Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Quick Note: Don de Dieu, Unibroue, Quebec, Canada
Posted by on Friday, June 29, 2007 in - leave a comment
Picked up at Marche Jovi last time I was there for a ridiculously low price like $4.50 a bomber. A 9% Belgian Strong Pale ale that all but 1% of BAers love. • Cooled in the basement sink, this beer is either burnished gold or aged pine but in any case sits under a fine white froth and rim. The …
Sour Beer Studies: Duchesse De Bourgogne, Verhaeghe, BE
Posted by on Thursday, June 28, 2007 in - 1 comment
Why did I pick another Flemish Red so early on in these Sour Beer Studies? I think I am still wary of those dry lambics in the stash and Stonch has spoken so highly of the style that I thought what the heck. • First thing to note is that is this a beer that was kept on the wood as well so could …
About Oaked Beer: Musette, Allagash, Portland, Maine
Posted by on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in - 1 comment
Along with the Sour Beer Studies, there are other classes of beers that set themselves apart in some way other than reflecting traditional styles. Brewers are reintroducing techniques like beer on the wood to explore the limits of what beer can be and we'll look at them in this series. Dave Line …
Big Hop Bombs: Is Saranac Imperial IPA The Best Value In Beer?
Posted by on Saturday, June 23, 2007 in - 4 comments
I popped over the border yesterday with the family for a US shopping spree. Nothing over the top but seeing as we have Watertown NY, a neighbouring a small US City with a college league baseball team, a place with good ribs, a mall with good hoodies for 15 bucks and a 94 cent dollar, why not …
Gary Tries Hurricane Kitty, Keegan Ales, Hudson Valley, NY
Posted by on Friday, June 22, 2007 in - 2 comments
At four yesterday afternoon, the radio said there was a tornado in Tompkins County, NY, 20 miles west and headed my way. This is NY, not Kansas, but the sky had that boiling look and the rain and hail and wind started, and I battened down the hatches and unplugged everything. It was a whopper of a …
Belgium: Brune, St. Feuillien, Le Roeulx
Posted by on Thursday, June 21, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is a very interesting brew and from a new brewer for me. Like a dubbel mixed with Orval. There is all the malty burlap, brown sugary, date and fig of a beer like Ommegang (plus some vanilla and black cherry of its own) but then there is also the limey lavender that I associate with some of …
Chris Hits A Lobster Boil And Beer Bash In Toronto
Posted by on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in - 4 comments
I sent a correspondent, Chris Taylor, on a secret mission last week to find out if beer and lobster actually do go together. He carried out his task in fine style as his report shows. Note earlier posts on the two beers mentioned here and here. • +++++++ • Alan graciously invited this …
Josh Finds Kolsch On Tap In North Carolina
Posted by on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 in - 4 comments
For my wife's last Friday working downtown we decided to pop into the Raleigh Times Bar after she got off work. This bar is one of the trendy new establishments that have sprung up as a result of Raleigh's initiative to revitalize downtown. Housed in the headquarters of the now extinct Raleigh …
Sour Beer Studies: Oudbeitje Lambic, Hanssens, Belgium
Posted by on Friday, June 15, 2007 in - leave a comment
Oddly, a 750 ml label on a 375 ml bottle. The brewer tells us that this is a strawberry lambic, with the fruit sitting in the beer from one summer to the next spring. The importer gives a proportion of 1 kg of strawberries to every 4 litres. BAers warn that this is extremely sour but upon opening …
Ontario: Pale Ale, Black Oak Brewing, Oakville, Halton County
Posted by on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 in - 1 comment
I think that mug just about blew out my digital camera. Canada's centennial colours in 1967 were pretty basic, kind of like this brew - burnished gold ale under a fine white full head, a basic grainy no nonsense pale ale with some bread crusty grain, a bit of hops across the palate with a flash of …
