United Nations of Beer

The Pub shed – a back garden drinking haven 
The Pub shed – a back garden drinking haven
By John Coupe, Secrets-of-Shed-Building.com
Visit the UNOB's English beers guide

The traditional ...

Beer From Alabama 
Beer From Alabama
A rant by Kevin Duquette
Visit the UNOB's Alabama beer guide

There is a good reason why there are not many beer reviews from ...

Uses for beer 
20 OTHER uses for beer...

[(Editor's note: Seek professional psychiatric attention BEFORE you attempt any of Doctor G's health-related ideas in this ...

Manitoba Social 
The mysterious Manitoba Social explained
Visit the UNOB's Manitoba Beer Guide

Most Manitobans are surprised to learn that the Social is an event ...

Beer Cocktails 
Would YOU drink beer cocktails?

Beer purists would frown upon a wedge of orange resting on the lip of a pint of Wit and scoff at the slice of lemon ...

The Beer Store, Ontario 
RANT ON: The Beer Store, Ontario

In Ontario we are pretty much relegated to buying whatever The Beer Store and LCBO has on stock at the time. The ...

New Jersey breweries 
New Jersey breweries: a history

The industrial corridor of New Jersey from Paterson to Elizabeth must have been a sight to behold during the 19th ...

Guinness - love or hate it 
Guinness! It's like the Marmite of beers: your either adore it or you hate it, there's no half measures and I guess that's why I love it ...

How to buy beer in Japan 
How to buy beer in Japan

Maybe your image of a Japanese person abroad is one of a glasses-wearing, photo-taking business man who doesn't drink that ...

Christmas beer/Cervezas de Navidad  Not rated yet
Christmas beer/Cervezas de Navidad

Dedicated to all those brewers offering us special beverages to be enjoyed in Xmas days.

BEST WISHES, MERRY ...

Off Flavors in beer Brief Guide: 1 of 24, Acetaldehyde  Not rated yet
Off Flavors in beer Brief Guide: 1 of 24, Acetaldehyde

This Off Flavors in beer Brief Guide for drinkers refers to all those defective flavors, aromas ...

Beer on Tap Tastes Better: Prefiero la Cerveza de Grifo  Not rated yet
Beer on Tap Tastes Better: Prefiero la Cerveza de Grifo

I've enjoyed this week a big beer -Rogue's BRUTAL IPA- in my favorite bar -Cerveceria Freiburg ...

History of Beer: Wheat Beer  Not rated yet
History of Beer: Wheat Beer
by Illinois beer guide, John Warbuck

Wheat beer has not always been as popular as it is now, despite being one of the ...

Super Bowl home party games  Not rated yet
Super Bowl home party games: some winning Super Bowl party tips

1. Invite some friends. You can either aim for all the same kind of person,...

Hops in Beer  Not rated yet
Home Brewing: hops in beer
Jared Birbeck
By Home Brew Delegate, Jared Birbeck
See part one of the Beer Hops article here

So how do we use ...

Hops in Beer  Not rated yet
Home Brewing: hops in beer
Jared Birbeck
By Home Brew Delegate, Jared Birbeck
See part one of the Beer Hops article here

So how do we use ...

Cooking with beer  Not rated yet
Cooking with beer is hardly a new idea. Long before our modern conveniences such as running water and electricity, people enjoyed beer even more. Because ...

Difference between ale and lager  Not rated yet
The difference between ale and lager

Out on a recent Saturday night, a conversation began about the myriad of names our friend beer goes by. 'Round ...

Utah GABF winners  Not rated yet
Utah GABF winners and World Beer Cup awards since 1996

Utah GABF winners and World Beer Cup awards since 1996
Submitted by Steve LaRue

Steve "UtahSteve"...

Quebec beer tasting  Not rated yet
Quebec beer tasting night

"Way too ambitious" is a fair description of our first Quebec beer night. We started the evening with 40+ bottles of around ...

StuporBowl Championship  Not rated yet
StuporBowl Championship game!

(If you missed them, the StuporBowl playoffs and semi-finals can be found here.)

The day has finally arrived....

StuporBowl semi finals  Not rated yet
The StuporBowl semi finals

(If you missed them, the StuporBowl playoffs can be found here .)

The action was fierce, the scene bloody. Broken bottles ...

World Tour of Beer  Not rated yet
Reimer's World Tour of Beer

Greetings from Winnipeg, Canada! You'll see by our lovely postcards that we have lush, green walkways, outdoor swimming ...

StuporBowl Playoffs  Not rated yet
StuporBowl Playoffs
Beer meets beer in grisly gridiron parody

In a few short days American sports fanatics will consume more food than on any other ...

World Solar Challenge  Not rated yet
World Solar Challenge

The WSC is not a race, it's a test of endurance. Featuring a variety of 'alternative'-fuelled vehicles, the challenge is to ...

Wedding beer  Not rated yet
How to choose the perfect wedding beer

I don't know how many beer hounds will be cruising this site looking for wedding planning tips, but they always ...

Taking the piss  Not rated yet
Not taking a leak before your next beer is taking the piss

Friends, cohorts, cellmates and bar wenches, lend me your ears... There comes a point in ...

Pairing beer with Christmas dinner  Not rated yet
Pairing beer with Christmas dinner

Pairing beer with Christmas dinner creates many creative combinations, because of the high number of items generally ...

Japanese beer brands  Not rated yet
Beginner's guide to Japanese beer brands
Visit the UNOB's Japanese beer guide

WOT! No homebrews? True! By law, your average Mr Sato is not allowed ...

Japanese beer culture  Not rated yet
Japanese beer culture and language

It all starts with the commercials. A handsome-ish bloke, with a smiling pretty (fully-clothed) babette nearby,...

Irish for a day  Not rated yet
Why do we feel the need to be Irish for a day?

Every one wants to be Irish on St. Patrick's Day, me included. Irish for a day is a desire of millions ...

Good Beer  Not rated yet
You'll know Good Beer when you (finally) taste it

As I don't actually have any official beer review, I will describe my first good beer experience....

German Beer Styles  Not rated yet
German Beer Styles: an introduction

As the UNOB delegate for Germany, it is my pleasure to take you on a tour through the beer country. There are ...

Festival of the Dead  Not rated yet
O-bon: the Japanese Festival of the Dead

The Ring, The Grudge and now O-bon. Japan is pretty famous for its real horror movies.

If you haven’...

Drinking in Japan  Not rated yet
Why drinking in Japan happens all year round

The Japanese: on the exterior, a mild-mannered, quiet and healthy race, but in reality most males will ...

Does size matter?  Not rated yet
When it comes to beer, does size matter?

I've put a lot of thought into this question. I'm not talking about the endless debate with regards to men,...

Designated driver  Not rated yet
Designated driver

Drinking at home is great and all, but sometimes your house lacks the panache of some of the area's finer watering holes. Getting ...

Date Beer  Not rated yet
Why isn't there a Date Beer?

I guess the subject line summarizes this to an extent. It took me about three months. With the shuffling of feet, the ...

Beer Glasses  Not rated yet
Using the right beer glasses for your beer

As I have nothing review worthy in the fridge currently, (only a few Labatt's Blue, the mother's milk,...

Beer and Food  Not rated yet
Beer and Food at the GABF 2007

Pairing beer with food is not a revolutionary concept, but since the explosion of the craft beer industry, it's gotten ...

Utah Brewing News  Not rated yet
Utah Brewing news

The recently closed Utah legislature finally amended some archaic liquor laws.

First and foremost was the elimination of the ...