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What Are IBUs in Beer? Beer Bitterness Explained

May 17, 2025 Thomas Short Leave a comment
What Exactly Are IBUs? How are IBUS measured

West Coast IPAs are notorious for being bitter, bitter beers. While some choose to embrace the hops, others bring out…

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Posted in: Beer, Let's Learn Filed under: Bitter, Hoppy, hops

What Is Unfiltered Beer?

March 2, 2025 Thomas Short 1 Comment
pouring a beer

We recently visited Pure Project in San Diego, a brewery known for its sustainable practices and excellent brews. During the…

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What’s Peat In Beer?

October 18, 2023 Thomas Short 1 Comment
Let’s Learn! What’s Peat in beer from whisky barrels

Beer nerds, I just got my hands on a bottle of Fremont Brew 2000 with peat. It’s basically the tastiest…

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Posted in: Beer, Let's Learn Filed under: barleywine, barrel aged beer, peat, scotch

Hop Water: A New Non-Alcoholic Fascination

September 17, 2023 Thomas Short Leave a comment
sparkling water on top of hops

Continuing my trend of covering non-alcoholic beer and similar non-boozy beverages, today I want to talk to you about hop…

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What Is Beer Gravity?

July 31, 2023 Thomas Short Leave a comment
beer getting poured

When you visit a brewery, you usually see a few numbers next to the beer name. You might see volume…

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Posted in: Let's Learn Filed under: Beer

5 Main Beer Ingredients: Breaking Down Beer

June 22, 2023 Thomas Short 1 Comment
beer with ingredients over map

Humans are 60% water. The Earth is 71% water. Beer is 95% water. Just like everything we know and love,…

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Non Alcoholic Beer: How It’s Made and Why It’s Good

June 17, 2023 Thomas Short Leave a comment
beer can at dusk

The non alcoholic beer craze is sweeping the nation. After two years of lockdown and (I assume) more-than-usual drinking, people…

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What Is A West Coast IPA?

June 15, 2023 Thomas Short Leave a comment
hops and west coast usa

Quick — when you think of an IPA, what comes to mind? If you said bitter, bitter, and bitter, then…

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What Is A Cold IPA?

June 12, 2023 Thomas Short Leave a comment
four glasses of beer

From high ABV to low ABV, East Coast to West Coast, the IPA just seems to keep reinventing itself. Just…

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What Is A Vienna Lager?

June 9, 2023 Thomas Short Leave a comment
A vienna lager in vienna

Continuing my years-long journey of exploring the types of lagers with more minutia than anyone ever should, I bring to…

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