Hop Chatter

Throughout the month of February, we will be posting our appreciation for our “Flagship February” favorites.

​Schenectady Beer Week will take place Tuesday, February 5th through Saturday, February 9th. Don't miss these great beer events happening all week long throughout Schenectady.

With the inevitable innovation of new craft beers, it’s often hard for people to stick solely to their holy grails. There are so many new craft beers to try, and of course you don’t want the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)! Here at Gotbeer.com we’re all for innovation when it comes to new age craft beers, but this new Twitter campaign really caught our eye and we were all for it.

Elevate Game Day with these delicious dips and refreshing beer pairings.

The term sour beer has become as vague as IPA. Without some details, it’s hard to know what to expect. Sour beers range in body and flavor all the way from a light, crisp Berliner Weisse to dark, robust stouts. Use these tips as a good reference guide for your next sour purchase.

With competition comes innovation, and the American IPA knows this phrase too well. Over the last twenty years American breweries have been constantly broadening the parameters of this hop forward beer, resulting in the emergence of styles such as the Double IPA, Black IPA and the currently trending Hazy/Juicy IPA. Most recently, hailing predominantly from breweries on the West Coast, a new style has been born: the Brut IPA.

​The superstars of the beer world in the 21st century are hops. Everyone's talking about the “hoppiness” of beers, or the IBU, or what-have-you hop-related feature. In part, this hop-obsession was driven from the rise of IPAs, which consistently brag hop-forward flavors, or flavor profiles dominated by the strands of hops used in the brewing process.

With the New Year approaching, you might be thinking about making resolutions. While many of us usually resolve to cut back on the things we love, I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest pursuing them. I really like beer. Why would I give it up? Instead, I am resolving to go on a mission to further my knowledge about it!