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History of Christmas Ales & Norwegian Jól History of Jól The history of Christmas ales dates back to a pre-Christian era where Vikings brewed and consumed strong malty brews to honour their Norse gods. The Norwegian term “jul” meaning Christmas, is derived from the Old Norse word “jól,” which translates to “yule” in English. This...
How Non-Alcoholic Spirits are Made Non-alcoholic spirits are most often produced as distillates or compounds. Distillation starts with an alcoholic base, employing a technique of evaporation and condensation to separate out alcohol content from the richly flavoured fermented liquid base. A compound, by contrast, refers to any combination of juices, extracts and flavor additions to...
Last month there was a glitch (editorial brain cramp) that omitted the last two paragraphs of Leah’s Beer School article. We are resending the article this month in its entirety.
History of Sake Sake or o-sake, is the Japanese word for an alcoholic drink, and is specifically referred to as nihonshu (Japanese alcohol), or seishu (clear sake). The process of fermenting rice into an alcoholic drink was first developed in ancient China around 1000BCE, and it wasn’t until the Yayoi period (300BCE to 250CE) that...
