Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
National Six-Pack IX: Holy Smoke, Church-Key, Ontario
Posted by on Monday, February 14, 2005 in - 6 comments
You have to love the fancy packaging. When you can only buy the bottles at the brewery, however, I guess you have already attracted the audience. The packing tape is a very nice touch. Eleven bucks for a six when you buy two. On tap at many finer brew bars in Ontario. • This is a really good …
National Six-Pack VIII: Raftman, Unibroue, Quebec
Posted by on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 in - 7 comments
You think it is February. Nothing will surprise you in February when you are as many weeks from Yule as you are to spring. Month o' the rut. Then, you try a brew that you have never gotten around to trying and the world is all sunshine and love...or at least has one more good brew to tell folks …
Ontario: Celtic Pure Irish Ale, Trafalgar Brewing, Oakville
Posted by on Saturday, February 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
I go to the LCBO more than the Beer Store here in Ontario but when I have gone to the place also known as "the In and Out", I have noticed but never picked up this brand, preferring Maudit or another Unibroue variety. I noticed today that it actually comes in a four pack and thought what the hell …
Australia's Finest...According to Myrick
Posted by on Monday, January 31, 2005 in - leave a comment
The beers I have thus far reviewed have been bottled and exported for sale in Singapore. While there are some excellent exports, there is much better to be found at the numerous microbreweries that are • scattered throughout the country. A couple of years back, I had the pleasure of touring …
C'est What, Toronto, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, January 29, 2005 in - 3 comments
I was in Toronto for a few days this week and was able to stop by a brewpub called C'est What. I have some notes to add later after I dig through my stuff but wanted to get these pictures up. • The Next Day: I appear to have sprayed my things with notes-be-gone so I'll do this from memory. I …
Later On In Australia Week
Posted by on Saturday, January 29, 2005 in - 1 comment
Notes today from two breweries, Lawrence Victor, a winery making a first stab at brewing, and the Inchant Brewery, formerly tied to at the Rose and Crown Hotel, of Guildford. • The brewery at Lawrence Victor Estate Winery • I discovered Lawrence Victor Coonawarra Old Ale (ABV 5%) at a local … read more »
Australia Day Continues...
Posted by on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 in - 3 comments
Coopers • of Adelaide is one of my favorite Aussie breweries. It is also possibly the only surviving 19th century brewery to remain in the hands of the original family. While the Malt Shovel Brewery tries to reinvent the brews of James • Squire, Coopers has maintained many of its own original …
Happy Australia Day!
Posted by on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 in - leave a comment
Although Australia's best known beer is justly condemned by foreigners and locals alike, the lucky country offers some of the new world's finest beers. Regrettably, this organ A Good Beer Blog does not (yet) have an Australian correspondent, leaving the task up to this Singapore-based blogger … read more »
Belgium: Some Triples Except One That Is Not
Posted by on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 in - 1 comment
Like rich earthy select late vintage riesling...but not. A triple fermentation leaves a bare and hot drink like a medium bodied cider...but not. These five bottles challenge the ability of a sipper to find a place in the beer pantheon for them. Rajotte describes the style in his book Belgian Ale … read more »
Belgian Dark Strong Ales
Posted by on Saturday, January 15, 2005 in - 6 comments
This is a very pleasant pastime this comparison of Belgians which is already into its third month. To say pacing is required is more than stating the obvious. These are big big beers with two of today's selection coming in at over 10%. Good reason to have a get together. • Just as one … read more »
