Beer and other things
A gweilo beer 鬼佬啤酒 Pale Ale bought to go from Saigon Craft and enjoyed properly socially distanced. Saigon Craft is one of the original purveyors of craft beer in district 7, and have helped a lot of new beer companies sell their beverages to the diverse clientele of southern Saigon. Although I’ve only been there […]
Brewing beer takes a lot of time and effort cleaning, temperature control, filtering, aerating, and many more things make it an all day adventure. Sake is technically a beer, because rice is a grain, but instead of malting and kilning the grain like most beers, it uses the enzymatic processes of Koji to convert starches […]
I love beer. I love food. Therefore, combining the two seems like a match made in heaven, right? There are two ways beer can have a great impact on food. The first is to pair beer with food. This can seem daunting at first, because it requires some research, but it isn’t too hard to […]
Today, I’m writing about new Belgium 1554 Black Lager, formerly known as Enlightened Black Ale. Why is it called both an ale and a lager? The main reason is due to silly laws about alcohol in America. An ale is a beer that uses ale yeast, and subjected to higher fermentation temperature than a lager. […]
Today I am writing about a beer that really opened my eyes to the potential of American style wheat beers. Traditionally, wheat beers from Belgium and Germany, known as witbier and hefeweizen respectively, pack bold flavors and usually have a thick cloudiness in the beer. All styles of wheat beer will have a smooth, creamy […]