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 [...]
De Struise Brouwers is a brewery that is barely 5 years old but has the familiar and intense feelings of a well established Belgian Brewer that has existed for hundreds of years. The influence of Belgian beers and their inspirational qualities, which range from a thin and sour Lambic to a heavy, burnt bananabombs of [...]
