Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Paul Goes To A Winter Beer Festival
Posted by on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 in - leave a comment
Before we set off to the Dove Street Inn winter beer festival in Ipswich, my friend who I attend most beer festivals with, and for the purposes of this article we shall call John, had insisted that it was a pub that we had been to before. I had no recollection of this. As soon as I got there I …
Belgium: The Week Of Brouwerij St. Bernardus
Posted by on Sunday, December 3, 2006 in - 4 comments
These five bottles have been sitting around since this time last year when they formed a gift pack offered as part of the LCBO Christmas selection. I trust they have traveled through the last twelve months well as they range from 6.7% to 10.5%. • These beers are made commercially so are "Abbey" …
Quick Note: Autumn Ale, Nethergate, Suffolk, England
Posted by on Monday, November 27, 2006 in - 2 comments
Suffolk is a gem of a brewing county, with such class names as Adnams, St Peters, the controversial Greene King plus a whole host of small and micro • breweries - and I live here. Fantastic! One of our better kept secrets is the Nethergate Brewery who brew a range of fine Suffolk ales that …
Belgium: Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru, Cantillon
Posted by on Friday, November 24, 2006 in - 6 comments
Gold amber ale under large frothier lazy rim and foam that quickly fades then leaves town. The smell is beyond brett. The unripe Annapolis Valley Gravenstein green apple of my Nova Scotian youth gone mad with aspirations of manure pile. Quite plainly watery at the outset then acid and more …
Quick Note: Pumpkin Ale, Smuttynose Brewing, NH, USA
Posted by on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 in - leave a comment
Just in time for what we Canadians call "that other Thanksgiving." The label says ale brewed with pumpkin puree and spices. Not only is it apt for Thanksgiving because of the familiar pumpkin pie to end the holiday meal - it is a throwback to early colonial days as explained by the brewer …
Belgium: Wallowing In Four Saisons
Posted by on Friday, November 17, 2006 in - 3 comments
Saisons are one of best kept secrets in the world of beer. In the recent book What to Drink with What You Eat, awaiting my review, Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery names "Saison du Fond" - is that a typo of "Saison Dupont"? Yes it is - as his first beer in his fantasy desert island dozen. Early …
The Beer Boards Of Tennessee
Posted by on Thursday, November 16, 2006 in - 1 comment
Swooping around for cheap and easy cut and paste stories for you the readers of the beer blog - in the guise of finding out more about global beer culture - I came upon reference to "the Chattanooga Beer Board." Apparently municipal governments in that state act as both licensing boards and …
Quick Note: Saranac Pale Ale, Matt Brewing, Utica, NY, USA
Posted by on Monday, November 13, 2006 in - 3 comments
From the Saranac line from Matt Brewing of Utica or, as the chamber of commerce calls it, Beautica. A small growler picked up at a Wegmans somewhere in the North Country of New York. Surprisingly - but I don't know why - an attractive dark orange-amber with a billowy white lacy head. In the mouth …
A Trip To The Norwich Beer Festival
Posted by on Sunday, November 12, 2006 in - 3 comments
A few Saturdays ago I was lucky enough to take a trip to the Norwich Beer Festival put on by the Norwich & Norfolk Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. It's a somewhat idiosyncratic festival, held in a former church. For some very strange reason they have a separate lunchtime and evening session … read more »
Another Six US Pale Ales
Posted by on Friday, November 10, 2006 in - 3 comments
What do we have here. A variety of pale ales, one of which I reviewed back in July 2005 with this group of six US pale ales. There are two Pennsylvanians, two Californians and a couple of upstate New Yorkers in this group which ranges from mellow grainy pale to a hot hoppy double IPA. For my money …
