Club Name: Rare Beer Club Monthly Cost: $34.95 per month plus $14 S&H Rating: 98/100 Quick Summary: Of all the beer clubs I’ve tried for my blog reviews, the Rare Beer Club is the only one that I will keep long term. They deliver high quality, hard to find beers that I would not be […]
The Best Real Ale Pubs In The UK
A real ale is all about real flavor. No preservatives. Just the unadulterated taste of beer. And, it is quite something. A real ale is made of traditional and natural ingredients like barley, yeast, hops, and water, just like any other beer. What’s notable about it is that it does not use any external source […]
Craft Beer Kings Review: Is Buying Craft Beer Online Worth It?
So far I’ve ordered two full boxes of beers from Craft Beer Kings, so it’s pretty obvious I’m happy with what they’ve got going on. I’ll include details of what I got and some other cool features of their website in this review. But they aren’t the only game in town, and there are some […]
How To Reuse Yeast In Your Homebrew
For the first year of brewing, I always bought yeast packets every time brewed a new batch. But I recently brewed 4 beers in the same month and realized that they were all using Wyeast 1056 and decided to look into how to reuse yeast in my homebrew. I was a little scared at first […]
Off Flavor Taste Test #3: Benzaldehyde
Today is the off flavor taste test for benzaldehyde, colloquially known as “almond”, although I don’t really think that’s a good descriptor of it. The almost I know is a earthy, crunchy, dry, and nutty flavor. Although I understand now that they mean more of a ‘candied almond paste’ effect, like marzipan, calling it almost […]