Planet Of Beer

Crafting quality wines used to be the exclusive domain of very highly trained individuals at renowned wineries throughout the world. In order to enjoy a glass of well-made elixir one would have to purchase an expensive bottle at a retail store or directly from a winery of choice.

In the last two decades, there has been a clear sea change in the wine making and consuming sectors, with a growing number of people opting for the creativity and affordability of making their own wines.

A Burgeoning Industry

During the past 50 years, an industry has grown up around the concept of making wine on an individual level. What began as a cottage industry serving hobbyists has blossomed into a multi-national network of franchises, state-of-the-art processing facilities with labs and wine
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Northern Dusseldorf German Alt Bier is a very tasty and satisfying beer. a loose translation of Alt Bier would be Old Beer. It is said to be one of the oldest styles in Germany. Rumored to be a beer before Germany had access to Lager yeast. It is a lot like a big malty English Bitter.

It tends to have much more hop bitterness than does an English Bitter.

It’s big on malt and how it is brewed. Very few examples of Dusseldorf Alt Bier can be found in the US.

The only way that I have had Alt Bier is by brewing it myself. It is a very tasty and easy beer for the homebrewer to make. Normally this beer would be brewed using a decotion mash. However you can make a very good Alt Bier by using single infusion mashing.

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California Common is a style of beer brewed during California’s Gold Rush. This beer has a deep and long passed that were still not sure of.

Points that we do know:

1. It came at a time when cold refrigeration wasn’t possible for Lagering the beer.

2. It was brewed using all American ingredients.

3. It was made using one particular American hop.(Most likely Cluster)

4. Original Gravity’s were between 1.044-1.050.(Just a guideline, Could be more or less)

5. Use all American grains, Go for an American Pale Malt or 2-row.

6. Mashing should be carried out between 152 and 156F.

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A blend of Belgium wheat beer and strawberry juice makes refreshing alternative to standard lager

LITTLETON, Colo…It’s a strawberry beer and it’s a success story from five star hotel bars to mainstream bars throughout Britain and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. Canada is now quaffing Früli, and with Distinguished Brands first shipments of Früli bound for US ports this month the USA is next on the Früli success list.

Made with high quality Belgian white beer and natural strawberry juice, Fruli strawberry beer is a new easy-drinking style of premium fruit beer which is more “accessible” than the more tradional Lambic fruit beers with their sour beer characteristics. Früli has just a hint of bitterness and a little citrus zest that balance out the palate. It is smooth and refreshing and packed with natural fruit flavor. Imported from a craft brewery near Ghent in Belgium, its alcohol content is 4.1% by volume.
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HOUSTON, July 29, 2008 - Saint Arnold Brewing Company (www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, has broken another barrier in its rapid growth. The brewery reported today that production exceeded 10,000 barrels in the first half of 2008. That puts the brewery on pace to brew more than 20,000 barrels of beer this year for the first time.

Through June 30th, production volume exceeded 10,500 31-gallon barrels of Saint Arnold beer, an increase of 29 percent over the same period in 2007. Nationwide, the Brewers Association reports that in the first half of 2008 volume of beer sold by craft brewers grew at a 6.5 percent. In the first six months of 2008, Saint Arnold Brewing came close to matching the amount brewed in all of 2005.
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Pilsner beer is a style of beer that has many origins. Whether it be Bohemian, Czech or Bavarian. And into the early 19th century America.

When German immigrants came to the United States they brought there unique Bavarian brewing practices with them. Americans in general owe a great amount of homage to the German Immigrants.

Without them we wouldn’t have the classic American Lager. Again another style of Lager in it’s own right. What we know today as American Lager, Was not what it was before prohibition.

The beginnings of prohibition, We can thank for the watered down beers in America today. Pre-Prohibition Lager’s would be a big surprise to a lot of us today for sure.

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Alcohol, for years, has gotten a bad reputation for having zero health benefits and numerous social implications. While this has painted it in a bad light which has, to some degree, influence 35% of adult Americans not to drink at all, it has also led to research to confirm the negative stigma associated with alcohol.

The research that resulted has led to some interesting conclusions. In 1992, a team of researchers from Harvard University released a report detailing the 8 best things to do to fight or prevent coronary heart disease. Shockingly enough to many people, moderate consumption of alcohol was on the list. The moderate intake of alcohol improves cardiovascular health. The key here is that the consumption must be moderate. Drinking a bottle of wine or a case of beer a day will not help a person’s heart.

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How to Brew Beer at Home

Welcome to this great hobby and hope you enjoy it as much as I do. First of all you will need the essential pieces of equipment to do your first brew. I advise everyone to buy a kit to start off with, this will give you a fermenter, airlock, hydrometer and other essential items to get started. It is normally cheaper to buy stuff separately, but unless you know exactly what you need you are better of sticking with the kit. You will also need a can of hopped malt extract, the stuff you can buy in most supermarkets, this comes with yeast.

Your first Brew

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One doesn’t need to be a ‘professional wine taster’ a ‘wine snob’ or a fully paid-up member of ‘CAMRA’ in order to experience the most enjoyment from your favourite tipple in the right glass.

I’m not trying to preach to the converted or teach Grandma to suck eggs, there is already plenty written about choosing the correct shape glass to enhance the flavour of a whole variety of different grapes and grains. But in all honesty who invites eight friends for dinner and then provides a different glass for each drink; after all who is doing the washing up when they’ve all gone home.

What I’m trying to do here is offer a little practical advise on choosing the right glass for the for the right occasion without breaking the bank.

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Pint glasses full of Fossil Fuels Beer are raising eyebrows around northern California. This could be due to the fact that the unique ingredient for the line of Fossil Fuels beer is a yeast strain dating back to the Eocene Epoch, which is about 45 million years ago. A team of scientists, Dr. Raul Cano (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA) and Lewis “Chip” Lambert (Fremont, CA), are partnering with brew masters Peter Hackett (Stumptown Brewery, Guerneville, CA), Joe Kelley (Kelley Bros. Brewing, Manteca, CA) and attorney Scott Bonzell (Oakland, CA) to produce what is surely one of the most interesting and unique beers of this or any time. With the green light from beer critics, brewers and end consumers alike, the team that comprises Fossil Fuels Brewing Co. is gearing up to share the product with the public in the summer of 2008.
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