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Featured Beer

Pale Ales

Mark West
Originally Published Jun/Jul 2009

Pale Ales originated in Great Britain as a rather general category, describing a beer that was brewed using lighter roasted malts and fermented using ale yeast. Go figure. Through time the variety became increasingly popular and even more general. Almost every country in the world has its own variation on a Pale Ale, and they really only have to have two things in common: They have to be an ale, and they have to be generally lighter in color than most other beers in the region. In fact, even the latter isn’t really true. Compared to Pilsners or golden ales, this beer could actually appear rather dark. If you go into any bar in the world and order a Pale Ale, you would really be rolling the dice as to what type of beer to expect ... Read More ...

Featured Wine

Merlot

Ah, Merlot. Amongst the most popular of red grape varietals. It’s soft, fruity character makes it an ideal wine for stand alone drinking as well as for blending with and balancing the more robust and complex grape varietals. Merlot is often a favorite red amongst the younger wine market, which is becoming more and more prevalent. Further, the Merlot grape is most widely planted grape in Bordeaux, France, despite only accounting for roughly 25% of the Bordeaux blend ... Read More ...

Featured Spirit

Uisce Beatha,

‘Water of Life’

By Anthony Mark Happel

The Fall and Rise of Irish Whiskey

If you’re Irish and you travel anywhere outside of Ireland, sooner or later, the topic of conversation will inevitably touch on one of four things, or some combination thereof: Irish politics; Irish music; Irish literature; and Irish whiskey. All four are known the world over for their historic profundity and their distinctively Irish, and mournful, qualities. Like the others, Irish whiskey presents us with an issue of identity. Exactly what is it that constitutes an Irish whiskey, and how is Irish whiskey different from every other whiskey (or whisky) on earth? ... Read More ...

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