Articles by Matthew.Hartshorne

The beers of Great Britain cover a vast range of styles, from the mild to the IPA, the Russian imperial stout to the ordinary bitter.…

Most people prefer fairly balanced beers. The combination of malt and hops provides a fairly complex taste, balancing sweetness from the malt with bitterness from…

I keep my eye out for interesting beers from around the country, and this week I finally broke down and picked up a beer that…

The martini is a famous cocktail, and it seems that everyone has a different opinion about it. The history of this drink is murky at…

The vast majority of people are perfectly happy with lagers and, to a lesser extent, ales, and consequently never bother tasting anything else. I find…

Although most people have been rejoicing at the early arrival of the summer weather, I have been in denial. While, like most graduate students, I…

Cider is often overlooked as an alcoholic drink, but it is deeply rooted in American history. The most famous example of this is John Chapman,…

The warm weather of the past few weeks has finally hammered through my thick head that winter can’t last forever. I personally love winter, but…

The beer that I picked up this week is from a brewery that has a reputation for brewing odd and extreme beers. The American champion…

Inthe smallvillageof Buggenhout, Belgium,thereis a brewery called Bosteels Brewery. This brewery has beeninthe hands of the Bosteels family for seven generations andover200 years. The brewery…