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How Much Alcohol is in Beer?
The simple answer is between 2.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) and 67.5% (ABV). The Beer with The Highest Alcohol Content: Brewmeister Snake Venom “This is
How Beer is Made
A short tour of the Harpoon Brewhouse in Boston, MA. (Recorded 27 June 2013) How Beer is Made Beer (both Lager and Ale) is made
Who Invented Beer?
Prehistoric Beer There is some debate about whether grain was first explicitly cultivated in brewing beer or baking bread. However, there is no doubt that
How to Serve Beer
Beer Serving Basics The most important thing to remember about serving beer is that it should be the freshest beer you can get. This is
What is Craft Beer?
In the early 1970s, Anheuser Busch, Miller, and Coors were fighting it out with advertising campaigns and discounting practices that left them with paper-thin profit
A Chat with Peter Egelston Co-Founder of Portsmouth Brewery
About Peter Egelston “Peter grew up in California but moved to New York where he earned a degree in Spanish Literature at NYU. In 1984
