Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
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 … read more »
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 - 6 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 …
Belgium: Grotten Brown, St. Bernardus, Watou
Posted by on Saturday, June 9, 2007 in - leave a comment
I have had this in the stash for a while, a 6.7% Belgian brown with the sub-title on the label "Pierre Celis Signature Selection." Nope, I don't know either...but Rick Lyke over at Lyke2Drink had a word last year with Pierre Celis and explains the whole selection thing. And it's made by those …
Sour Beer Studies: Barriquée, Panil, Parma, Italy
Posted by on Thursday, June 7, 2007 in - 8 comments
A few weeks or maybe months ago I received an email from a reader asking that I do not use the "Week Of..." format anymore as RSS could not deal with a constantly growing post. I resisted the idea but the more I thought about it, the more I thought that perhaps in addition to the RSS issues, the" …
Gary Meets Christoffel Robertus
Posted by on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 in - 7 comments
Well, the dog ate my notes...really!...but this brew is easy to remember. Once again, we review a Dutch beer, Christoffel Robertus. There are lagers in this world, and then there are lagers. There is an amber lager made in very small batches that I like by Wagner Valley of Lodi, NY - see my review …
Quick Note: Small Craft Warning, Clipper City, Baltimore, MD
Posted by on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 in - leave a comment
A strong lager from the Heavy Seas line of Clipper City's brews. My Germanic confusion is triggered by a label that calls it both an uber pils and a golden bock. The Good Beer Guide Germany by Steve Thomas says those are two different things. Evan would know what to do. I do not. • I am left to …
