Focus on Malt: Pilsner
Weyermann Bohemian Pilsner Malt
Pilsner malt is one of most utilized malts in brewing around the world. Beyond the vast array of pilsner-style macro-produced lagers, it’s commonly used in a variety of craft styles by micro and specialty breweries in the US. Many Belgian, French, German and Eastern European styles rely heavily upon pilsner malt as well. Considered a base malt for its ability to act independently during the mash process, converting starch to fermentable sugar, it stands apart from other base pale malts in flavor, color and history.
Ingredients in the Mix: Coffee, Please
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Here in Seattle coffee is gloriously inescapable. Whatever kind of java experience you want, we’ll supply. Prefer your coffee in plastic cup loaded with caramel and whipped cream? Starbucks has you covered, at any of the 104 (yes, 104!) stores within its home turf city limits. Hoping for coffee served in a wine glass on a tasting board? Slate Coffee Roasters will be happy to provide. You might even be able to watch (and deeply inhale) an artisan roasting operation happening just beyond the espresso machine at places like tiny Hart Coffee Company in the sleepy Bryant neighborhood. Many coffee shops here also now serve (mostly local) beer and wine, presenting a fantastic variety of consumable options for whatever social or study needs you might have.
Style Spotlight: The Contemporary Gose
Salty, spiced, and sour: you may have heard the hubbub of conjecturing beer writers labeling Gose-style ales the next new trend in craft brewing, or maybe you’ve seen a few on tap nearby in the last year. Where did this seemingly unknown style come from, and why has it been picked up by craft breweries? To find the answers, we’ve got to go back, way back‒1000 years, in fact.
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