Tracing the unique paths of influence back and forth between Europe and the USA in terms of brewing styles and techniques has been a particular focus of this blog since it’s inception about a year ago. Here we have an interesting if not more old school example of the same kind of cross-pollination, not between [...]
Short’s Brewing Company produces some of the most sought after beers in the spectrum of beer nerddom and it took me quite a while to get my hands on some. They don’t distribute outside of Michigan, they don’t bottle very much beer, and the beer they do bottle is pricey, hard to track down, and [...]
A few days after I got back from LA, I drove out to Ohio and back within a 24 hour period. It was a whirlwind that I just woke up from, but it was very worth it. I got to see some old friends, play some music in a beautiful chapel, and of course, drink [...]
I recently had the chance to visit, very briefly, one of my favorite cities in the country — Los Angeles. I often joke that I was sort of “raised to hate” the city, being from New York and wholly identifying with it’s version of The City, which a friend summed up by saying that “she [...]
Aecht Schlenkerla is the Bamberg, Germay brewer which is known for being the godfather of Rauchbier producers in Germany, and hence, the world. Fastenbier is produced in a limited fashion to be available only during the 40 days of Lent. This beer can get you through your other Lenten fasts, or, like me, it can [...]
That the lineup at Beer Table when we went out unofficially for Stinky’s birthday was just a little too intense for me. Once in a lifetime, like a glimpse at the wall in a Belgian cafe during one of Michael Jackson’s Beer Hunter videos in Belgium. Behold.
Drafts:
BFM La Meule
BFM Abbaye de St. Bon Chien ‘07
BFM [...]
