Another quick post, this time about a beer that I was quite surprised by. I’ve been down in West Palm Beach, Florida for a few days visiting my folks who winter down here — typical “snowbirds.” While the company of my family, fresh fish, good homecooking, and lots of sun are always on my agenda [...]
There’s a new feature in my blogging software (Wordpress) that allows me to quickly post something to the blog. Maybe it will help me be less long-winded. I thought I’d try it out with a beer I didn’t like very much.
Recently someone sacked our infamous work beer fridge while we were away and [...]
There are a lot of attractive reasons to brew a Porter. Besides the obvious ones like how cool it would be to brew a beer people might actually want to drink more than one of, Porter gives you the chance to work on your maltiness while staying within the comfort zone of Ales, giving a [...]
Brewery Ommegang is many things — a beautiful brewhouse on a former hop farm, the westernmost outpost of the Duvel Moortgat empire, host of the anual Belgium Comes to Cooperstown festival, and one of the staunchest upholders of traditional Belgian brewing anywhere in the world. Ommegang is also one of the most widely distributed American [...]
Historical British beer styles are among the greatest benefactors of the American Craft Beer scene, as they were the first and the most widely accepted of the various International cultures to be ressurected, redefined, and essentially kept alive by the tenacity (read: insanity) of American Brewers. While Belgian beers are more popular right now in [...]
The Sturdy Brewers are making a lot of appearances on this blog, and for good reason — their beers are perfect. For my recent birthday, Brew Dog t-bone recently brought me back a bottle of De Struise’s Struiselensis from Philly’s so-close-yet-so-far beer Mecca The Foodery, and I was almost as excited (I won’t say more [...]
Winter Beers aren’t really my favorite category — Winter Warmers, Christmas Beers, whatever you call them, they can be overspiced, cloying, and just plain weird when you get the wrong combination of ingredients together. Unfortunately for me, my birthday falls in the heart of Christmas Beer season, and since birthdays are the time when you [...]
