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Best IPA Beer Brands
Despite being known as Indian Pale Ale, and likewise considered mostly an American beverage, IPAs were actually invented by the British in India for longer journeys across the sea. For this reason, IPAs were made bitter, stronger and particularly darker than their counterparts. Fast forward to today, craft brews have grown up into a style of their own, tending to have some of the craziest flavors, most oddball names, and yet satisfying textures.
Beavertown Extravaganza - A Review
Beavertown Brewery announced earlier this year that they would be holding a two day beer festival. Tickets sold out swiftly, but my wife, a friend and I bagged one each for the second day. It wasn’t cheap, at £55 including booking fee, but it felt strongly like it had the makings of a very enjoyable day out.
Andrew BeasleyPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Best Shower Beer Brews
My friends, we live in wonderful, magical times. We live in the time when drinking in the shower isn't a sign of alcoholism, but just a sign of mind-numbingly awesome-cool slackerdom.
Ossiana TepfenhartPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Best Cheap Rosé Wine on the Market
Rosé wine has long been somewhat maligned among wine connoisseurs — particularly among purists, due to the fact that it's a blend of different wines together. However, over the years, people have begun to find a lot of merit in rosé wines.
Mackenzie Z. KennedyPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Best Ice Wines
Ice wines are produced all over the world, and have become a specialty product of many regions - particularly the Niagara region in Ontario Canada (in the areas just north of Niagara falls). Long a local favorite, wine-drinkers around the world have begun to discover these delicious and sweet dessert wines that can only be grown in certain regions, and with select varieties of grapes.If you have never tried ice wine, or are hoping to expand your knowledge of this specialty wine, check out this list of 10 of the best ice wines available now! Their quality and flavor have impressed even the most discerning wine experts in the world.
Annie KielyPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Best Gluten-Free Beer From Major Breweries
Oh, gluten. You are the pizza crust on our tomato pies, the bread in our bread and butter, and the beer in our...beer. Therein lies a problem, at least if you enjoy a brewski as much as I do.
Ossiana TepfenhartPublished 6 years ago in Proof
How to Drink Ice Wine
Right now, we are in the throes of ice wine season. If you don't know what ice wine is, it's wine that is made with grapes that were frozen on the stem. Around the colder parts of the world, grapes are undergoing a first frost — and are fermented without a single drop of noble rot.
Grace TylerPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Best Cider Beers for Fall
Hard cider, also known as cider beer, is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages that's been heavily associated with the fall season. For centuries, people have been drinking cider as a way to herald in the harvest season — and it's still a part of beer culture, today, too.
Skunk UzekiPublished 6 years ago in Proof
What to Know About Canadian Ice Wine
Ice Whaaat? You may ask. Yes, ice wine. See, most people tend to associate Canada’s sub-zero temperatures with naked lands, essentially no life—but the truth is, since 1984, Ontario has found a use for these unforgiving temperatures in grape production.
DollarBilcopyPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Must Try Craft Beers For Fall
The feeling is already in the air. As many craft beers for fall are brewing, fall is approaching! The signs of the season are speedily coming close and as we experience the change in season, our beer aisle experiences the change in the flavors of capped bottles. The fall season is an exciting time of the year for all beer lovers: plenty of fresh craft beers for fall and fun activities to go with them. What else can be more relaxing than having bottles of local craft beers for fall with your pals watching college football?
Helena HudsonPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Easy Red Wine Sangria Recipes
Red wine sangria is one of the most popular drinks for a girls night in, a brunch get-together, or even as an accompaniment to a nice bowl of seafood paella. When done right, red wine sangria is savory, sweet, and can help even the tensest person unwind.
Lynne ShumakerPublished 6 years ago in Proof
Best Oktoberfest Beers
Oktoberfest is a drinker's holiday, and to a point, it's where the best beers of the season battle like they're competing for a spot in Valhalla. It's a time when guys with beer bellies dress in lederhosen and wear beards while playing tubas, and a time when girls polka down like it's 1899.
Ossiana TepfenhartPublished 6 years ago in Proof
