Beer, like wine or baseball or fashion, has its own lexicon. There are acronyms like IPA (India Pale Ale) and obscure hop names like Motueka, all worth knowing in the name of understanding your drink ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. The story of how beer gets its bitter (as well as its brown bottle) comes down to a bit of chemistry and ...

You're sitting down at a bar, and reflexively, you reach for the beer menu. Line by line, you see all the standards: the beer name, the brewery, the alcohol percentage — but then, popping out at you, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A few weeks ago, Team BeerSci got the chance to tour one of our ...

Beer lovers nowadays subsist on a steady diet of alphabet soup. They need to distinguish between ESBs (extra special bitters) and IPAs (India pale ales), and to know a beer’s ABV (alcohol by volume).

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... IPA is the most popular craft beer style — and most of what we know about it is wrong. The debunked origin story — the one about the beer being created to ...

International Bitterness, or Bittering, Units – commonly listed as IBUs – are a measurement of exactly what you think: a beer's bitterness. But it's not necessarily a gauge of hops. It's a fine ...

Beer has been around for a while. From lagers to stouts, people have been consuming beer for thousands of years. Breweries have popped up across the state — from Columbia Craft locally to Birds Fly ...

Following 12+ years of steady guidance from OG director Sheila Francis, Idaho Brewers United (IBU), our state’s craft beer ...