Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
In The Good Beer Blog Mailbag And Around The Internet
Posted by on Monday, April 16, 2007 in - leave a comment
Is this the best place to have a beer? • I get lots of email. Sure there is a lot of spam but some of it, like the picture above from Paul, is from the writers and plenty is from readers. Paul wrote to send me a bit of the trip he and herself to the village of which included a B+B and a pub …
Belgium: Bruin Bier, Brouwerij der Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis
Posted by on Thursday, April 12, 2007 in - 3 comments
After dumping two very weird beers (who knew a beer could remind me of Old Spice pit wax?) I needed a break - something I could trust and what can you trust more than a dubbel with the Trappist logo on the label...unless one without the label, if you know what I mean. This 8% brew from the …
Holland: Double Hopped Bier, Christoffel
Posted by on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in - leave a comment
Having received a rather interesting box of exotic brews from Amsterdam - like Knut did but without paying Norwegian tax - I am diving in here with the beer in the cute bottle first, labeled "Double Hopped Bier" from Christoffel. You will notice, as my wife did, that there is one of those little …
Belgium: Maredsous 8, Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, Puurs
Posted by on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 in - 1 comment
Red dark chestnut ale under a rich frothy tan head. In the nasally regions, very Christmas cake with particular candied cherry note and maybe even cocoa. Swishing around the cheeks and gums, rich but not overly sweet date and plum with some gently spiced burlappy yeast, allspice. Plenty of cream …
Big Hop Bombs: The Week of Eleven Big US India Pale Ales
Posted by on Thursday, March 29, 2007 in - 2 comments
Two of my favorite eleven a side squads - IPA and AFC • Springtime is here. For me this is the perfect season for those American green, weedy IPAs that taste like liquid salad with gasoline for dressing. Autumn cries out for stouts and porters while winter needs a slow-sipped tripel or the malt …
Quick Note: Boont Amber Ale, Anderson Valley Brewing, California
Posted by on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 in - 8 comments
I bought this beer because there is a cute little bear with antlers on the bottle. No surprise in a California beer, but life is better with a little humor, right? I did the smart thing and poured my wife a big glass of her favorite wine, so I wouldn’t have to share. Her comments are helpful, but …
Quick Note: Railbender Ale, Erie Brewing, Erie, PA, USA
Posted by on Monday, March 26, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is the first beer I have found from this western Pennsylvanian outpost on its north-west Great Lakes coast. The beer pours a lovely clouded orange amber with rich frothy white lace-leaving head. I wondered immediately after I poured it if I was looking at some sort of take off on a Belgian …
Quick Note: Porter, Wensleydale Brewery, Leyburn, England
Posted by on Sunday, March 18, 2007 in - leave a comment
Tonight, there's a bit of a nip in the air. The wind seems to turned to the north. A good enough excuse to open a dark winter type ale. • As if one needed an excuse. So I reached for a bottle of Wensleydale Porter, at 6.6% a punchy little number. This dark-copper coloured ale exudes a sweet …
Stouts: Old No. 38 Stout, North Coast Brewing, Cali., USA
Posted by on Friday, March 16, 2007 in - leave a comment
I think I recognize North Coast now by the smell, maybe I just think I do: something fresh and fruity, even a bit seashore-ish. This is a great take on a dry stout. Dark brown under rich sorta Manila envelope cream rim and foam. In the mouth, soft water with dry roast barley and minty almost …
The Week Of Schloss Eggenberg
Posted by on Sunday, March 11, 2007 in - leave a comment
I feel so cheap using a photo with a flash. Where has my style gone? Couldn't I have lined these up in a snow drift or something? Anyway, this was the second set of brews forwarded for review by importers Roland and Russell. The first review bottles, four from O'Hanlon's was a real treat, so I …
