The study we chose to be looking at is the data set for American beers. Our main focus of the data set will be studying what affects the total amount of calories in a beer. A calorie is simply a unit of heat energy that fuels our body. The variables in our data set are the percentage of alcohol and the amount of carbohydrates in each beer. The goal of this analysis is to predict how the amount of carbohydrates and the total percentage of alcohol would result in a higher or lower caloric amount…
1920s the ‘’Prohibition Era’’. The four big beer ingredients are Water, Grains, Hops, and Yeast. Beer is up to 97% water. Brewing water is a very important procedure because of the chemical process involved of the mineral content of brewing water is an important brewing process. For example in the sources ‘’What Is Beer?’’. It explains that ‘’Today 's brewers treat their brewing water to get the specific mineral profile they desire for…
Palmetto Brewing Company is the oldest and one of the largest craft microbreweries in South Carolina. It was the first brewery to open in Charleston since Prohibition, taking its name from the original Palmetto Brewery that operated in historic downtown Charleston from before the Civil War until sometime after the turn of the 20th century (Falkenstein, 2015). According to the Brewers Association, the term “microbrewery” is defined as a brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels (17,600…
We all work and study very hard. After a long week of that, it can be nice to sit back with some friends and enjoy a couple of beers. Imagine you have some friends over, but instead of offering them a bottle of Budweiser or corona, how cool would it be to offer them a bottle of beer you made yourself? Making your own beer can be a lot of fun. I like it so much I recently helped out at a brewery down the block from me over in Ridgewood. We made hundreds of gallons of beer in one day, but I…
New Belgium Brewing has been one of the more socially responsible brewing companies in the world as exemplified by the award given by the Business Ethics Magazine. They have been focused on both profitability and responsibility ever since the inception in 1991 by using the triple bottom line approach. The triple bottom line approach looks at business through economic, social, and environmental aspects and this influenced the core values that the company follows to date. New Belgium Brewing has…
The festival goers had the opportunity to vote for their favorite brewery and favorite beer. The results for top breweries from 1st to 3rd were 3 Sons Brewing Co., J. Wakefield Brewing Co., and MAZURT Brewing Co. The top honors for favorite beer from 1st to 3rd went to 3 Sons Brewing 's Apple Brandy Summation, 3 Sons Brewing 's JBM35, and MAZURT Brewing 's Coconut Apple Brandy. Personally, my favorite brewery of the day was Põhjala from Estonia. Their cognac barrel aged spiced imperial stout…
During Professor McAdams dinner party Havel and John Stuart Mill begin to disagree over what type of government compels citizens to live in the truth. According to Havel, a post-totalitarian government gives more chance to compel its citizens to live within the truth. Havel goes on to say that the citizens in a liberal democracy create their own lie and chose to live within it. While John Stuart Mill states that in a liberal democracy gives you the most access to live within the truth. Between…
Norton, Massachusetts. It was established at the end of 2011 by its three owners; Frank, Brian, and Matt. After just over a year of dealing with licensing, inspections, etcetera their first beers began to be delivered to the public. Currently their brewing operations take place in an 8,500 square foot space. They also incorporated a small “full pour” taproom in 2014 that features flights, full pints, growler fills, and bottle sales to customers. Since opening they have managed their growth…
Intense is one word that could be used to describe meeting Otto Dilba, one of the owners of Ale Asylum. His passion for his company, which open in 2006 with his partner and brew master, Dean Coffey as well as five silent partners, was evident throughout our interview. Otto holds a degree in marketing and previously worked in bars to put himself through college. After college, he worked for a graphic design firm for three years when Dean approached Otto about opening a brewery. Dean was…
culture (~10,000 B.C.) suggests that brewing beer may have been the primary motivation for domesticating grains (Hayden, Canuel and Shanse). Specifically, certain tools discovered at Natufian sites, such as “grinding stones,” “stone mortars,” and “stone pestles,” along with grain and liquid storage containers (Hayden, Canuel and Shanse), demonstrate the technological viability of brewing. Unlike the arduous process of fine grain grinding involved in breadmaking, brewing would be a more…