Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Belgium: Dubbels
Posted by on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 in - 1 comment
You may have noticed there is a lot of talk around here about Belgium. The fact simply is that there are more indigenous styles and more small brewers in Belgium than any other country. Other lands may have had as many (...maybe...) but they have fallen by the wayside, overtaken by mass …
Belgium: Orval Trappist, Villers-devant-Orval
Posted by on Thursday, January 6, 2005 in - 2 comments
Orval. This is the nicest little bottle of ale in the hand. Shaped like a Perrier bottle in brown, decorated with a fish on a gold ring, it is the product of Trappist monks - one of the five (or is it six?) real Trappist ales going...well, except St. Sixtus of Westvleteren which you have to go …
National Six-Pack VII: Gritstone Premium, Ontario
Posted by on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
I bought a six of this quite a while ago and amongs all the double IPAs, Christmas ales and porters, I kept coming back to one of these when I wanted something nice and sensible. Doesn't sound like much of a recommendation. A warm one poured into a frozen glass produces a decent off-white head … read more »
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Posted by on Sunday, January 2, 2005 in - 6 comments
Duval, Delirium Tremens, Piraat • Categorizing Belgian strong ales can be a bit of a mug's game but I am going to try to distinguish between golden stongs, dark stongs, triples and dubbles over the next few weeks by finally taking apart a small collection I have gathered over the past months …
Vermont: Ravell Porter, Magic Hat, South Burlington
Posted by on Saturday, January 1, 2005 in - 1 comment
I had such high hopes for this post, comparing four of the brews in the South Burlington Vermont's Magic Hat Winter mixed 12 pack. Then the holidays hit, then the guests arrived, then the defence of the bottles began. Right now I have maybe 30 singles of beer stuck away for later comment at a …
Second Opinion: Sleeman Fine Porter
Posted by on Monday, December 27, 2004 in - 11 comments
[Ed.: Here is a second take on this brew. See our first here.] • Sleeman's Brewery has released a special limited edition Porter, called "Fine Porter," available for a limited time only in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. I don't know how … read more »
Samuel Smith, Yorkshire England
Posted by on Monday, December 20, 2004 in - 10 comments
I was hoping I would run into one of the gift packs with the nut brown ale, pale ale and oatmeal stout. $13.95 CND at the LCBO in addition to the Imperial Stout and the previously reviewed Winter Welcome which go for $3.95 CND each. Samuel Smiths was founded in 1758 and still uses the open top …
Five from Scotland
Posted by on Sunday, December 19, 2004 in - 1 comment
Jim Barr, our correspondent from Ayrshire Scotland, has forwarded some great notes on five brews from the old country, three of which are organic. • Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted: Apparently Champion Beer of Britain, 2003 in its cask conditioned form. This is a honey coloured beer with a lot of …
Christmas Ales
Posted by on Saturday, December 18, 2004 in - 12 comments
The siblings are in town for early uncles and auntie first Christmas. I stocked in well over the last month or so...and then we all get sleepy after a big sherry trifle and only open a couple. I will just have to work through these over the next few days - a Belgian, three English, two central New …
Quick Note: Sinebrychoff Porter, Finland
Posted by on Saturday, December 18, 2004 in - 3 comments
Chocolate, licorice and heat. 7.2% Baltic porter, an artifact of a style. Heavy malty dark with a strong woodsy hop edge over the roast. $2.99 USD at the Party Source, Syracuse.
