Category: Aleheads Take On

Written by Ripped Van Drinkale

I HATE BOURBON BARREL AGED BEER

Oh no he didn’t! Did Doc just say he hates Bourbon Barrel-Aged Beers? Who the hell does he think he is? Get him!

Written by Professor pH Lager

SIGHT FOR SORE EYES

In the past, I’ve written about the flavor and scent of beer: what the bitter principles are, what off flavors are, or even what will make your beer smell bad.  Something that hasn’t yet come up is the color.  Most beers are some shade of yellow/brown, with tints of other colors occasionally coming in – […]

Written by Professor pH Lager

SKUNKED

Have you ever taken that first sip of a beer and had to put the bottle down because it was skunked? You liar. You drank it anyway, didn’t you. In between some of the poop jokes on the very exclusive Aleheads email list someone mentioned skunked beer, and it got me thinking as it’s something […]

Written by Professor pH Lager

A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR

As part of my interest in the science of brewing, I thought it might be interesting to write a little bit about sugar and the role it plays in beer.  Beer is composed of roughly four or five ingredients:  malted grain, hops, yeast, water, and occasionally an adjunct (spices, fruit extract, etc.) that adds some […]

Written by Professor pH Lager

TASTE THE RAINBOW II

See here for my previous note on flavors and molecules in beer. A recent post about tasting notes from Brother Barley has really got me thinking.  I’ve always felt humbled by the descriptive terms the other Aleheads in tasting notes, and felt that my own palate (or perhaps my nose) isn’t really up to snuff, […]