Yes, you drink beer. Yes, you love beer. But how much do you really know about beer? For the sake of argument, lets suppose that you possess a fair amount of beer knowledge. Just enough to speak with some authority on the subject. Fermentation? Check. You pretty much got that covered. The difference between a stout and an IPA? Check. You know what you like and what to order when youre out on the town, and you can probably even opine on the choices of the other members of your party. And, hey, wasnt it the ancient Egyptians who first got the keg rolling, mass-production-wise? Well, not really, but you are in the ballpark. Okay, since youre doing so well, how about we ratchet the difficulty level up a notch or three? What can you tell your friends about how different types of yeast impact the overall flavor and quality of a given beer? Did you know that beer brewing has been around for some 10,000 years give or take, and that the practice predates written language? And then there is the whole wide world of hops.
