Archive for September, 2010
Figure 1. Magners Irish Cider Introduction Ireland may not spring to mind as a hotbed of cider production, but it has been produced there for years and producers have even received preferential tax treatment (Wikipedia, 2010). Magners have been brewing cider in South Tipperary since 1935 and now produce beverages including Magners Irish Cider, a [...]
Figure 1. Budĕjovický Budvar Introduction Breweries from the Czech Republic city of České Budějovice started producing the original Budweiser beer in 1785, and Budĕjovický Budvar is one of those breweries (Wikipedia, 2010). The naming of the beer as Budweiser (which, in fact, originates from the city in the Czech Republic) has been the cause of [...]
Figure 1. Schöfferhofer Weizen Introduction Germany, one of the heavyweights of global beer production, is home to around 1300 breweries and the famous Reinheitsgebot or purity order which regulates ingredients that can be used in beer production (Wikipedia, 2010). Among this bewildering choice of beverages is the trickily named Schöfferhofer Weizen, brewed in Frankfurt, a [...]
Readers of this journal may be interested to note that drinkability ratings have been tabulated to provide fast and easy access to the ratings of beverages. The information has been shown as a summary of all of the beverages reviewed in the journal as well as summaries of beverage classes i.e. beer, wine and distilled [...]
Figure 1. Sala Vivé Semi Seco Introduction Dolores Sala Vivé co-founded Freixenet in Spain with her husband Pedro Ferrer Bosch. The winery history claims that the sparkling wine was made in homage to her, the “Grande Dame of Sparkling Wine” (salavive website, 2010). The winery itself is in the Mexican state of Querétaro (see salavive [...]
