Beer Geek Wednesday

Limonene is the oxidative product of a monoterpene. It is found in a wide range of citrus plants and promotes positive health outcomes like reducing anxiety and acting as an antioxidant.

Pinene is a woody, herbal and, astoundingly, pine-y flavour found in lots of herbs, like basil and rosemary, and of course our favourite hops. Even when present, however, pinene only accounts for a...

Terpenes are a group of organic molecules found in plants that are highly aromatic. Plants use them to attract pollinators, repel predatory insects, communicate and seed clouds (seriously). There’s...

One of the challenges in identifying the flavours of any of the 150 odd commercially available hop varietals, is consuming them in a controlled, specific and comparable format. Most commercial beer...

The craft world has had a tetchy relationship with lager since it’s inception. Craft beer, in its truest sense, was a rebellion against the blerg macro lagers of old. And that Post Lager Stress Dis...

With consumers perennial quest for hops, brewers all over the world have devised new and intriguing ways of using hops. Some solutions are inane, while others creep, insidiously through brewing net...

A hybridisation of Cascade and Northern Brewer at the Washington State University breeding programs, it’s unsurprising that Cashmere has this array of amazing flavour. Hybridisation programs are mo...

Hops are a remarkable bine that grow 5-10 meters every year, from a rhizome. Female plants fruit once a year, responding particularity to UV exposure during fruiting. That’s why they produce better...

Before East Coast was imposed on the brewers vernacular, West Coast was simply “American IPA”. American IPA all started at Anchor Brewing in San Fran, where the guys wanted to make an English IPA w...