Craft Beer, Homebrewing, Beer Guides
The 52Brews Team 
The first cocktail that sparked a revolution in how we consume alcohol was a beer cocktail. Beer cocktails predate spirits-based or wine-based cocktails because beer was safe to drink, affordable, and readily available. In the 19th Century, sailors were given rum rations on long voyages. To make their rations last longer, they mixed their precious … Read more
Hop heads often come under attack for not paying enough attention to different types of beer, especially the lighter and brighter beer varieties out there – like lager. Some of the most popular beers in the world are lagers. In fact, when you think of each country’s most well-known (and often most sold) beers, or … Read more
Peanut butter beer!? That has to be a joke, right? Like helium beer… Actually, not at all! Once you have tried one, you will totally get how great beer and peanut butter flavors can go together. Also, think about how you don’t necessarily bat an eye when you see beer with chocolate, coffee, pineapple, mango … Read more
You’ve probably seen videos floating aroun on Youtube of people claiming to have tried helium beer. There is even a decent volume of searches on the Internt for helium beer breweries. But the sceptical among you will (rightly) wonder… can helium beer possibly be real? The Internet has made skeptics of us all – so it’s … Read more
Sometimes you have to throw “class” out the window. You just want to down beer(s) as far as possible. Whether it’s to impress your friends or for the pure scientific efficiency of consuming more brew in a shorter amount of time, shotgunning is great. It’s widely considered the fastest way to down a beer, par excellence. … Read more
“Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you beer…“ Didn’t think that beers could be that expensive? Think again! We’ve done the research to bring you a list of some of the most expensive beers ever sold. Sit back – with your favorite brew if you must – and marvel at these prices! 7 … Read more
Vegan beers give the old phrase “Drink Responsibly” new meaning. Now when you drink responsibly and don’t get intoxicated, you can also have a clear conscience that the brewer neither killed nor hurt animals in the brewing. You may not have known it before now, but there are big brand vegan beers on the market, … Read more
The “typical mass-market beer” is around 5% ABV (Alcohol By Volume). Think Budweiser, Miller High Life, etc. However, with the growth of craft beer into the mass market, one of the things that (thankfully!) became more common are higher ABV, boozier, heavier beers. The idea of a higher ABV isn’t just to get you wasted … Read more
Christmas! It means the gathering of distant relatives, catching up, exchanging presents, seeing the kids run around the tree, and all the nice warm fuzzies you haven’t gotten all year, all packed into one night, in the middle of winter… Or… it could mean sitting through never-ending conversations with that uncle you despise, hearing your nephews … Read more
Belgium has a reputation for having the highest quality beer in the world. Also, the country has about 230 active breweries producing some of the most sought-after brews worldwide. Though that number compares to the number of craft breweries in the US, remember that Belgium has a population of just 11 million. Also, remember that … Read more