Common off-flavours in craft beer (a guide)

The Craft Beer Channel: "We get asked about off-flavors all the time, so we thought the best way to answer it was with a 17 minute geek out all about the six most common – what they taste like, what they're caused by and how to prevent them! Join Jonny and six horrible glasses of stuff to learn how to identify the common off flavors in craft beer."

What even is Baltic Porter?

Man I just love Baltic porters. A good one has the malt flavors of a brown porter and the roastiness of a schwarzbier, with a pretty high abv. Definitely not for the weak. Around here you can find great versions like Great Raft Old Mad Joy or Lost Forty Puffy Jacket if you want to begin exploring the style, and I highly suggest you do.

Also, you can get started by checking out the guys from The Craft Beer Channel diving into the history of this excellent beer style:
 

Porter and Stout: What's the difference?

Great video from The Craft Beer Channel:

"This week Jonny and Brad answer the question that's puzzled beer geeks since the dawn of time – what's the difference between Porter and Stout? As well as tasting two classic examples, they dive into the history to work our the historical difference between Porter and Stout in the 1700s, 1800s and 1900s – and in doing dig up the origins of Guinness... and how that's different too. Stop saying different."

Five Things You Need to Know About Craft Beer

Another fun video from The Craft Beer Channel.

"Beer is complicated, and the internet is full of lunatics. Let Brad and Jonny cut through some of the key misunderstandings about craft beer with five key things you need to understand about the world of beer and the brews we drink."

What's the Best Beer in the World? | The Craft Beer Channel

Here's a fun video from the guys at The Craft Beer Channel: 

"Brad and Jonny sit down to debate what they think is the best year in the world – referencing the thousands of breweries they have visited and filmed at, as well as their best beer experiences. Putting some rules together, they try to explain what the best beer in the world needs to be – and pick their top choice. 

In this video we mention: Pilsner Urquell (only the tank fresh version), Alchemist Focal Banger, Alchemist Heady Topper, Russian River Pliny the Elder, Allagash White, Treehouse Julius, Cantillon Fou' Foune, Westvletern XII, Rochefort 10, Westmalle Tripel, Westmalle Dubbel."

What is Imperial Stout?

What is Imperial Stout? | The Craft Beer Channel 

"This week we're asking what is Imperial Stout, and what is it's history? There's a lot of confusion around this style, as well as the difference between porter and stout and Russian and Imperial Stout. To aid our confusion, we pick a 14% Imperial Stout to chew while we go DEEP into it."

Beer & cheese: The Ultimate Matching Guide

Good stuff from The Craft Beer Channel!

"This week we are joined by one of the world's greatest cheese experts, Ned Palmer, for a chaotic, euphemism-laden exploration of beer and cheese. Come for the geuze, IPA, stout and barley wine matched with incredible cheeses, stay for the rubber fish."

Beer School: what is yeast?

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"What the funk?! It's been ages since our last Beer School but we're back with 20 minutes of deep diving into the miracle microbe that is YEAST! Join us as we explore one of the world's largest brewing yeast factories, Lallemand in Vienna, and learn the basics of yeast biology – then head to Northern Monk and Little Earth Project to find out how that's put into practice!"

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What are wet hops – brewing best bitter with Five Point

Great video from The Craft Beer Channel!

"Follow the beer making process from hop farm to glass, as we learn all about the historic harvest tradition of wet hop brewing with Five Points and Hukins Hops. We visit the hop fields, then follow the Bullion crop up to London where Five Points brew a best bitter with them!"

Can you brew good beer with bread?!

Really cool video from The Craft Beer Channel on brewing beer with bread. Check it out!

CBC: "This week we're at the amazing Belgian-inspired Unity Brewing Co in Southampton as they brew a collab with Toast Ale that tests the limits of brewing with beer. After hand slicing several kilograms we brew a delicious sounding rye saison with carraway!"

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What is Florida Weisse?

Since I'm going to be in Florida (Destin) in a few weeks for vacation, I thought this video was sort of appropriate. It wasn't that long ago at all when it seemed like there was nearly zero Florida breweries to be found. Now, every time we visit there are more breweries. Looking forward to getting back. Anyway, for now, just enjoy another great video from The Craft Beer Channel!

On the trail of the Sunshine State's own beer style!

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This week Jonny and Brad are in St Pete & Clearwater, Florida! This beautiful piece of paradise in Tampa Bay is famous for its white sand and sunsets, but should also be known for it's AMAZING brewing scene. In the first of a four part series, we explore the region's own beer style – a heavily fruited sour beer known as Florida Weisse – and the incredible people behind it.

 WE VISIT: De Bine Brewing Company - https://www.facebook.com/deBineBrews/
7venth Sun Brewery - https://7venthsun.com/
Arkane Aleworks - https://www.arkanebeer.com/
Pair o' Dice Brewing Company - https://www.pairodicebrewing.com/
Crooked Thumb Brewery - http://crookedthumbbrew.com/

The Alchemist: getting to the heart of Heady Topper

Great stuff (as usual) from The Craft Beer Channel on The Alchemist Brewery and their sought after Heady Topper beer. I was just lucky enough to find a 4-pack of this on a recent road trip and really enjoyed them, which in my opinion lives up to the hype. Great beer.

The Craft Beer Channel: "We tick off one thing from the bucket list as we visit The Alchemist Brewery in Vermont. Join us for all the amazing stories that didn't make our documentary – including lots more on how one of the world's best breweries works, the secrets of Heady Topper and everything it is doing to literally SAVE THE PLANET."

Beer Log: Why Vienna Lager is the Minidisc of Beer

The Craft Beer Channel - We are in VIENNA – a neoclassical masterpiece of a city and home to a unique beer style. At least that's what we thought. In fact, Vienna lager is incredibly hard to find for reasons we explain in this video.

This super quick beer log was filmed on location while we worked on our next Beer School episode...all about YEAST. Coming in a few weeks.

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HYPE TRAIN: Allagash spontaneous & wild beers

The Craft Beer Channel - "When we went over to New England, many of the beers we were most excited to try were from the wild and spontaneous cannon of Allagash – here we see if our own expectations and hype were worth it! With regards to one of them, we had no idea how much it was."

Beer Log: what is mixed ferm beer? | The Craft Beer Channel

The Craft Beer Channel: "This week we break through the bull around mixed ferm beer – what's the difference between mixed ferm, farmhouse, sour, , lambic, spontaneous and wild beer? Using four delicious examples, we cut through the haze with some seriously bretty knowledge."

Beer Log: behind the scenes beer judging!

via The Craft Beer Channel This week, join Jonny for a behind-the-scenes look at judging a national brewing competition for the Society of Independent Brewers.

Watch as we deconstruct 8 lagers, 8 session IPAs and revel in...just how god awful some of them are.

Busting myths about lager with We Are Lager festival!

via The Craft Beer Channel

It's no secret that we love lager more than maybe any other style, so we have teamed up with We Are Lager, an exciting new all-lager festival in Manchester, the bust the big myths that stop beer geeks falling in love with it. So check your prejudice then get tickets to We Are Lager – coming in April!
Get your tickets right here: www.wearelager.com

Beer School: what is malt?

Beer School: what is malt? | The Craft Beer Channel 

We may all rave about hops most of the time, but without malt there would be no beer. This week we head to Muntons, one of the UK's leading maltsters to learn more about the grains that go in our beer. We see out how it's harvested and made – as well as what makes great malt and how it's used.

 Huge thanks to Muntons for the tour and Burnt Mill for the beers!

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The Best Christmas Beers 2018! | The Craft Beer Channel

Here's some fun stuff from The Craft Beer Channel...

 

It's that time of year, as Jonny and the Brad make morons of themselves over a few strong Christmas beers. This year they go all out – panpipes, festive crisps, leftover toasties and lots and lots of nutmeg chat. Oh, and they drink some delicious cherry beers! 

 

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Beer Log: what is a Brut IPA?

Good video from The Craft Beer Channel:

 

"This week we try to answer the question of "what is a brut IPA?" We try the new trendy style and pick it apart to work out if it can achieve the aims of having the fruitiness of a NEIPA but the dryness and crisp finish of Champagne."