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Lots of countries like to brag about having the best beer. But seriously, who has the worst? I don’t mean overall because, well, the Arab countries would win that by default. But of all the nations in the world, who has the worst swill? It’s not as easy an answer as [...]
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So I was over in Belgium this weekend to pick up lambic for my lambic fest this Sunday. We stayed over in Lille and were up about 6:30 and headed over to Boon.
We pull up into the driveway of the brewery which is also Frank’s(Frank Boon the owner of Boon) home. He takes us through [...]
[This week I reflect on not chasing after rare beer, drawing a comparison to chasing birds, and offer some reasons to stay home and enjoy what you've got. Also, it's official: this is a bi-weekly blog.]
“The most radical thing you can do is to stay home.” – Gary Snyder
Snyder, a poet and environmental activist, adds [...]
I have been drinking a few pumpkin ales lately… ’tis the season for harvest-type ales, of course. Below is a run down of three of my most recent samplings…
Weyerbacher has produced this interesting wheat wine, a variation of the more traditional barley wine, as a celebration of their 14th year of making craft beer. The wheat adds some interesting characteristics and a new dimension as compared to its more common “barley” cousin… spicy, sweet… really good!
The weather’s cooling down, the leaves are dropping, and I’m in desperate need of some of those fancy little white pumpkins. We’ve been California residents for 11 days. This is your October ‘09 NorCal Rare Beer Roundup. [...]
Late in the day on Wednesday Rock Art Brewery, makers of “The Vermonster” beer, and Hansen Beverage Company, makers of Monster energy drinks, reached an agreement that will allow Rock Art to continue to use the name “Vermonster” for its beer, so long as it stays out of the energy drink market.
“If you want a serious sensory experience then look no further, sours and barrel aged beers are your ticket to flavor town.”
It’s old news, but I’m in Kuala Lumpur so it takes me a while sometimes to figure things out. Except the Malaysian malt liquor scene. That I’m all over.
But we have an energy drink company by the name of Monster deciding to send threatening letters from their lawyer to Rock Art brewery in [...]
The folks at the Trapp Family Lodge, founded by Johannes von Trapp — whose family, made famous in the “Sound of Music” movie, came from Austria. The initial goal of the new brewery is to make a product which does not exist in Vermont yet; a real lager beer of the type found in the [...]
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