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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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Beer & Food Pairing: Tea Sandwiches & British Beers
One thing I love is snacks. If I’m not eating, I’m thinking about how far away from snacks. Thus, doing a beer pairing with classic high tea finger sandwiches seemed like a natural idea.
Beer & Food Pairing: Scotch Eggs & Scottish Ale
The Belhaven Scottish Ale paired perfectly with the vegetarian version. The caramel maltiness tempered the heat from the spicy Italian Beyond sausage as well as highlighted the Maillard flavors from the deep frying. The herbal and earthy hop flavors highlighted the beer horseradish mustard I paired with the Scotch eggs.
I (Re)Tried It: Belgian Strong Ales Blind Tasting
"To-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another."