Articles Posted in the Beer Education Category
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Prohibition Did What?: A Beer-Goggled Look at the Volstead Act of 1920
I get a lot of spam mail from a lot of people stating that they posted content that they think would be relevant to my readers, offering to “let” me re-post the information on my website. For the most part, non of the links provided are of any interest to me, let alone my trusting [...]
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The Social Media Companion to The Oxford Companion of Beer
According to its publisher, The Oxford Companion to Beer is the first major reference work to investigate the history and vast scope of beer. The 960 page book features more than 1,100 entries written by 166 of the world’s most prominent beer experts. As you can imagine, writing such an all-encompassing, comprehensive piece of work [...]
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That Which We Call A Rose: The Black IPA Name Debate
What’s in a name? Apparently a lot, as evidenced by the seemingly endless debate over the name of one of the newest style categories of beer. Black India Pale Ale India Black Ale American-style India Black Ale American-style Black Ale Cascadian Dark Ale All names for what is, at its most basic, a really hoppy [...]
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The History Of Oktoberfest
Boasting an attendance of more than six million people every year, Munich’s Oktoberfest is officially the world’s biggest party. While several other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the Munich event and held on similar dates, none rival the authenticity and grand scale of the original. Unfortunately, the closest I have [...]
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The Alcohol Conundrum: Would You Drink Beer Without It?
In the midst of throwing back some high gravity beers, poolside under the beautiful star-studded Napa sky, my one friend stumped me with the question, “Would you still drink beer if there was no alcohol in it?” I knew that the question was designed to make me question my alcohol consumption, rather than my dedication [...]
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Craft Beer & The Restaurant Hypocrisy: An Airing of Grievances
Judging by the title of this blog post, one can correctly assume that The Wench is about to start a, somewhat alcohol induced, rant of the, always expected, very bitchy nature. A few people in my close personal circle have heard my incessant complaints about this subject for years, but I have held my tongue [...]
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The Napa Homebrew Project: Brewday #1 Recap
It is about freaking time, eh? For over a year now, I have been guest brewing at various breweries around the country. I have helped collaborate on two different recipes and brewed beer commercially for events — but oddly enough, I’ve never actually homebrewed. What can I say? I’m an overachiever. People have always questioned [...]
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Tools For Proper Beer Tasting & Evaluation
There are many reasons why I don’t review and rate beers (or wines for that matter). On a professional level, I know how to analyze and evaluate beers — something that is important for quality control, barrel-aging and blending, detecting off-flavors, etc. But on a personal level, I do not think that my impression or [...]
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The Wench’s Library
My friend Josh Christie and his blog “Brews and Books” has inspired me to write a post about my personal “library.” Growing up, I was definitely a book geek. On my 10th birthday, my parents gave me 50 books. I woke up to a trail of books from my bedroom door, down the stairs … and [...]
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The MYTH: Beer Calories
This post is dedicated to my Ma, for reasons you shall discover later on… I am sick and tired of hearing people bitch and complain about calories, carbs and fat. Okay, I understand that these things exist. However, there are more important things in life to obsess over … When it comes to health, beer [...]
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