The Truth About Malt Liquor

It's close to midnight and you're perusing the alcohol cooler at your local corner store when you notice a few single bottles and cans beside the usual six-packs and cases. They're big, they're cheap, and maybe a little scary. Pick one up and you'll quickly realize these aren't your typical light lagers: this is Malt Liquor. 

Despite the name, malt liquor is nothing more than a style of beer, similar to an American adjunct lager albeit usually much stronger...

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Everyone's Asking for Casks

Do you know what a cask ale is? You may have heard the term thrown around quite a bit over the past year as it has gained some notoriety in the US. If you are one of the few people who love to try new things and have in fact tasted these ales you must consider yourself lucky, because you have tasted beer as it was meant to be, originally (at least that’s what they tell us).

Traditionally, beers were stored in casks and were to be consumed within a stipulated time for it would turn bad. These casks were ma...

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DAS BOOT - The Boot of Beer

DAS BOOT!!!! Okay, we got a bit excited there. But if you ever did watch the movie Beerfest, you probably know that the phrase definitely gets you fired up (even if you don’t agree with drinking in mass quantities). The premise behind drinking beer out of a boot is certainly interesting. Thankfully, the boot that you are drinking out of is glass and not made of leather (can you imagine how that would taste?). We wanted to take a few minutes to explore this tradition and the history around the creation ...

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Um…What is Green Beer?

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up shortly (March 17^th) and we wanted to explore what the heck is Green Beer? For those who have been living under a rock, St. Patrick’s day is one of the most famous beer drinking days of the year. Officially, the day recognizes the annual feast of St. Patrick, who is commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. While it is an official holiday in Ireland, it’s unofficial holiday status in the US creates a day filled with drinking g...

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So What is Beer Wars?

Many of our twitter followers and facebook fans have seen us post about Beer Wars over the past couple of weeks. However, we probably need to explain ourselves a bit better. This article is a discussion about the impending Beer Wars in the U.S. and the documentary that you can grab in iTunes, NetFlix, Blockbuster, etc. called Beer Wars, by Anat Baron (@BeerWarsMovie).

See, at Beer Universe, we have a bit of a bias – we love beer (duh!). We don’t just love the mass marketed beer industry (Budweiser, Coors, Mill...

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