Has anyone ever wondered what an I.P.A. (India Pale Ale) is?  I’m going to talk about Pale Ales first because an India Pale Ale is an amped up version of the former.  I’ve actually already given some good information on Pale Ales when we had Samuel Smith’s Pale Ale (here is a link to that [...]

As the title indicates, this article will cover more ground than just a single type of beer.  However, it will deal with a singular concept, namely, the role of hops and grains in English Ales.  There will be plenty of time to cover other Ale considerations in future articles.  The particular types of top-fermented Ale covered in [...]

This article has been a while in the making.  Part of the reason for the delay is that I was not quite sure how to address the rest of the Lager family of beers.  After a considerable amount of deliberation on the subject, I’ve decided to put them together.  As I’ve said at numerous points in [...]