Joven Tequilas are also un-aged. Caramel and other additives are often used to alter the colour and soften the flavour.
Blanco Tequilas are un-aged. The best examples are considered to be the purest expression of agave. They can be very pungent, with vegetable, peppery and spicy notes.
Dark rums such as the traditional Navy-style rums can be blends of rums from many distillers and locations- their typical taste of burnt molasses can also reflect considerable additions of caramel. Today many dark rums are aged with caramel added, but only to achieve a consistent colour for each bottling.
White rums with a high percentage of column still spirit will generally be light in intensity. They will retain some character of the base material, including grassiness, sugar cane and cinnamon. Molasses-based rums with a high percentage of pot still spirit can have a pronounced aromatic quality dominated by fruity smelling esters. White rums are […]
If you’re looking for a low-alcohol beer on a hot day, reach for a radler. It’s a blend of lager or wheat beer with lemonade or grapefruit juice that’s wonderfully effervescent and quenching yet malty. This golden sipper is a definite must-have light beer.
Fermentation and flavour comes from a mixed culture of yeast and bacteria. The most common organisms are Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus and Pediococcus.
The Belgian-style Grisette is often considered the “little sibling” to the Saison; both see high carbonation, dry finish, and some degree of Belgian yeast character but only Grisettes often have a lower, more sessionable alcohol range, usually in the 2.5%-4.5% range.
Hailing from Düsseldorf, Germany, Altbier strikes a balance between hop and malt flavours but can have low fruity esters and some peppery yeast notes. “Alt” meaning “Old,” the name refers to ales that are older than lagers. This is a lagered ale, a hybrid style of sorts.
