For the average beer consumer, the difference between Ale and Lager usually comes down to appearance, aromas and flavors, where the former tend to be darker and fruitier, while the latter are usually clearer and have cleaner flavors.
There is nothing archaeologists love more than mounds of rubbish from hundreds of years ago. Ancient bones and stones from waste heaps can tell complex stories.
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.
Fresh hops generally refer to hops that are used immediately after drying, while wet hops never reach this point in the process.
