Stout is a broad family of beers known for their dark color and roasty flavor. Despite their variety, stout beers are often pigeonholed as being strong beers, but alcohol content in stout beers ranges from very session-able to extreme. Additionally, while their flavor is a common denominator, brewers have found ample opportunities to take liberties … Read more
Belgium is home to the most diverse variety of beers worldwide. Belgian beer culture is strong and proud, from delicate lagers to boozy, complexly flavored abbey beers and the immaculately fermented lambic styles. Nearly every town has its own museum devoted to beer or brewing ingredients, not to mention several fantastic beer-focused pubs specializing in … Read more
It was not long ago – in many of our lifetimes – when the beverage of beer was primarily marketed solely by prominent national and international companies all selling one similar style of beer. In the United States specifically, experts believed that by the turn of the Century, just three massive beer companies would dominate … Read more
Light beers are the most popular beer style in the world. What they lack in a robust flavor profile, they make up with endless refreshment and fewer calories than typical beers. Even craft beer drinkers have developed a taste for easy drinking beers, and craft breweries have released their own interpretation aimed at thirst quenching … Read more
The United States of America is the most diverse beer landscape in the world. With nearly 10,000 breweries, you can be sure to find a beer to enjoy no matter where you are in the US. But it didn’t used to be that way. Many experts believed that America would be dominated by just a … Read more
Modelo is the brewer and parent company behind Modelo Especial, the newly crown best-selling beer in the United States. Along with the pilsner style lager Modelo Especial, the Modelo brewery also brews the iconic dark beer Modelo Negra and a light beer called Modelo Oro. So where are these beers brewed? All Modelo beers are … Read more
Modelo Especial and Modelo Negra immediately come to mind when we think of popular Mexican beers. But while these beers are iconic parts of Mexican beer culture and two of the best-selling entrants in the imported beer industry worldwide, Negra Modelo and Modelo Especial have quite a few differences. Let’s look at these differences and … Read more
This round, we’re comparing a pair of Corona Extra and Corona Light. Which of these pale lagers is better? Beer drinkers love to debate the merits of the beers they drink, but deciding a beer’s technical merits is different from its popular appeal. Nothing exemplifies this more than comparing a beer with its light beer … Read more
You might have heard the term IBU used in terms of beer. Maybe you saw it on a beer can or heard your craft beer nerd friends talking about. But what does it actually mean? The short answer is that IBU stands for International Bitterness Units scale (sometimes called International Bittering Units. IBU is basically … Read more
