I came to the Temple Brewing Company beers a bit late in the piece, compared to many other beer geeks. I knew of them but – stupidly – I decided I didn’t […]
Trouble at the Temple
J is for Japan
Japan is home to the interesting happo-shu class of “not really a beer” beers, low-malt lagers brought about by the country’s unusual – and high – beer taxes. See, if happo-shu is […]
The Session #76 announcement: Compulsion
What’s this? It’s called The Sessions. It’s also called Beer Blogging Friday. In my head it’s also called ‘‘an excuse for me to crap on and think I’m being entertaining’’. What happens […]
H is for Hoegaarden
My wife has never been at the forefront of good beer – except where Hoegaarden is concerned. When we met, I knew next to nothing about good beer. How little did I know? […]
G is for global warming
I’ve got to say, when I think of global warming, I don’t think of beer. Maybe it’s because I figure that something that’s so much fun can’t really have any link to […]
Porn and the definition of craft beer
In 1964, the US Supreme Court was hearing the obscenity case of Jacobellis vs Ohio. Nico Jacobellis, a cinema owner, was in trouble for screening the French film Les Amants, which the […]
E is for environmental issues
Whenever I do a bit of homebrewing I’m acutely aware of just how much water the process uses. Aside from the water that goes into making the beer there’s all the water […]
D is for drinking customs
There are a few pages of the OCB dedicated to various drinking customs around the world. I’ve decided to limit this entry to just two of them – customs, that is, not […]
C is for California Common
There are a few names for beer styles that confuse me. For instance, what the hell is the go with ‘‘Cascadian Dark Ale’’? Everyone was getting along fine when we were calling […]
B is for beechwood chips
In the second instalment of my journey through the illuminating – though also heavy – OCB sees us heading into Budweiser territory (which also starts with B. “Budweiser”, I mean, not “territory”. […]
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