Mikkeller, the awesome, nomadic “brewery” from Denmark which is actually one guy who goes from brewery to brewery in Europe and the USA brewing collaborative beers or sneaking in his own, is “available” in New York again. I’ve managed to purchase some bottles in the past year or so since I discovered them, but most [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Didn’t really mean for “Infected Sessions” to turn into a “series” like “Life is Beautiful” has, but, well, there ya go — not much else is planned around here anyway. Jolly Pumpkin is one of my favorite American Breweries and they have all the characters that a classic, high quality micro-brewery should posess, including a [...]
Stinky and I have been on a pretty regular Friday after work brew session schedule these days, which is suiting me just fine. On the way to meet up with me at work, Stinky picked up the most recent of Avery’s anniversary beers — the “Fifteen.” Avery has been doing these anniversary brews [...]
