May 2005
What Is Steam?
Posted by on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 in - leave a comment
Recently, there was a bit of noise in the Canadian courts in the case Anchor Brewing Company v. The Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd. about the ownership of the word "steam" in relation to beer. Here is the initial background: • “On June 23, 1999, Anchor instituted this action against Sleeman …
Oregon: Shakespeare Stout, Rogue, Newport
Posted by on Monday, May 30, 2005 in - 1 comment
Another gem from Rogue. The first impression is of minty hops over roast barley and creamy yeast. The aroma is what you wished coffee was really like in the morning, nice mocha head over deep brown beer. It is actually deceptively simple at first sip. The hops have the mintiness of Guinness's …
New York: Syracuse Pale Ale, Middle Ages, Syracuse
Posted by on Sunday, May 29, 2005 in - 3 comments
If I were the type of person to buy beer 12 or 24 at a time instead of one by one, this would be one of those fridge standards I'd likely keep around. Middle Ages makes some of the best niche UK style brewed in the USA beers I have had but this is their ale for the guy who just wants an ale. It …
Tough Crowd
Posted by on Saturday, May 28, 2005 in - leave a comment
India is a tough place to have a beer apparently: • “Don't stare at anybody at a pub, even if you just mean to admire his shirt or her hair. Staring is not taken well inside a pub and has often been the cause of brawls. Pub regulars feel drinkers are getting more belligerent these days, summer …
Big Hop Bombs: Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, Delaware USA
Posted by on Thursday, May 26, 2005 in - 7 comments
...perhaps one of the best IPAs in America... • We were this close to staying at a hotel between the Dogfish Head Brewery and the beach at Lewes, Delaware...this close...then I bailed on the great southern credit card run and opted for the nearer north-east of New England. I would have learned … read more »
My Kind Of Pub Owner
Posted by on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 in - 1 comment
Even though I live 1500 km away, I like being on the email list of the Spitfire Arms Alehouse in Windsor, Nova Scotia. If I was anywhere near there I would be checking on my mid-June availablity: • “AND NOW SOMETHING FOR THE BEER NUTS (you know who you are) - I'm heading to Montreal this coming …
New York: King Arthur's Steakhouse & Brewery, Oswego
Posted by on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 in - 2 comments
While across the way on the weekend we had dinner at King Arthur's Steakhouse and Brewery in Oswego, New York and we were very glad we did. I had a little problem with the camera but I expect that you get a sense of the place from these photos. The building is quite impressive and is on one of the …
Stone 05-05-05
Posted by on Monday, May 23, 2005 in - 4 comments
What will fundamentalist beer lovers • do next year? • I popped into the Galeville Grocery this afternoon and picked up, in my usual mad scramble to drop $100.00 US in about 5 minutes, a bottle of this fine beverage. I have loved every Stone product I have tried. And it looks like I still have …
Posted by on Saturday, May 21, 2005
As Opposed To...
Posted by on Saturday, May 21, 2005 in - leave a comment
...those happy soccer fans who douse themselves with beer...
Great Belgian Beer Blog!
Posted by on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 in - 3 comments
“[Ed.: Sadly, this post is entirely out of date and the URL of the the Belgian beer blog referenced has become a porn site.” • I received an email today from Filip Geerts in Brugge Belgium who has a fantastic beer blog about his country's brews simply called Belgian Beer. The photos are quite …
Seattle Pub Tour
Posted by on Monday, May 16, 2005 in - 1 comment
The title of this post is an exaggeration. I spent four days in Seattle last week, at a conference of technical writers, and in that time I managed to get around a bit and to catch a glimpse of that city's brewing life. With only four evenings to spare and a bit of afternoon time, it hardly …
Quick Note: Morland's Hen's Tooth, Suffolk, England
Posted by on Friday, May 13, 2005 in - 4 comments
This beer is very much its cousin like Old Speckled Hen...but as canned OSH is to bottled, that bottled OSH is to Morland's Hen's Tooth. It pours a medium caramel colour with a swiftly dissipating head as befits a southern English ESB. It has a texture that is unusual - yeasty enriched, somwhow …
Scotland: Traquair House Ale, Peeblesshire
Posted by on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 in - 5 comments
I've had maybe 4 tiny wee bottles of this lovely ale in my life. Well, three of the Traquair House Ale and one of the rarer Jacobian Ale. Traquair's website indicates they brew other ales now as well which is quite the thing given that they are working with somewhat out of date equipment: • “The …
Shed A Tear...
Posted by on Monday, May 9, 2005 in - leave a comment
For Andhra Pradesh in Indian - because...: • “Andhra Pradesh is dry this summer. A dispute between manufacturers and suppliers of beer has left bars and liquor shops without any stocks of beer, the state's most popular summer drink. The three prominent breweries in the state - UB Group, Shaw …
Lew In Prague
Posted by on Sunday, May 8, 2005 in - leave a comment
Check out...Czech out perhaps...Lew's trip to Prague in his May 2005 edition of The Buzz.
Beer Price Pressures in Canada
Posted by on Saturday, May 7, 2005 in - 24 comments
A very interesting article in the Globe and Mail's Business section by Derek DeCloet this morning on the pressure to drop prices in the Canadian macro-brewing industry. The factual highlights are these: • “Just before Christmas, John Sleeman, the man who runs Canada's third-largest brewery …
Quick Note: La Choulette Blonde, Hordain, France
Posted by on Friday, May 6, 2005 in - 2 comments
Extraordinary. The aroma is like warm milk infused with fine herbs. It is milky malty rich with the flavours of a sweet clean summer barn plus cherry and vanilla and malteser or malted milk. A lively white head over antiqued gold ale. Very rich and lovely. About $2.50 CND at the LCBO for 330 ml of …
Allagash Dubbel and Triple Reserves, Portland, Maine, USA
Posted by on Friday, May 6, 2005 in - 1 comment
This string of Maine posts has surprised even me - and I was there - but who knew that by the Maine seacoast there was an excellent Belgian brewer like you find in more obvious spots like Quebec and in the leatherstocking region of New York? I thought I had picked up a 750 ml each of Allagash's …
Massachusetts: Harpoon IPA, Boston
Posted by on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 in - 1 comment
I have always liked this beer from Harpoon, one of the flagships from one of New England's micro-marcos. Light amber ale pours a white loose bubble head which resolves to a rim. The pale malt provides light-medium body and a touch of nut. There are two distinct hops: one, a orange, herby green …
Top Five Bars in Rochester, NY
Posted by on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 in - 12 comments
This is more for me that you. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has a column called "The Beer Guys" and, today, they list the tops bars in town: • “So here's our list. Agree, disagree. Who cares? It's our column: • MacGregor's Grill & Tap Room. There are five in our area: Rochester …
Does A Little Make Brain Cells Grow?
Posted by on Sunday, May 1, 2005 in - leave a comment
Isn't science wonderful? Apparently, there is now evidence that moderate alcohol use may trigger brain cell growth.
