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Beer Study Hall is where curiosity about beer turns into deeper understanding. Explore clear, approachable articles about beer styles, ingredients, brewing processes, sensory science, history, and the many details that shape what ends up in your glass. Whether you are studying for an exam or simply want to learn more about beer, start wherever your interests take you.
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I Tried It: Beer & Food Pairings or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Pair Doppelbock with Everything
The virtue of whatever dish I'm making is that the individual ingredients taste good when you cook them into one dish - I'm not making toothpaste and orange juice casserole.
Why Does Beer Taste Like Banana?
Some beers smell distinctly like banana because yeast produces an ester called isoamyl acetate during fermentation. Learn why it is especially prominent in Hefeweizen, what affects its intensity, and when banana character belongs in a beer.
Putting the Rad in Radlermass: How Quick Thinking Invented a New Beer Style
Kugler named his drink Radlermass - radler means cyclist in German and mass is an old Bavarian word for liter. Thus, the cyclist's liter was invented.
Sisters Brewin' It For Themselves: Beer-Making Nuns
Or, Nun is the Loneliest Number: Sister Doris, the Last Beer-Making Nun in Europe.
I can't decide. So many good nun puns!