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.
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.
Sendechó is a Mexican fermented beverage of pre-Hispanic origin that seeks to be revitalized as an innovative and artisanal alternative within the modern world of low-alcohol beverages with functional properties.
Writer, scientist, composer, and physician, among other things, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a brilliant German woman who first documented the qualities of hops as a beer ingredient in her book “Physica sive Subtilitatu”.
Although today any golden, transparent beer is called a ‘blonde,’ there was a time when there was only one: Pilsner Urquell (Plzeňský Prazdroj), the first beer of its kind in history.
The controversial theory claiming that Christ lived in a beer-centric culture—and that his deeds and miracles involved this beverage rather than wine, as traditionally believed.
Almost everyone agrees that the tradition of consuming green-tinted beer on St. Patrick’s Day is not an Irish tradition; however, very few know the true story of the origin of this custom, where and how it began.
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.
An essential part of the Eleusinian rites was the consumption of a beverage called ‘Kykeon,’ an infusion made from sacramental water, barley, and mint, which is also believed to have contained ergot fungus, a precursor to LSD.
Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus is a traditional raspberry lambic (framboise) brewed annually in Brussels since 1909, although the current name was only first used in 1986.
In simple words, beer is an alcoholic beverage made from starches obtained from cereals and other grains, flavored and aromatized with hops, which are then fermented in water with yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces.
The difference between Session, Seasonal and Saison beers is a common source of confusion among beer enthusiasts and professionals alike — an understandable doubt we’ll try to clear up right here.
