We do not refer to foods that are commonly associated with beer such as pizza or a Texas barbecue, nor to refined combinations proposed by beer sommeliers who pair up a particular dish with a particular type of beer. Instead we are talking about simple snacks that go well with beer and in particular: - [...]
Excise duties amount to Euro 3.02 per Plato degree per hectoliter of beer. A little elementary arithmetic will allow us to evaluate the matter in the correct perspective and to reconsider the complaints of certain beer chroniclers and bloggers. A concrete example: the excise duty on a 0.5 liter bottle of ABV 5% beer (we [...]
These two terms are often misunderstood. In Italy the term “special beer” refers to a legal classification for the alcohol content. In it there are non-alcoholic beers with ABV up to 1.2%, light beers with ABV of 1.2-3.5%, normal beers or beers without particular denomination with ABV of 3.6-5.4%, special beers with ABV of 5.5-5.9%, [...]
From today you may drink Birra di Modena at the Juta Cafe, Via Del Taglio, 91, It is one of the places most appreciated in Modena and is at the center of the movida of Piazza Pomposa!
It refers to a law issued by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria in 1516, the Prohibition of Substitutes (Der Surrogatverbot), which was only much later, in 1918, renamed the Law of Purity (die Reinheitsgebot). This appears on the labels of the majority of German beers, but the importance of the law has been exaggerated. It [...]
It is possible thanks to a loophole adopted soon after the proclamation of the law. Thus even the esteemed and law-abiding German brewers have followed our Italian saying of “as soon as the law is made, the tricky way around it has been found.” In 1516 Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria issued the Law of [...]