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 [...]
I’ve been fully immersing myself in the beers of Belgium these days, and that means (a little bit more) than just drinking a lot of beers from that great country. I’ve been reading books, brewing styles, and doing research on what makes the beers of Belgium so distinct, and why they are so capable of [...]
“Some people paint, some sing, others write … I brew.” – Daniel Carey
I could try to explain this beer and the style, and of course I’ll try — but here’s what the brewer has to say:
“Napoleon hailed this tart beer style “the Champagne of the North.” A lively and elegant masterpiece this Berliner Weiss [...]
I am posting this from neck-deep in a fermentation obsession. My house is full of the books, talk, fruits, and stink of it. I have 4 vessels currently in some transformative state, including my first homebrew (more on this later), a crock of sour garlic dill pickles, a crock of lactic beets, and my first [...]
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 [...]
Spuyten Duyvil is a bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn which specializes in Belgian Beer, but has a lot of great selections to offer in general — usually one selection on Cask, 5 or 6 on regular draught, and a ton of amazing bottles to choose from. Since we had some friends in from out of [...]
