1. The First TasteAsk people about the first time they tasted beer, and many will admit they didn’t enjoy it. To find out why, we need to look at how our taste buds respond to different flavors.Flavors can be categorized into five different groups – sweet, sour, salty, savory (also known as umami),

1. BAShort for the Brewers Association, they have three strict definitions of craft breweries in the U.S. and have been using them for years:(1) The maximum annual output is no more than 6 million barrels(2) The brewery is not or less than 25% controlled by a non-craft brewery(3) At least one of the

Beer is made with water, grains, hops, and yeast. All grain brewing is the process of making beer from scratch with crushed malted grains instead of malt extracts. The real difference between extract brewing and all-grain brewing is how the fermentable sugars are acquired during the brewing process.