In December, an installment of All Hopped Up was devoted to demystifying homebrewing by breaking it down to four essential steps. Given the right equipment and some very basic know-how, anyone who can read a recipe can brew beer. What many people don’t know about the drink, however, is that all beer is made with [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Beer 101’
November 13, 2008
AHU: A winter wonderland of beer
As wool socks and long johns are awakened from their summer hibernation and seeing your breath becomes as familiar to the eye as 4:30 p.m. sunsets, an annual question is once again raised: How the hell will I keep warm this winter? But keeping your body toasty is a no-brainer – just make sure your [...]
August 31, 2008
AHU: Beers have families too
Originally published in The McGill Daily on November 8, 2007. This is the inaugural edition of my column, All Hopped Up, in the Daily.
In Quebec we have the curious propensity to name beers by their colour. Walk into any bar in Montreal, name an autumnal hue – rousse, dorée, cuivrée, noir, blanche, blonde, et cetera [...]
