Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Quick Note: Mort Subite Framboise
Posted by on Thursday, March 24, 2005 in - 2 comments
Lambic. Natural yeasted wheat ales from Belgium left to go thin and sour. Sounds foul but it is like drinking fresh wine the small champagne corked bottles of usually fruit brewed ale. Fruit brewed as the freshness of the harvest is added to the fermentation in the best of these real ales not as …
Beer Bloggers Meetup in China
Posted by on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 in - 5 comments
I liberated the Unabrewer from the hotel he was stuck at near Shanghai's Pudong International Airport on Sunday night. Together we checked out two of the better reviewed brewpubs in Shanghai: the • Shanghai Bund Brewage Co (SBBC) and Le Bar/Brauhaus. • The SBBC is located on 11 Hankou Rd …
National Six-Pack XI: 10W30 Dark Ale, Neustadt, Ontario
Posted by on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 in - 5 comments
The trouble with Ontario is really expressed in its beer distribution system: it is too big. Half the nation lives here, half the office space and half the bears as well. It goes from the arctic to the Carolinian forest, from the western prairie to a few miles from Montreal. The effect on beer …
National Six-Pack X: Sgt. Major's IPA, Scotch Irish, Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, March 10, 2005 in - 3 comments
Finally the wee truck from Fitzroy Harbour up on the Ottawa River near Arnprior made its way down to Kingston giving us a taste of this excellent local ale. This is a hoppy beer that reminds me a lot of my recollection of the Dragon's Breath Ale contract brewed and bottled by the old Hart Brewery …
New York: 46'er Pale Ale, Lake Placid Craft Brewing, Plattsburg
Posted by on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 in - 1 comment
I bought at six of this beer in Hannaford's grocery store in Watertown, New York for $7.99. Customsman let it go. Declared but he no cared. • It would be sweeter for that bonus but could it be? I really like this brew. Medium body. Lots of green hops almost to the point there is a green pea … read more »
Beijing's Strange Brews
Posted by on Saturday, March 5, 2005 in - 5 comments
The third part of the Singapore Beer Bar trilogy will be coming soon. Brewerkz will not be neglected, but I really need to get a new flat with reliable out-of-office Internet access before I finish the • item. I'm still a bit busy with the move to China and with the new job. The annual … read more »
A Lager To Like: Zywiec from Poland
Posted by on Sunday, February 27, 2005 in - 4 comments
I'm not a big lager fan. • Most of the stuff brewed in the UK 'under licence' tastes pretty insipid. Sam Smith's is okay and some imported lagers I've tried have been quite drinkable. Better in hot weather I suspect. Now the people that invented this lager stuff, the Czechs, are damn fine …
Quick Note: St. Peters English Ale
Posted by on Friday, February 25, 2005 in - 5 comments
I thought I had reviewed this ale but I had not - it was the summer ale but then I see I sorta did. I have to get organized. Then I thought to check the brewer and it does not appear to be listed on the site for St. Peter's. Fortunately, the advocatonians know it exists. Maybe it is only a … read more »
Three More Porters
Posted by on Sunday, February 20, 2005 in - 2 comments
OK. Once again we have the timeless question of "what the heck is a porter anyway?" Each of the words in that question lead you to a different porter I have had in the last 12 months. Unlike a best bitter, a hefeweissen or a barleywine, you never know quite what the brewer is going to qualify as a …
Oh, So Bitter!
Posted by on Saturday, February 19, 2005 in - 3 comments
From the Golden Lion Pub and Brewery in Lennoxville, QC, comes Bishop's Best Bitter. I picked up a 500 ml bottle from my local depanneur, which specializes in imported beers and Quebec microbrews. • I've had the Golden Lion's so-called flagship brew -- Lion's Pride -- several times before. They …
