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Brewing on the vine: four beer/wine hybrids to seek out

Posted by Owen K on

Craft-brewers are increasingly adding grapes to their creations – and using wine barrels in the process, too Grape or grain, but never the twain,” goes the old saying, but brewers no longer seem to care. In a craft-beer world where no ingredient is off the menu – even really disgusting ones such as beard yeast or peanut butter – grapes have become an increasingly common addition to the brewing process. It’s not new – Cantillon, a Belgian producer of lambic ales, has been using grapes since the 1970s – but it is more popular than ever. And it is not just grapes: brewers use wine...

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