The impact the bottle's color has on the taste of beer is deeply rooted in science. Jeff Tyler, co-owner and head brewer of Spice Trade Brewery & Kitchen in Greenwood Village, Colorado ...

Roasting, or "kilning", the barley gives these types of beer their trademark dark color along with flavor notes of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla. "For a stout you would use a higher portion of ...

Drinking vesselThe first beer mugs may have been made of animal skins or tightly woven grasses, McGovern said. Color and clarityColor? Who knows. But it would’ve been very cloudy, like all ...

We use a tasting grid to guide students through this process. First we assess the beer’s color, clarity and foam, which gives us our initial ideas regarding the beer’s character. We then evaluate the ...