Articles by Matthew.Hartshorne

Victory Brewing Co. was started by Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski in 1996. The brewery itself is located in an old Pepperidge Farm factory, and…

I’ve been reviewing barleywines the past few weeks, and I’ve got another one queued up for next week, but I decided to take a break…

Last week I mentioned that barleywines are good candidates for aging. What I failed to mention is that I actually have a beer-aging operation in…

This week I’m starting a new series for the new calendar year: English Beers. For my New Year’s Eve party I picked up three barleywines,…

One of the more recent trends in brewing has been to use a wider variety of ingredients, especially compared to beers produced early in the…

One of the hidden gems of the alcoholic beverage industry is hard cider. The massive increase in regulation following Prohibition, combined with the lager wars…

This week I tasted the second beer in a series I’m doing: Innis & Gunn’s Highland Cask. This beer is a Scotch ale, which is…

This week I finally got a beer I’ve been anticipating for months. I stopped at Beer Heaven on Columbus Boulevard, and while prowling the cases…

This week I picked a beer I’ve been hearing about for a long time: Innis and Gunn’s Original. This beer is a scotch ale, which…

Most beers are brewed using a strain of the Saccharomyces genus of yeast, which has been selected over time to provide a specific flavor profile.…