Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Quick Note: Pranqster, North Coast, California, USA
Posted by on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is the fourth anniversary of the blog from which this blog spawned. My first beer post will be four years old next month. That has nothing in particular to do with North Coast's Pranqster except that I feel like a treat. • A gorgeous glowing orange amber ale clouded by a fine suspension of …
Three New Czech Brews
Posted by on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in - 2 comments
The launch of two new beers from Pilsner Urquell • It's great news for beer fans (and tough breaks for beer writers): so many new brewpubs and new • beers are showing up here in the Czech Republic that keeping track is an almost impossible task. When researching my Czech beer guide, I tasted …
Quick Note: Pendle Witches Brew, Moorhouse's, England
Posted by on Monday, April 23, 2007 in - leave a comment
Infinitely more-ish slightly clouded and slightly oranged amber ale under a thick frothy light orange cream head. Somewhat herbed candyish on the sniffer. In the mouth woody hops. [Ed.: I'd say Fuggles but who knows anymore what with all these hybrids.] Masses of fruit - russet apple, fresh date …
Alberta: Wraspberry Ale, Wild Rose Brewery, Calgary
Posted by on Thursday, April 19, 2007 in - 2 comments
This one slipped through the lines care of the National Beer Policy (NBP) in which the free amongst us share beer without regard to inter-provincial borders. Wild Rose Brewery of Calgary is rebuilding its website but, according to the BAers, they have a pretty strong line up. • It pours a smart …
Quick Note: Wheat Wine Ale, Smuttynose, NH, USA
Posted by on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 in - 1 comment
Why do the rude Dutchmen laugh behind her back? I am quite taken by the label, a charming and not at all disease-ridden 19th century agricultural worker lady bringing in the sheaves. Laugh? They should be all rejoicing as this is a really nice beer - a hybrid of American wheat meeting barleywine …
In The Good Beer Blog Mailbag And Around The Internet
Posted by on Monday, April 16, 2007 in - leave a comment
Is this the best place to have a beer? • I get lots of email. Sure there is a lot of spam but some of it, like the picture above from Paul, is from the writers and plenty is from readers. Paul wrote to send me a bit of the trip he and herself to the village of which included a B+B and a pub …
Belgium: Bruin Bier, Brouwerij der Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis
Posted by on Thursday, April 12, 2007 in - 3 comments
After dumping two very weird beers (who knew a beer could remind me of Old Spice pit wax?) I needed a break - something I could trust and what can you trust more than a dubbel with the Trappist logo on the label...unless one without the label, if you know what I mean. This 8% brew from the …
Holland: Double Hopped Bier, Christoffel
Posted by on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in - leave a comment
Having received a rather interesting box of exotic brews from Amsterdam - like Knut did but without paying Norwegian tax - I am diving in here with the beer in the cute bottle first, labeled "Double Hopped Bier" from Christoffel. You will notice, as my wife did, that there is one of those little …
Belgium: Maredsous 8, Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, Puurs
Posted by on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 in - 1 comment
Red dark chestnut ale under a rich frothy tan head. In the nasally regions, very Christmas cake with particular candied cherry note and maybe even cocoa. Swishing around the cheeks and gums, rich but not overly sweet date and plum with some gently spiced burlappy yeast, allspice. Plenty of cream … read more »
Big Hop Bombs: The Week of Eleven Big US India Pale Ales
Posted by on Thursday, March 29, 2007 in - 2 comments
Two of my favorite eleven a side squads - IPA and AFC • Springtime is here. For me this is the perfect season for those American green, weedy IPAs that taste like liquid salad with gasoline for dressing. Autumn cries out for stouts and porters while winter needs a slow-sipped tripel or the malt …
