Big Updates In The Brew World This Week
It's been a busy, beery week.
Jim Hughes
Join Date: Mar 27, 2011 • Last Entry Date: Apr 05, 2015 • Articles: 273
Growing up in London, Jim spent several years on the customer side of the bar enjoying everything about British pub culture. He is now head bartender at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar and has been pouring beer there since it opened in March 2005.
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The Arguments For And Against The Shaker Pint Glass
The straight pint glass isn't evil, despite what some beer nerds may say.
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When Life Hands You Brettanomyces, Make Sour Beer
It took Jim a while, but now he gets it.
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Drink Europe Or Drink U.S.?
Jim doesn't care whose beer is best as long as he can drink it.
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Beer: It’s What’s For Thanksgiving Dinner
(and breakfast and supper and dessert.)
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Forgotten Beer Styles: The Steinbier
Let's resurrect an old beer style or two, starting with a Bavarian speciality.
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The Politics of Buying Your Beer
Do you avoid certain beers because you don't like them, or because you don't like the brewer?
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No Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Drink Mass-Produced Lager
Jim talks Bond and beer.
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The Legend That Is Samuel Adams Utopias
$160+ for a bottle of beer? Yes please!
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Let’s Talk About Hops
Wet hop? Fresh hop? Dry Hop? Bunny Hop?
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Pubs With Tales: The Blind Beggar, London
An occasional series about pubs with interesting stories. This time: a pub which has seen the best and the worst of humanity, and a new beer style.