Pouring with Tradition
While most brewers keep their eyes on current trends, some small producers are embracing tradition, tapping into old-school approaches for beer-pouring techniques.
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While most brewers keep their eyes on current trends, some small producers are embracing tradition, tapping into old-school approaches for beer-pouring techniques.
Nowadays, Gotlandsdricka is rarely made commercially. However, it is still a favorite among homebrewers there.
In this excerpt from Modern Lager Beer, a new release from Brewers Publications, the authors discuss coming trends, ingredients, and processes in the world of lager brewing.
Traditional Piwo Grodziskie is a highly carbonated, light-bodied, oak-smoked session wheat ale, which in its homeland is considered “the pride of Polish brewing.”
Craft brewers are treading on turf that used to belong to the big national brewers. It's not unusual to step into a taproom today and see several lighter lager styles on the menu.
Pastry stouts, if unbalanced, can be cloyingly sweet; yet, if they are done with finesse and creativity, they can be sublimely delicious.
The trick to making lager is that there are no tricks. There are only techniques rooted in tradition and history, record keeping, and attempts at repeatability.
Craft non-alcohol beer was scarcely a category five years ago. Now it's a hot commodity, propelling the once-moribund NA beer segment to grow 31.7%.
Brewing non-alcohol beer is fundamentally different from producing traditional beers that typically contain inherent barriers to ensure consumer safety and shelf stability.
Yeast suppliers have started to provide a microbial avenue for creating non-alcoholic beer by offering nonstandard yeasts that have limited ability to digest crucial malt sugars.