Thanks to the World of Beer (WoB) and Samuel Adams, my wife and I are off to Munich for Oktoberfest 2019. One year ago, WoB announced the contest – the prize was a FREE trip for two to Munich for Oktoberfest 2019. Like most of the friends I meet with on Tuesdays at the Brownwood World of Beer in The Villages, Florida, I entered. We each drank all four specific Samuel Adams beers during the next month. To my surprise, I won. Now it’s a year later. The two week festival known as Oktoberfest opened in Munich on September 21. …
Category: H. Beer
Ale vs. Lager
What’s the difference between an ale and a lager? To a brewer, it’s all in the yeast. But most beer drinkers choose their beer for the taste. Read on to learn more. Beer-making is an ancient art. Evidence in Iran shows mankind has been brewing beer for at least 7,000 years. China, Mesopotamia (Iraq), Egypt and other locations also record ancient beer making. When did we learn about yeast? For thousands of years, brewers (mostly women, by the way) made beer without knowing anything about yeast. Leeuwenhoeck first observed yeast in beer in 1680, but it took until 1857 for …