Feeling bottom-of-the-beer-bottle-curious about that hazy stuff? Here's exactly what it is, why it's there, and how you should feel about it from now on.

When it comes to beer, ales and lagers are the name of the game. But what makes these two types of beer different and why does it matter which you choose?

The process was named fermentation, from the Latin word fervere, which means "to boil." The name came from the observation that mixtures of crushed grapes kept in large vessels produced bubbles ...

Notably, lagers are fermented with bottom-fermenting yeasts: the yeasts sink to the bottom of the beer during the fermenting process. A pilsner is technically a lager but it is more heavily hopped ...