Posts Tagged: Belgium and the Belgian-Influenced
Beau's Thursday Night Tasting In the Backyard
Posted by on Thursday, August 12, 2010 in - 5 comments
A fun way to spend the evening. Beau's had their quarterly business meetings in town and they all came over for a few hours of opening bottles - including the father, son and a sizable host. We nine started well with two saisons and biere de garde: Hennepin, Jack D'or and 3 Monts. Batch 10 from …
California: Black Orchard, The Bruery, Placentia
Posted by on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in - 2 comments
A discontinued beer. Great. It's not even listed by the brewery. Never made their blog...oh, yes it did. Still, its departed. Yet there it is, cooling is the cistern. I picked this up in Ithaca because I had never seen on of their brews this far east and was please to see the price below ten bucks …
New York: Zuur, Ommegang, Cooperstown
Posted by on Friday, July 30, 2010 in - 2 comments
I know I should have gone to the brewery. I know. I know I know. But I was on holiday and sick and I needed to save it up for the Baseball Hall of Fame because it's the year another sweet Expo enters and, well, I liked the Expos. I got the hat, OK? Let it go. Jeesh. • Zurr doesn't even seem …
Florida: Saison Athene, Saint Somewhere, Tarpon Springs
Posted by on Friday, July 23, 2010 in - 3 comments
I didn't expect this to be my first Floridian beer but I guess it is. Andy Crouch in his soon to be published (review copy delivered yesterday) Great American Craft Beer calls it both "a flavor parade of spice" and a "spice bazaar" which gives me some pause. Can I handle it? • It opens with a … read more »
Do Olde Geuze And Oysters Go Together?
Posted by on Saturday, July 17, 2010 in - 6 comments
I was out hunting for some Caribbean stout to go with the PEI oysters I picked up and the incredibly jambi Mike Mundell's shop this afternoon. Without success. What to do? • I love oysters. I used to live in view of the Gulf of St. Lawrence on PEI's north shore and heading over to Carr's at …
New York: 12, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca
Posted by on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in - leave a comment
Bought a couple of these at the brewery Tuesday for something between 7 or 9 bucks. I have a weakness for quads. Confessing. Even in a heat wave. • It pours cola with a light mocha foam and rim. The nose is pumpernickel with a nice spicy thing down below, maybe cinnamon and nutmeg. In the mouth …
Maine: 11th Anniversary Ale, Allagash, Portland
Posted by on Saturday, May 29, 2010 in - leave a comment
Memorial Day weekend el norte continues with this four year old treat from Allagash in Maine. Sixteen bucks for 750 ml at 9.2% in 2006? I have no idea. Pre-recession pricing is meaningless to me now. • The brewery speaks highly of this creation which finds itself this far into its life looking …
New York: Rare Vos, Ommegang, Cooperstown
Posted by on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in - 2 comments
I haven't mentioned Ommegang's Rare Vos in something like seven years of being aware of it. I haven't mentioned other things but I keep them to myself. It is called a Belgian-Style Amber Ale on the neck label. Sad that the regulators of such things couldn't have settled on Belgianesque instead of …
Session 39: Collaboration? Call O' Bore-a-tion?
Posted by on Friday, May 7, 2010 in - 6 comments
That's not very clever. Or polite. But one must pun as one can. And one has to be always on watch for indulgence - especially when it comes to marketing... or is it marketability. That is what Stan mentioned: "Collaborations are good business, good marketing, good fun and often result in …
Ontario: Matt's Sleepy Time, Beau's VanKleek Hill
Posted by on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 in - 5 comments
No. 1 in Beau's Wild Oat Series, Matt's Sleepy Time is styled as a Belgian Imperial Stout. I know Belgium had an empire once, I just didn't think we were talking about it all that much. • It pours a massive fine mocha head and I am drinking dry cocoa coffee nutmeg mousse to make room in the … read more »
