As fall is here and we’ve had our first dusting of the white stuff, many fruits are in season. I thought I would shed some light on brewing and using fruit in beers, as this time of year brings many ...

Adjuncts to the basic brewing ingredients of water, grain and yeast have been around for some time. Early Egyptians liked their beer brewed with dates. While not a fruit beer, ancient Chinese beer ...

Readers might remember the "Sesame Street" segments that featured the Cookie Monster. The monster would excitedly shout, "Cookies!!!" and a truckload of cookies would be showered on his head. I refer ...

It is a common complaint that fruit beers are somehow less than “real beers,” that the fact they are fruit-flavored and frequently sweet makes them some sort of “beer cooler” rather than true ales or ...

Cacao fruit, or cocoa fruit, is drawn from the same pod as cocoa beans. Normally thrown away, the juice, pulp and peel of the pod can be used as a sweetener in a range of products. Across Europe and ...