Everyone knows the mantra: malt, hops, yeast, water. These are the four essential ingredients of all beer, and brewing with anything beyond these four items is viewed as suspect.
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Come in from the Cold (IPA)
Unbound by centuries of brewing tradition, our nation has embraced and celebrated the classic IPA style and its derivatives like no other.
Why Beer Styles Matter
Craft beer styles are an essential component to the modern craft beer market, relied upon by brewers and consumers alike.
Give Me Sweet Potato Instead of Pumpkin
It should be no surprise when the seasonal crush of Oktoberfest/märzens abruptly yields to spicier brews like stouts, pumpkin ales and winter warmers.
Lessons from New Mexico
Sampling random New Mexico breweries provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the North Texas craft beer scene with one not-so-far removed.
The Yuengling Mystique
For those unfamiliar with Yuengling, their products, or are mystified at the social stir their arrival in Texas has created, let's break down the situation.
An Ode to the Hefeweizen
Back at the beginning, craft beer was simpler. Four core styles could be relied upon: blonde ale, American pale ale, a version of wheat beer, and a porter/stout.
The Craft Hard Seltzer Movement
It remains to be determined whether the flavored hard seltzer movement is beneficial to the industry as a whole or something else entirely.
Vector Moonsmoke
The most reliable way to make me break my reclusive habits and get me out of my man-cave is to brew an obscure, historic beer style that I've never heard of.
The Monkly Fun Beer Box
The Monkly Fun Beer Box is a journey through the styles and ages of craft and premium beer all wrapped up in Denton Culture!
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