbiting a star 39 light-years away.
Beer has gone through a revolution in recent years, yet lager is still the number one beer in the world. Want to know the best one?
Cheese fondue is one of the emblematic dishes of Swiss cuisine, originating in Romandy, also known as French-speaking Switzerland. Here it is made with stout.
Saison Dupont is a Belgian top-fermented beer, bottle-conditioned, brewed since 1844 during the winter to quench the thirst of the “saisoniers” who would work in the fields during the summer.
The story of Negra Modelo goes beyond the beer itself; it is a narrative that combines tradition, innovation, and deep cultural roots in Mexico.
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.
The Original Dry is the 5.3% version the brand bills as export strength for the US and Canada, and it is also sold in the UK in cans and bottles.
Trabanco Tradicional is the yellow-label natural cider of a Gijón house making cider since 1925, fermented with natural yeasts mostly in chestnut casks.
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.
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.
Sidra Real Etiqueta Blanca is the everyday cider of CCU Argentina’s longest-running brand, made in the Alto Valle de Río Negro from red and green apples.
Hoegaarden Grand Cru is a Belgian Strong Ale brewed by Hoegaarden in Belgium, with 8.5% ABV, 29 IBU and 255 calories, best served in a Tulip or Snifter glass.
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.
Sierra Nevada launched this Pale Ale in 1980 and brought Cascade hops to the center of the recipe, marking the starting point of the citrus profile that would later define hundreds of American IPAs.
Fuller’s London Pride is one of England’s most iconic beers and a true emblem of the Best Bitter style, appreciated by generations of beer lovers around the world.
Our ancestors drank beer, but so did the Sumerians, who prepared it over 5,000 years ago and even had a goddess dedicated to it named Ninkasi.
Corona Extra is the world’s most valuable beer brand in 2026, worth $13.9 billion. Brand Finance ranking plus the historic 2018 list.
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.
We invited Rob Tod, founder of Allagash Brewing Co., to share 20 practical lessons for brewery success learned over 25 years of activity. This was his response.
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.
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.
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.
Of the 10 most expensive beers in the world, some hit astronomical prices on release, while others are still brewed in exclusive batches.
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.
Choosing the best Belgian beers in what is a true paradise for beer lovers is no easy task. Declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the beers produced by this small country are of unquestionably recognized quality.
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.
The cold chain essentially means that the product being distributed is kept refrigerated at a constant temperature at all times, including during transportation.
Craft and independent brewers dedicate a great deal of time, effort, and resources to making the best beer possible, but all of this hard work can be ruined in the time it takes the beer to travel from the keg to the pint.
The beverage, named “Ocho punto ocho” (8.8), combines the characteristic flavor of the terremoto with a different nutritional profile, standing out for its lower sugar content and half the calories compared to the homemade version.
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.
To identify S. chiloensis as a new species, scientists used an integrative taxonomy approach, combining analysis of genomic sequences, reproductive isolation studies, and phenotypic analyses.
E-E-A-T — Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness — is one of the core frameworks Google uses to assess content quality. Learn what it means for SEO and how craft beer sites can build it.
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.
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).
The relationship between the chemical composition of a beer and its consumer appreciation has been an elusive field for food science, due to the non-linear nature of perception and its complex interactions.
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.
The rise of non-alcoholic or low-alcohol beers has led the brewing industry to explore new yeast strains and fermentation techniques.
Despite their popularity among brewers, these events are not always perceived by the market as a showcase of innovation and quality, but rather as a mirror that mainly reflects the industry’s limitations.
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.
