Hop Varieties, UnPresidential + A Community Beer
The unstoppable train that is the IPA seems to be speeding up. At this point it is best to jump onto the bitter bandwagon and learn more about the humulus lupulus. Some great websites...
Hop in a New Way
This year’s Unity beer for L.A. Beer week featured Gargoyle hops. This hop sprung from California Cluster and imparts (in general) a mango/citrus bouquet. Though not grown in large acreage yet, if it becomes...
Brew(wing) a Craft Beer Pairing
Slowly but surely, craft beer is taking over. We now use cans more frequently. We make great pilsners (see the Beer of the Week). Now chicken wings, once the domain of happy hours and...
Hopslist: Helping You Make Sense of All the Bitterness
The craft beer world is awash in bitterness. Hops are red hot and the passion does not seem to die down. IPAs still sell like mad and now other styles are getting hoppy too,...
10 Top California IPAs
It appears that the IPA (India Pale Ale) bubble refuses to burst, unless you count beers bursting with more and more bitterness with each passing year. There are single hop, white or black, Imperial,...
All About the Yeast at White Labs
My birthday gift to myself was to travel to a lab in San Diego. White Labs to be precise (on Candida Avenue, which is ironic because Candida is a wild yeast). White Labs has been a...
