Need to think of fun beer gifts to give to your loved ones? Well, no worries, here are a couple of gift inspirations to save your holiday shopping.
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What does beer add to food? It depends on the dish, but overall beer adds flavor. Understanding how these flavors meld with the rest of your ingredients is key. In this blog we explore how to use beer in your cooking, and Funky Picnic favorites that have beer in them!
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With the rise in the popularity of sour beers, you may see the style Gose on more of your taps and beer shelves. So in honor of International Gose Day we ask, “what Gose into making this beer anyway?”
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The next beer myth we explore is the Russian Imperial Stout and how its royal name came to be. Myth: After a visit to London, Russian Czar Peter the Great fell in love with the Porter style of beer and demanded that it be exported to Russia.
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We all know how to drink, but do you know how to appreciate? This guide gives you the basics in really enjoying a beer flight. How does color play into taste? What is mouthfeel? Follow this guide and breeze through your next brewery tour!
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You may have noticed certain beers are advertised as barrel-aged. Most barrel-aged beers are aged in various spirit barrels, wine barrels or even just plain wooden barrels, mostly oak. But what does aging a beer in a barrel actually do? Co-owner Collin Zreet explores the history and techniques of barrel-aged beers.
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“Sour beer” seems to be fairly polarizing: you either like it or you don’t. Even fewer people really know what they are getting when they do order it, or even that there are several different varieties out there. In honor of Zwanze Day and the new traditional Lambic and farmhouse ale options available in The Back Room at Funky Picnic, we are diving further into the very broad category of “sour beers”.
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