Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Ontario: Pumpkin Ale, Grand River Brewing, Cambridge, RMW
Posted by on Thursday, November 15, 2007 in - 1 comment
Even though wine writers slumming amongst the beers are unaware of it, pumpkin beers for autumn are big news and the trend is moving into Canada. I wrote about my pleasure at Grand River Brewing, a new brewery in Cambridge, Ontario, last August and their brews ranging from 3.5% to 4.7%. This …
Still On Beer Pricing - What Is Your Best Value Beer?
Posted by on Sunday, November 11, 2007 in - 6 comments
I am still on the road hoping to make one more beer stop at Grand River to cash in some growlers...and spend that cash on more great value beer. Cashing in growlers seems like free beer but really it is only realizing a past investment in beer futures. Beervestment. • You see, you can't get away …
Paul Has Too Much Beer
Posted by on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 in - 5 comments
A terrible problem to have. • Too much beer. Can you have too much beer? • As I’m writing this I hear a resounding NO!!! But it's sort of a predicament that I’m in. When we closed our beer shop at the end of 2005 we had some stock left over. It wasn't much in terms of weekly turn over, but it …
St Edmund Ale, Greene King, Bury St. Edmunds, England
Posted by on Sunday, October 28, 2007 in - 7 comments
Once upon a time there was a rather nice strong pale ale called St Edmund. It was a bottled beer brewed by Greene King to 5.5% abv. Admittedly it was a pasteurised beer rather than a real ale, but all the same it was a decent drop of stuff. Unfortunately, it's not been brewed for some years now. A …
What To Drink For Game 3? Have Another Jolly Pumpkin!
Posted by on Saturday, October 27, 2007 in - 1 comment
I have no idea how I picked up three Jolly Pumpkins for the stash and seemingly forgot about it. After last month's Bam and last night's Oro, both unflugabaligabally good, this one is the brewer's take on a Belgian white, Calabaza Blanca. Tonight, for game three of the World Series, what better …
Tripels: Black Tulip, New Holland, Michigan
Posted by on Sunday, October 14, 2007 in - 1 comment
What beer to drink with baseball? Triples, of course. Or tripels or, like this one from New Holland, trippels. • Black Tulup comes across as vegetative bubble gum. A bit of a shock after that Tripel Karmeliet [which will not go reviewed] and its echos of Hungarian Tokay - honey, almond, that … read more »
Belgium: Jan Van Gent, Liefmans, Dentergem
Posted by on Sunday, October 14, 2007 in - 2 comments
I was going to cheat on you, have a beer and not review it but this 5.5% Belgian pale ale is too good not to note. A massive rocky off white head sits over dark straw ale. The malt is all pear juice - quite extraordinary. It has a great French bread crust texture as well as some fine lacy faded …
Paul Discovers Grimbergen Blanche
Posted by on Saturday, October 13, 2007 in - 2 comments
As mentioned in a previous article, I delighted in trying new wheat beers on our holiday in Alsace this year. And whilst bieres blanche are readily available, I suspect that blonde beer is probably more popular in France. A popular blonde in Northern France and certainly one of my favourites is …
Belgium: Biere De Miel, Brasserie Dupont, Tourpes
Posted by on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 in - 3 comments
Autumn had to show sooner or later. We shared this one from the Dupont the does not make tires as clouds rolled in, trying to pick us off with the first splats of rain. • Clouded orange-amber ale with a lacy rich off white head. The scent is oddly a bit like lime juice and light rye bread. In … read more »
Belgium: Saison d'Erpe-Mere, KleinBrouwerij De Glazen Toren
Posted by on Sunday, October 7, 2007 in - 1 comment
What to have with Thanksgiving turkey...and garlic and spuds, and roast Brussels Sprouts - and parsnips...and pear and ginger pie. Stuffed and wrapped figs, too. What a feed - but what to drink? I wanted something less than a tripel, less malty than a barley wine or dubbel and without the hops of … read more »
