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SweetWater Brewing's Road Trip Ale - Beer of the Week

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by Joshua M. Bernstein, Posted Jun 14th 2010 @ 5:00PM

Photo: Tim Glover

I'm a sane and modest man, but last week's humid heat wave made me consider strolling around shirtless, clad in a skimpy Speedo.

But in lieu of taking drastic fashion measures to cool down, I instead reached into my fridge and retrieved 12 ounces of liquid air conditioning. Did I nab an effervescent pilsener? A hopped-up ale? How about a little bit of both.

Hailing from Atlanta's SweetWater Brewing, the Road Trip Ale is a stylistic mishmash of the best sort. The summer seasonal began life as a pilsener dosed with lager yeast, which usually requires a long, cool period of fermentation. Instead, Road Trip was fermented at higher, ale-friendly temperatures, then dosed with herbal Sterling and citrusy, fragrant Cascade hops.

"The flavors are fantastic," says Steve Farace, SweetWater's "minister of propaganda." Fermenting at ale temperatures, he adds, "lets more of the hop profile come through. You get the crisp pilsener up front, then lots of hops."
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What Does the 2009 St. Pauli Girl Really Know About Beer?

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by Mike Pomranz, Posted Sep 23rd 2009 @ 1:00PM


2009 St. Pauli Girl Katarina Van Derham
Photo: St. Pauli Girl.
Earlier this year, model and actress Katarina Van Derham was named the 2009 St. Pauli Girl spokesmodel via an online vote. Van Derham has roles on shows including "Entourage," "Monk" and "CSI," and has graced the covers of dozens of magazines. But for brew fans, Van Derham's gig filling in as the famous St. Pauli Girl icon may be their first encounter with the actress.

Beyond getting to know Katarina's very pretty face, we were interested in finding out about her beer knowledge. Van Derham is a native of Slovakia and speaks five languages, including English, Slovak, Czech, Russian and Polish. Eastern Europeans are world-renowned for their love of beer and beer-centric culture. Does she have the knowledge to back up her esteemed position?

We gave her a five-question beer quiz to see just how up-to-speed she was. ...
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Beer Trivia: The Best Domestic & Imported Beer Quiz

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Sep 1st 2009 @ 4:54PM

Test your knowledge of beer, whether domestic or imported with Slashfood's beer quiz.

Beer Trivia

Now retired, which is the world's strongest beer?

  • Dogfish's 'Raison D'extra'
  • Hair of the Dog's 'Dave'
  • Samuel Adams' 'Triple Bock'
  • Lijiang Yinjiu

True or False: Beer is the most popular beverage in the world.

  • True
  • False

Which country has the most individual beer brands?

  • Mexico
  • USA
  • Belgium
  • Germany

Who was the first American to brew lager?

  • John Wagner
  • Sam Adams
  • John Miller
  • August Busch

Which is the fear of an empty glass?

  • Ophidiophobia
  • Cenosillicaphobia
  • Hydrophobia
  • Chemophobia

How long did Prohibition last?

  • 12 years, 2 months, 4 days
  • 15 years, 5 months, 5 days
  • 14 years, 10 months, 21 days
  • 13 years, 10 months, 19 days

Which is the best-selling brand in the Western Hemisphere outside of the United States?

  • Brahma Beer
  • Corona
  • Red Stripe
  • Cerveza Cantina

Which brewer ran an ad campaign that claimed its beer was 'Good For You'?

  • Miller
  • Guinness
  • Busch
  • Heineken

Which brew is known as 'The Champagne of Bottled Beers'?

  • Budweiser
  • Coors
  • Corona Extra
  • Miller High Life

Red Stripe is the national beer of which country?

  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
  • Cuba
  • Puerto Rico

To whom did Anheuser-Busch send the first case of Budweiser beer produced after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933?

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which city gives its name to the lightest, palest styles of lager?

  • Bavaria
  • Munich
  • Plzeň
  • Bohemia

Which is the most popular style of beer consumed in the world?

  • Ale
  • Stout
  • Pilsner
  • Lager

In Great Britain alone, what is the estimated amount of beer lost in people's mustaches and beards each year?

  • 24,502 gallons
  • 15,423 gallons
  • 23,116 gallons
  • 19,683 gallons

Women account for which percentage of beer consumption in the USA?

  • 15
  • 25
  • 50
  • 60

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Beer of the Week - Oskar Blues' Mama's Little Yella Pils

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by Joshua M. Bernstein, Posted Jul 13th 2009 @ 3:00PM

Yella beer
Mama's Little Yella Pils
Photo: Oscar Blues.
Crisp, floral Czech pilsners can typically lord their pedigree over their American counterparts -- the champagne to most stateside macro-breweries' bathwater (Miller Lite calls itself a "true pilsner beer.")

"Mass-market pilsners are liquid Muzak," says Marty Jones, the "lead singer and idea man" for Lyons, Colorado's Oskar Blues. To rebut the bland, watery brews littering the marketplace, Oskar Blues -- the first microbrewery to can craft beer -- has unveiled Mama's Little Yella Pils. "We're restoring a little honor to the concept," Jones says of Mama's, which re-creates a classic Czech pilsner with American craft-beer flair.

Instead of relying on cheap adjuncts like rice or corn, Mama's is constructed with 100 percent malt and a generous dose of spicy Saaz hops. But brewing a pilsner is an exercise in restrained elegance, unlike brutish IPAs and boozy stouts potent enough to incapacitate Paul Bunyan.
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Slashfood Ate (8): Favorite beers for a relaxing afternoon

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by Shayna Glick, Posted Jun 25th 2008 @ 6:00PM

A bottle of Woodchuck hard cider.
I had a pretty hectic day yesterday. Once I got home, all I wanted to do was sit on the back porch, enjoy the beautiful weather, and relax with a beer. These are some of my favorite beers to drink while winding down from a busy day. What are some of yours?

1. Woodchuck Draft Cider has such a sweet, crisp taste.
2. Woodchuck Pear Cider is also light and refreshing.
3. Stella Artois: one of my favorites any time, but especially nice to sip on a lovely afternoon.
4. Hefeweizen is simply delicious. I don't have a favorite, but Paulaner and Sam Adams are both good and easy to find.
5. Dogfish Head Black and Blue: a recently discovered treat that (apparently) is only occasionally brewed.
6. Honey Brown Ale is easy to drink and has a lot of nostalgic pull for me.
7. A nice Pilsner, like Reality Czeck, is great for an easy afternoon.
8. I could drink Lindeman's Framboise Lambic all day, every day: it's like drinking carbonated, lightly alcoholic raspberry juice.

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