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The Yellow Belly Saga: Four breweries and one beer
What’s in a name? Shakespeare famously stated that “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” but as Bart Simpson pointed out “Not if you called ’em Stenchblossoms”. With thousands of new beers coming out every year, the ability to give each beer a unique name becomes less and less possible. This issue […]
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Can Beer Be Good For You? Unravelling the Science
It feels like every week there is a new article extolling the virtues of drinking beer. “A pint a day keeps the doctor away” screams out from a newspaper headline. But how accurate are these claims? Can beer be good for you? Let’s find out. There is strong evidence that the occasional beer can contribute […]
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Does Beer Prevent Kidney Stones?
I have never had a kidney stone. Passing a kidney stone is supposed to be as painful as giving birth. Considering I have a <1% of giving birth (who knows what the future holds) and a 19% chance of forming a kidney stone, I’d like to minimise my risk as much as possible! I’ve heard […]
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XPA Beer: Everything You Need to Know
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed the term XPA crop up again and again. But I had no idea what it meant. In this article, I am going to take an in-depth look at what XPA beer is, and why you should care about it? XPA beer stands for Extra Pale Ale. XPA’s are […]
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Does Drinking Beer Kill Brain Cells?
Alcohol clearly affects the brain, if it didn’t then I’d have spent a lot less of my time randomly taking my clothes off during my early 20s. But does drinking beer kill brain cells? I wasn’t sure, so I have decided to do the research. Alcohol does not kill brain cells. However, chronic alcohol abuse […]
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Beer and Gut Health: Everything You Need to Know
Your gastrointestinal tract (gut) is vital to your health, and people are increasingly realising that a healthy gut can have positive repercussions in other aspects of your life. The media has recently made a lot of noise about the effect that beer has on gut health, promising both positives and negatives. But I really wanted […]
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How Does Beer Affect Your Hormones?
I have always been fascinated by the effects of hormones on our health, and vice versa. I find it very interesting how sleep, stress, exercise, and security can tangibly affect hormones. So naturally, it wasn’t long until I began to wonder “How does beer affect your hormones?” Beer drinking can have a number of effects […]
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Does Beer Hydrate You? An In-Depth Look
Beer is 95% water, so it really should hydrate you right? However, that extra 5% is mostly made up of alcohol. Which is a diuretic. This means that it can dehydrate you. So which is it? Does beer hydrate you? Or does it dehydrate you? Most beer available nowadays will not hydrate you, a beer […]
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What is the Best Beer for Beef Stew?
Beef stew is one of the easiest meals you can make, I’ve tried it loads of times in the past. But after cooking a few meals with beer in them, I wanted to try a beer-based beef stew. But what is the best beer for beef stew? The ideal beer for beef stew would either […]
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Finding The Perfect Beer for Beer Batter
Go into any pub that serves food in England and you’ll almost certainly be presented with a list of foods that have been “Beer battered”. Maybe there is beer-battered fish, or beer-battered onion rings. But what is the perfect beer for beer batter? Beer is added to batter for several reasons. The main reason is […]
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