http://bayareabrewing.com drink more beer, it's good for you Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:57:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en American Amber or Red Ale is definitely a West Coast classic, yet has a very wide interpretation. There are many commercial examples. Some that I think are similar to an ESB (or even called such), some with very complex malt profiles, and yet others that are closer to a somewhat ... http://bayareabrewing.com/2008/04/11/american-amber-ale-batch-2/ Spotted on /. a NYT article on a Czech study of beer drinking versus scientific productivity. The results were surprisingly negative, especially for the Czech Republic (which reportedly has the highest per capita beer consumption in the world). This is all very hard to swallow (ha, no pun intended). For ... http://bayareabrewing.com/2008/03/19/czech-sci/ Here is an attempt at not only a homebrewing standard, but a staple of American Micro Brews. The American Pale Ale, perhaps of the hoppier West Coast verity. It is a little funny to think that I have rarely (if ever) taken a stab at this style of beer, taking ... http://bayareabrewing.com/2008/03/01/american-pale-batch-1/ A little bit of a belated post, for many have already covered these two fine Bay Area beer events, and who won the awards, etc.; What's on Tap and Brookston Beer Bulletin to name a few. Just wanted to recored my impressions, this was the first year I managed to ... http://bayareabrewing.com/2008/02/24/two-festivals/ i meant to write this up last night, when i thought the matter was settled. the matter was not settled. on monday i brewed up a 4.75G batch (a bit of a volume screwup, as usual) of 1070 pale ale. into it i pitched a healthy looking 500ml starter ... http://bayareabrewing.com/2008/02/21/a-bit-of-venting-or-how-i-learned-to-relax-dont-worry-and-have-a-blowoff-tube/