Red or White? — wine
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...