For the Love of Hops: The Practical Guide to Aroma, Bitterness and the Culture of Hops by Stan Hieronymus. Boulder, Colo.: Brewers Publications, 2012.
Good Beer Guide Belgium by Tim Webb and Joe Stange. St. Albans: Campaign for Real Ale, 2014.
How to Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Beer Right the First Time by John J. Palmer. Boulder, Colo.: Brewers Publications, 2006.
IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes, and the Evolution of India Pale Ale by Mitch Steele. Boulder, Colo.: Brewers Publications, 2012.
Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion: The World’s Great Beer Styles, Gastronomy, and Traditions by Michael Jackson. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1997.
Michael Jackson’s Great Beers of Belgium by Michael Jackson. Boulder, Colo.: Brewers Publications, 2008.
The Oxford Companion to Beer by Garrett Oliver. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Tasting Beer: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink by Randy Mosher. North Adams, Mass.: Storey, 2009.
Vintage Beer: A Taster’s Guide to Brews That Improve over Time by Patrick Dawson. North Adams, Mass.: Storey, 2014.
RESOURCES
American Homebrewers Association, www.homebrewersassociation.org
Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), www.bjcp.org
Brewers Association, www.brewersassociation.org
Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), www.camra.org.uk
Cicerone Certification Program, cicerone.org
Great American Beer Festival, www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com
High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers (HORAL), www.horal.be
CREDITS
The following articles were adapted in this book. These stories, which I wrote and researched, informed some sections of My Beer Year.
“Another Place at the Table,” BeerAdvocate, May 2015
“Beer Lovers Make Room for Brews Worth a Wait,” New York Times, June 25, 2008
“Beer Pairings Menu,” Mix, November 2009
“Bottle Shares Spread the Beer,” Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2013
“Brewer David Logsdon Makes Flavorful Beers Using New Yeast Combinations,” Mix, March 2013
“Brooklyn Beer,” Beer Northwest, Winter 2010
“Ciao, Vino,” Beer West, Fall 2011
“A Feminist’s Guide to Beer Drinking,” Travel Oregon, December 2015
“Flower Power: Fresh Hop Beers,” Saveur, November 2011
“Hop Crop,” Imbibe, September/October 2014
“A Hop and a Sip to Fresh Ales,” New York Times, October 20, 2009
“The Lake Effect,” Beer West, Winter 2012
“A Portland Beer Expert Shares Lessons from Belgium,” Portland Monthly, June 2015
“Portland Beer Makers Collaborate to Make Special One-Off Brews,” Mix, September 2013
“Reign of Terroir,” Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2013
“Sour Beer Is Risky Business, Starting with the Name,” New York Times, June 1, 2010
“Tapped In: Kegged Beer Goes beyond the Frat Party,” Saveur, January 31, 2011
“Warren Steenson,” Beer Northwest, Fall 2007
“Welcome to the World of Black Market Beers,” Bon Appétit, December 18, 2012
“Why Brewers and Coffee Roasters in Portland, OR, Don’t Want Fluoridated Water,” Bon Appétit, April 17, 2013
INDEX
Note: Index entries from the print edition of this book have been included for use as search terms. They can be located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.
Abt 12, St. Bernardus
acetaldehyde
Advanced Cicerone certification
Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche
aging beer
airlocks, and sterility
alcohol content/alcohol by volume (ABV). See also fermentation and specific beers
ale. See also India Pale Ale (IPA)
AleSmith Brewing, Speedway Stout
all-grain brewing
Allsopp, Samuel
altbier (old beer)
aluminum cans
Alvinne brewery, Belgium
American Homebrewers Association
amylase, alpha and beta
Andechser Weissbier Hell
Anheuser-Busch
Armand’s Spirit
aroma. See also flavor; taste perception
astringency
Ayinger Celebrator dopplebock
Backeland, Bertrand
Bale Breaker Brewing Co., Yakima, WA
barley, malt from
Barley Brown’s Beer
barrels, storing/aging beer in. See also kegs; wooden barrels
Bass Brewery
BeerAdvocate
Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP)
beer restaurants
beer sales/resales
Beer Tasting Sheet
Beer Thousand, Dogfish Head
Belgium, visit to1. See also specific breweries and styles of beer
Bell, Jeff
Benson, Amanda
Berliner weisse
bière de garde
Birch and Barley, Washington, D.C.
bitterness, International Bitterness Units (IBUs). See also specific beers
bitter (style)
BJCP Style Guidelines
Black and Blue, Dogfish Head
black market beer
Black Widow Porter
Blancquaert, Michael
blended beers, blenders
bock beer
Bon, Denver
Booth, Danielle (Badger)
Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams beers
bottle conditioning
bottled beer
bottle share parties
Boulder Beer Company
Bourbon County Brand Stout
Bow Brewery, London
Brasserie Dupont, Watou
Braustelle brewpub, Köln
“Bread and Beer: The Early Use of Cereals in the Human Diet” (Katz)
Breadwinner Cycles, Portland, OR
Breakside Brewery, Portland, OR
Brettanomyces yeast strain (“Brett”)
Bretta Rose (Berliner weisse), Firestone Walker
brew club for women
Brewers Association (craft beer trade association)
Brewers Union Local 180 brewpub, Oakridge, OR
brewing process, basics. See also homebrewing and specific breweries
The Brewmaster’s Table (Oliver)
BridgePort brewery, Up in Smoke Lager
Brooklyn Brewery, New York, NY
Brouwerij Van Eecke, Watou’s Wit
B.T. Loftus Ranches hop farm, Yakima, WA
Burns, Daniel
Burnside, Whitney
Burton-on-Trent, England, ales from
“Burton snatch,”
Busch beer
Calagione, Sam
Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
Cannabaceae family, hops as member of
canned beer
Cantillon brewery, Brussels
caprylic acid
carbonation, CO2
carboys, glass
Cardoso, Alberto
Cascade hops
Casey, Joe
cask ales
casks, barrels. See kegs; wooden barrels
cellarmen
Certified Beer Server exam (Level 1 test)
Certified Cicerone exam
chicha beer, Dogfish Head version
Cicerone Certification Program
Cilurzo, Vinnie and Natalie
Citra hops
citrus flavor, sources
clarity
cleanliness, importance. See also specific breweries
clean pours
Cockaert, Dimitri (“Dimi”)
color of beer, Standard
Reference Method (SRM) for
commercial brewing. See also craft beer
cooking with beer
Cooking with Belgian Beers (Couttenye)
co
olship (koelschip), for lambics
Coors Brewing
corn flavor
Court of Master Sommeliers
Couttenye, Stefaan
craft beer. See also Great American Beer Festival and specific breweries
Crystal malt
Curran, Sarah Jane
Cuvée Angélique, De Glazen Toren
Cuvée de l’Brasserie de l’Union, Cuvée de l’Ermitage
Cuvée ’t Hommelhof
Daniels, Ray. See also Cicerone Certification Program
Dark Lord Russian imperial stout, 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
Debelder, Armand
Dedeycker, Olivier
De Dolle Brouwers, West Flanders, Belgium
De Glazen Toren brewery, Erpe-Mere, Belgium
De Neef, Mark
De Pauw, Dirk
Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR
De Smedt, Ronoy
dextrose
diacetyl
dimethyl sulfide (DMS)
dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS)
Dogfish Head brewery, Milton, DE
doppelbocks
Dortmunder export beer
draft systems
Draught Beer Quality Manual (Brewers Association)
drêche (spent grains)
Drie Fonteinen brewery,
Beersel, Belgium
drying kilns. See hops
dry malt extract (DME)
Dupont brewery, Tourpes, Belgium
East India Pale Ale
Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, OR
Edmunds, Ben
emptage. See mash
English beers/ales
The English Housewife (Markham)
enzymes, alpha and beta amylase
Erny, Nicole
Esser, Peter
esters
ethanol (alcohol)
Etienne, Lionel
Evans, Brandon
Evil Twin Brewing, Imperial Doughnut Break
EXP 114. See Citra hops
faro lambic, Cantillon brewery
faucets, draft systems
Feast Portland
fermentation
Field 41 pale ale, Bale Beaker brewery
final gravity (FG) measurements
Firestone Walker, Bretta Rose
Flanders red ales
flavor. See also off-flavors; tasting/evaluating beer, and specific styles
Flynn, Megan
foeders (wooden barrels)
food and beer pairings
Framboise Boon lambic
France, beer brewing traditions
Freigeist Bierkultur
Fresh Squeezed IPA, Deschutes
Früh brewery, Köln, Früh Kölsch
GABF. See Great American Beer Festival (GABF)
Gaffel brewery, Köln, Germany, servers at
George Killian’s Irish Red, Coors Brewing Company
Germany, visit to. See also Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), Germany
Ghequire, Rudi
glass bottles, bottling
glassware
glutamate receptors
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout
Goschie Farms, Silverton, OR
Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company
Great American Beer Festival (GABF), Denver
Groll, Josef
Grossman, Ken
gruit (herbs), replacement with hops
gueuze
Guinness stout
Hair of the Dog Brewing, Portland, OR
Hand Truck Pale Ale, Barley Brown’s Beer company
Hanig, D. P.
Harris, John
Havig, Van
head/foam
He’Brew Jewbelation, Schmalz Brewing
hefeweizen
helles bock
Henneous, Matt
Hiatt, Brice
High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers (HORAL)
Hill, Rob
Hodgson, George
Hoegaarden Wit
Holiday Ale Festival, Portland, OR
homebrewing
homebrew shops
Hommé, Emilien
hop farms
hop shoots
hoppy beers
hops
Hopsteiner, Yakima, WA
Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, OR
hop yards, variety-development at
Hulpiau, Lydie
Humulus (hops) species
hydrometers
Hymn to Ninkasi (Sumer)
Ikeda, Kikunae
Imperial Doughnut Break, Evil Twin Brewing
Incredible Abominable ofthe Enchanted Barrel Forest, Hopworks
India Pale Ale (IPA)
indole
International Bitterness Units (IBUs). See bitterness
IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes, and the Evolution of India Pale Ale (Steele)
isinglass, as addition to cask ale
isoamyl acetate
isovaleric
Jackson, Michael
John I. Haas, hop supplier
judging beer. See also Beer Judge Certification Program
Karson, Miranda
Katz, Solomon H.
kegs. See also draft systemsKibzey, Rodney
Köbes (beer garden servers in Köln)
Köln, Germany
kölsch (beer style)
Kona Longboard Island Lager
Kreft-Logsdon, Jeannette
kriek (lambic)
Krug, August
Lady Brew Portland
La Foire Aux Savoir-Faire, Brussels
lager
lambics
Lindemans lambic
liquid malt extract (LME)
Logsdon, David, Logsdon
Farmhouse Ales
Lovibond (L) number
Luksus restaurant, Brooklyn, NY
lupulin
malt
Markham, Gervase
Marris Otter malt
Märzen lager
mash/mash tun. See also specific breweries
McMenamins, Black Widow Porter
mead
microbreweries/microbrewing. See also craft beers
Midas Touch beer, Dogfish Head
Mirror Mirror barley wine, Deschutes Brewery
Moeder Lambic beer bar, Brussels
Moose Drool
Mosher, Randy (Tasting Beer)
mouth taste
National Homebrewers Conference, Boulder
Natural History (Pliny the Elder)
Norse cultures, women brewers
nutritional value of beer
oak puncheons (large barrels/ casks), aging beer in
oak wine barrels, aging beer in
oatmeal stout
O’Connor, Cam
off-flavors, learning to identify
“old beers” beer party
Oliver, Garrett
online beer sales
Oregon Beer Awards
Oregon Brew Crew
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, information for volunteer servers
original gravity (OG) measurements
Orval Trappist Ale, exporting of
Orwell, George
Oud Beersel Oude Geuze
oud bruin“outsider” beers
oxygen, oxidation
Pabst beer
Päffgen brewery, Köln, kölsch from
Painter, William
pairings. See food and beer pairingsPale Ale, Sierra Nevada
Pangaea beer, Dogfish Head
Papazian, Charlie
Pasteur, Louis
pasteurization
Pater 6, St. Bernardus
Paulaner Salvator doppelbock
PBW (Powdered Brewery Wash)
pellicle (skin on fermenting beer)
perishability
Pichler, Elias
pilsners
Pink Panther beer, Braustelle brewery
Pisney, Chris
place (terroir), impact on perception
Pliny the Elder
porter
Portland Community
College, beer class
Powdered Brewery Wash (PBW)
priming sugar
Probasco, Gene
Prohibition
pubs, decline of
Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), Germany
quadrupel beers
Quinn, Meghann
radler (shandy), Früh brewery
Raquí beer, Braustelle brewpub
Reagan, Ronald
record-keeping
Redhook Brewery, Portsmouth, NH
Rehberg, Doug
Reinheitsgebot. See Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), Germany
retronasal olfaction
Ringwood Brewery yeast
Roche, Phil
Rodenbach brewery,
Roeselare, Belgium, Flanders red ales from
Roots Organic Epic Ale
Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa
saison
Saison À Fleurs, Widmer Brothers
Saison d’Erpe-Mere, De Glazen Toren
Saison Dupont, Belgium
Samuel Adams. See Boston Beer Company
Sauer, Sebastian
Schamp, Kris
Schlitz Brewing Co.
Schmaltz Brewing Company
Schneider, George
Schneller, Bill
secondary fermentation
Sensory Validation Ballot, Widmer Brothers
Short Days Stout
Sierra Nevada brewing company
60 Minute IPA, Dogfish Head
SMaSH (single malt and single hop) beer
smell. See aroma
Smith, Mike
Smith, Patrick
So, Adrienne
Sockman, Ralph W.
sommeliers, beer
sour flavors
Spaten Optimator
Speedway Stout, AleSmith Brewing
Spencer Trappist Ale
spontaneous fermentation
Sprints, Alan
SRM (Standard Reference Method), for beer color
starches in plants, breaking down
St. Bernardus brewery, Watou
Steele, Mitch
steker (blender of lambics)
sterilizing equipment
Stone Brewing Co.
Stone Xocoveza Mocha Stout
stoofvlees and frites, Belgium
storing/serving beer. See also aging beer; draft systems for kegs; food and beer pairings
stout
St. Sixtus label
styles of beer. See also Great American Beer Festival (GABF) and specific breweries and styles
sugar. See also fermentation; malt
Sumer, Mesopotamia, bread and beer making in
tannins
taste perception. See also flavor
Tasting Beer (Mosher)
tasting/evaluating beer
Taylor, Alan
temperature
10 Barrel Brewing, Bend, OR
terroir. See place (terroir)
texture
thermometers
Thomas Salt and Company
’t Hommelhof restaurant, Watou
3 Floyds Brewing Co., Indiana
titration device, and cleaning brewing equipment
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