Beer, like wine or baseball or fashion, has its own lexicon. There are acronyms like IPA (India Pale Ale) and obscure hop names like Motueka, all worth knowing in the name of understanding your drink ...

International Bitterness, or Bittering, Units – commonly listed as IBUs – are a measurement of exactly what you think: a beer's bitterness. But it's not necessarily a gauge of hops. It's a fine ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. The story of how beer gets its bitter (as well as its brown bottle) comes down to a bit of chemistry and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A few weeks ago, Team BeerSci got the chance to tour one of our ...

Hops may never go away in the world of beer, but bitterness may be losing its bite. A wave of beers now hitting the market are explosive with hop aromas but, chemically speaking, unusually low on the ...

You're sitting down at a bar, and reflexively, you reach for the beer menu. Line by line, you see all the standards: the beer name, the brewery, the alcohol percentage — but then, popping out at you, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... IPA is the most popular craft beer style — and most of what we know about it is wrong. The debunked origin story — the one about the beer being created to ...