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Beers have often been brewed with weird or unexpected ingredients. You have beers brewed with ghost peppers, miso, bull testicles, popcorn, chicken, and other bizarre ingredients, but they are all edible ingredients. Rogue Ales, known for using such odd ingredients as bacon and yeast from beard hair…
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Getting to enjoy the delicate softness of a nitrogenized beer is something that was typically an experience which required a trip to the local pub. Yes, there are a few nitrogenized offerings from across the pond that have been available for home consumption for a couple of years, but they tend to leave a lot to the imagination.
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There are endless amounts of jokes available when a brewery decides to make a beer using certain unmentionable body parts. However, what if the beer, despite its light-hearted intentions, was actually an attempt at a new, regular brew paying homage to regional traditions? A fine line is drawn and consumption may or may not be affected, but this is exactly what Wynkoop Brewing Company set out to do.
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Breweries have been known to gather wild yeast strains from the city they call home; leaving petri dishes out to capture strains from the open city air and then cultivating the yeast to see what happens. It is a bit unique and might have some strange results, but it has nothing on Rogue’s recent methods.
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Over the last couple years, Farm to Table has become all the rage throughout the food scene. People want to see fresh produce coming from local farms in their dishes, and restaurants have been popping up and revamping their menus to please this need. Now that the foodies are happy, it seems to be time to keep the beer geeks happy as well.
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When a Japanese Delegation came to town looking to promote their miso product, Dogfish Head took advantage of their visit and put on a beer dinner that revolved around miso. Being that it was a beer dinner, there had to be beers that paired well with the flavors, and what beer pairs better than one brewed with miso? So in typical Dogfish Head fashion, an extreme beer was brewed to fit the occasion.
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Popcorn Pilsner
Wanting to use more local Indiana ingredients in their beers, Sun King Brewery of Indianapolis turned to one of the state’s most renowned exports. Known as the popcorn capital of the world, it only made sense that they would make a popcorn beer. Read more…
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When your brewery has the word “twisted” in the name, it’s expected that you would have some strange and unique offerings. Twisted Pine Brewery out of Boulder, CO, doesn’t disappoint. They have taken a style growing in popularity and brought it to a new, twisted level. Most people have seen a chili beer by now, but most of those beers are “drinkable,” Twisted Pine’s version… well, this one might just burn like a mother f***er. Read more…
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Deviled eggs, crab cakes, dry rubs and other food seasonings are all great uses for mustard seeds. It tastes great in food and a lot of those foods pair perfectly with beer. Apparently, Belgian brewery Brouwerij Alvinne agreed, so much so that they decided to make a beer with mustard seeds. Brouwerij Alvinne is actually one of the smallest authentic breweries in Belgium. Each of their batches produces a mere 65 cases of beer. A very low number, especially considering we have this beer available in the U.S. Read more…
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Apparently, to find some of the most unique beer ingredients, all we had to do was go back in time to old English recipes. That is where you’ll find a good ol’ traditional Cock Ale. Though the earliest recorded recipe is dated 1886, Cock Ales may have been around much longer (perhaps dating back to the 1500s). Despite the length of time this style has been around, it’s hard to imagine anyone has topped the bizarreness of this beer. Read more…
