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Beer and food: what to eat with each beer style
Beer and food pairing by style: a main dish, a cheese and a dessert for each of the 31 beer styles on BeerCorp.
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GuidesBeer glassware: which glass for which beer
Beer glassware by style: tulip, flute, nonic pint, snifter, Stange and more, and which of the 31 beer styles each one suits.
GuidesABV, IBU, SRM and gravity: the numbers on a beer label
What the numbers on a beer mean: ABV for strength, IBU for bitterness, SRM and EBC for colour, and original and final gravity, with the BJCP strength bands.
GuidesHow beer is made, from barley to glass
How beer is made: malting, mashing, lautering, boiling with hops, fermenting, conditioning and packaging, step by step in plain English.
GuidesHow to taste beer like a judge
How to taste beer: the five steps beer judges use, from appearance and aroma to flavour, mouthfeel and overall impression, and the words that describe them.
GuidesBeer serving temperature: how cold for each style
Beer serving temperatures by style, from 4 °C for pale lagers to 13 °C for stouts and barleywines, and why colder is not always better.
History1842: how Plzeň gave the world golden lager
The birth of Pilsner: 36 barrels poured away in 1838, a new brewery, a Bavarian brewer called Josef Groll, and the first golden lager, served on 11 November 1842.
HistoryThe Reinheitsgebot: Bavaria's beer law of 1516
The Reinheitsgebot: Duke Wilhelm IV's 1516 decree that beer be brewed from barley, hops and water, its two versions today, and why a 1918 politician gave it its name.
HistoryTrappist beer: what the hexagon on the label means
Trappist beer: the three rules behind the Authentic Trappist Product label, the ten abbeys that brew it, and how it differs from abbey beer.
StoriesThe 9,000-year lease: how Arthur Guinness built a brewery on porter
The Guinness story: a £45 lease signed in 1759, the switch from ale to porter in 1799, the harp label of 1862 and the nitrogen pint of 1959.
StoriesThe IPA myths: who really sent pale ale to India
India pale ale history: the beer nobody called IPA for 50 years, why George Hodgson did not invent it, and how a six-month voyage ripened it.
StoriesLambic: the beer Brussels leaves to the air
Lambic: how brewers around Brussels let wild microbes ferment their beer, how blenders make gueuze, and the fight that won 'Oude Geuze' EU protection in 1997.