Yeast: the tiny little creature that does all the real work
Hop en mout krijgen alle aandacht, maar het beestje dat het echte werk doet blijft vaak onderbelicht: gist. We leggen uit hoe gist bepaalt of je bier fruitig, strak of juist wild wordt.
Category: Beer brewing
Achtergrondartikelen over bierbrouwen in het algemeen — hopsoorten, brouwtechnieken, bierstijlen en meer.
Why one IPA smells like mango and the other like pine
Two IPAs of the same strength can smell completely different. This is almost never due to the malt and almost always to the hops: which variety goes in, and especially when it goes in.
Beer with food: three pairings that always work
Wine with food is a habit; beer with food is a discovery. With three simple principles and a few concrete examples from our shop, you can choose the right beer for what is on the table yourself.
This is how you store craft beer without it losing its flavor.
Light, heat, and time all affect your beer, and not always for the better. Why brown glass exists, which beers actually improve with age, and what that best-before date actually means.
Which glass goes with which beer?
Why does the same beer sometimes taste just a little bit better from a different glass? We explain which glass belongs with wheat beer, tripel, IPA, and imperial stout, and why that makes a difference.
IBU, EBC, and %: why does this beer taste the way it tastes?
When you select a new bottle in our webshop, you will always see three numbers at the bottom: an IBU, an EBC, and an alcohol percentage. For connoisseurs, it is a handy compass, but for those just starting to discover craft beer, it quickly feels like a secret code. While it is actually quite simple and quite fun to […]