We have seen the craft beer movement. We have seen sommeliers for beer. And now there has arrived from Berlin, the latest vogue, Beer Yoga. In the words of its promoters it combines German beer with its centuries-old powers to lull the soul and Indian yoga, which relaxes body and spirit. It represents not only [...]

The term comes from England and refers to a beer of which one may drink 5 mugs in a sitting, or session with friends. It is in style to call it a beer for easy drinking. It does not represent a challenge to the palate with a taste that is very strong and hoppy. It [...]

In a previous article we noted the scant inclination of Italians to attribute comical names to their craft beers. Craft brewers in the United States and Great Britain fancy bizarre names for brands and types of beer. They derive from Anglo-Saxon humor, which runs from the typical understatement to the farce of Monty Python and [...]

No, it is not particularly bitter. In an English pub, when one asks for a bitter or an ale or simply a beer (unless one specifically indicates lager, which in the English nomenclature does not count as a beer) the barkeeper will draw a bitter, a running beer that is only moderately alcoholic and, notwithstanding [...]

In Pasillo, Restauarnt and Pizzeria, in Casalgrande (RE), in addition to the magnificent pizza Birra di Modena is available. Click here to discover the restaurant and make a reservation

When a drinker sips a beer and says, “It’s bad,” it may have different meanings. It could mean, “This beer has a taste that I don’t like, it’s too bitter, or it’s sweetish, or it’s insipid, or it’s too sour, or it doesn’t have any flavor, etc., etc.” These are comments that reflect the preferences [...]

There are various meanings, and they create confusion. Everything goes back to the year 1842 and the first production of a new type of beer in the Bohemian city of Pilsen (at the time in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today in the Czech Republic) by the Bavarian brewer Josef Groll. He used local malt and hops, [...]

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%, [...]