People, places and beer culture
Stories
Read considered features, interviews and field notes from across Hungary’s evolving beer scene.
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Image brief: documentary editorial photograph with one clear subject related to the story — The four foundations of beer: malt, hops, yeast and water The four foundations of beer: malt, hops, yeast and water
How four basic ingredients create the enormous range of colour, aroma, bitterness and fermentation character found in beer.
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Image brief: documentary editorial photograph with one clear subject related to the story — Mashing explained: how grain becomes fermentable wort Mashing explained: how grain becomes fermentable wort
Temperature, time, pH and enzymes determine how malt starch becomes the sugars and dextrins that shape a beer.
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Image brief: documentary editorial photograph with one clear subject related to the story — Beer fermentation: yeast, temperature and flavour Beer fermentation: yeast, temperature and flavour
Fermentation makes alcohol and carbonation, but yeast management also determines attenuation, aroma, maturation and stability.
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Image brief: documentary editorial photograph with one clear subject related to the story — The boil, whirlpool and dry hop: building bitterness and aroma The boil, whirlpool and dry hop: building bitterness and aroma
Hop timing changes what reaches the glass: stable bitterness from the boil, flavour from the whirlpool and volatile aroma from dry hopping.
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Image brief: documentary editorial photograph with one clear subject related to the story — A First Pour: Exploring Hungarian Beer Culture A First Pour: Exploring Hungarian Beer Culture
An introductory sample story for the Hungarian Beer editorial section.