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Beer Styles
Craft vs Draft Beer: Producer and Serving Format Explained
Craft and draft beer are different kinds of descriptions. Craft usually refers to the producer or a market identity. Draft, also spelled draught, refers to beer…
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Malt Liquor vs Beer: Category, Strength and Serving Size
Malt liquor is a beer-related malt-beverage category, not the same thing as distilled liquor. The word liquor can be confusing in this context. A product labeled…
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BAC Calculators: Estimates, Inputs and Important Limits
A blood alcohol concentration calculator estimates a value from assumptions and information you enter. It does not measure your blood, diagnose intoxication or establish that you…
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Stout vs Beer: Why Stout Is Part of the Beer Family
Stout is beer. Comparing stout with beer as though they are separate drinks confuses a style family with the broader category that contains it. The more…
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Baranof Island Brewing Website Joins Beer Snobs
Beer Snobs acquired the Baranof Island Brewing website only. This was not an acquisition of the brewery business, its premises, equipment, staff, beer production or operating…
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Beer Alcohol Percentage: Reading ABV and Serving Size
Beer does not have one universal alcohol percentage. Alcohol by volume, usually written ABV, states the proportion of the beverage's volume that is alcohol. Read the…
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Blue Moon Alcohol Content: Check the Exact Product
Blue Moon Belgian White Wheat Ale is listed at 5.4% alcohol by volume on the producer's current US product page. That figure describes this specific beer.…
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Best Beer for Beginners: Find a Style You Enjoy
The best beer for a beginner is one that fits the flavors you already enjoy. Start with a crisp lager if you prefer a clean, restrained…
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Shot Sizes and Alcohol: Why No Count Predicts Impairment
There is no universal number of shots that makes a person drunk. The word shot does not specify one serving volume, the contents may have different…
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Beer Without Hops: Gruit, Ingredients and Better Questions
Some grain-based fermented beers are made without hops, including certain modern gruit-inspired recipes. However, low bitterness, herbal flavor and an old-fashioned name do not prove that…
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Best Beer Books: Choose the Right Read for Your Interests
The best beer book depends on what you want to learn. A reference work answers questions as they arise; an introductory book offers a guided path…
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Methanol in Beer: What Numbers and Tests Can Tell You
There is no single methanol concentration that describes every beer. Ingredients, processing and analytical methods matter, and an actual product value requires suitable testing or reliable…
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