Devon White Ale, also known as West Country White Ale, is one of those old English country beers that dates back to the Middle Ages, to a time before hops became a common beer ingredient. It’s also one of those…
Cacao is sacred to many Mesoamerican cultures. For thousands of years, the Cacao fruit and the cacao beans played an important role in their societies, both as a drink with strong religious and royal ties, and as currency. Among the…
Choujiu is definitely one of the more interesting brews that I’ve done so far. The fermentation process is unusual when compared to other beers, and actually just unusual in general. Fermentation of choujiu is a dual process, as you inoculate…
Unless you’ve spent much time in South America, or followed Dogfish Head Brewery closely, you probably haven’t heard of Chicha. I have to admit, when I first found out about it and profiled it, I was intrigued. Seriously: an ages-old…
If you travel to Central or South America, chances are you’ll find plenty of places selling Chicha. Chicha has become somewhat of a catchall term nowadays for a range of fermented and non-fermented drinks. It can be made from an…
Beer festivals are one of the main reasons I travel. To me, there’s nothing better than being with your friends – either old friends or new ones met at the hostel that morning – and exploring tent after tent of…
Big trips require some big planning and budgeting. Most of us don’t work jobs that afford us the income to just jet around the world whenever and for however long we want. Instead, we need to budget, we need to…
When I talk to people about travel, their response is almost universal: “I love it, I wish I could do more of it, but I can’t.” From there, there’s usually a litany of reasons about how/why they can’t travel, even…
Beer and women. Women and beer. Nowadays, when you think of the two, you probably fall in line with what’s shown in commercials: a manly drink with bold flavors brought to you by buxom, scantily-clad ladies. While that all sounds…
Craft beer is something that lends itself to long conversations: it’s easy to talk about, it’s easy to debate, and drinking a lot of it leads to even more conversation. It’s simple to talk to someone about their favorite styles,…