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Elemental Series: Hops

Jan Zeschky • April 9, 2018

When it comes to beer ingredients, hops are the revolutionary rock stars. These flowers of the humulus lupulus plant are arguably the driving force behind beer’s resurrection in the 1980s and 1990s, bringing eye-opening and mind-expanding new flavours to what […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Rei Boysenberry Sour by Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks

Rob Mangelsdorf • December 21, 2017

I’ll be completely honest, I’m not super familiar with the boysenberry. The sum total of my previous experience with this fruit has been with IHOP pancake syrup, so for years I assumed it was an artificial flavour with a made-up […]

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