Posts Tagged: Belgium and the Belgian-Influenced
Book Review: Geuze And Kriek, Jef Van den Steen
Posted by on Monday, February 20, 2012 in - 2 comments
Hmm... it's subtitled "The Secret of Lambic." I was a bit concerned before I got past the cover that this would be a book about one secret. Happily, as I worked my way through this book, I realized it was more part of a slightly troubled translation than the actual promise of what lay between the …
Belgium: Mort Subite Kriek / Framboise, Keersmaeker
Posted by on Saturday, February 11, 2012 in - 4 comments
Six and a half years ago, I posted a post about sweet lambics that was one of my early entries in my effort to start to understand the world of sour, brackish, funky, tart and otherwise weird beers. You may have noticed on thing from that sentence. Yes, I was drinking sweet to understand sour …
California: Ovila Dubbel, Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico
Posted by on Thursday, January 5, 2012 in - 10 comments
As you know, "collaboration" is always a dangerous word to read on any beer bottle. Often an experiment and holiday for others but at your expense. Unfortunately for my prejudices, I quite like dubbels and there are apparently honest to goodness Cistercian monks involved so I will open my mind …
Oregon: Sanctuary, Full Sail Brewing, Port Hood
Posted by on Friday, November 25, 2011 in - leave a comment
A beer. Imagine writing about a beer on a beer blog. It's about time. I am finally past a bug and waves of ramifications that have basically hammered me since early October. No more. As Phoenix rises so do I turn to beer for purposes other than medicinal. • A tan head resolves to froth and rim …
I Think I Asked Joe "How Do We Value Beer Pr0n?"
Posted by on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in - 4 comments
Joe had a good post this week about Chuck Cook self-publishing some information and photos he had gathered about Brasserie Dupont - and then putting being a click-through payment button offering access for $4.99. It is at the upper right at Chuck's blog if you want to go check it out. Joe … read more »
Belgium: Saison De Dottingnies, De Ranke, Wevelgem
Posted by on Thursday, August 25, 2011 in - 1 comment
Boak and Bailey... or was it just Boak... or Bailey... triggered a great discussion today about the meaning of saison. I recommended Farmhouse Ales by Phil Markowski and Yvan De Baets (and I just did again) for anyone interested in the topic. But it is neat to see that we may be in the third wave …
Belgium: Winterscotch, KleinBrouwerij De Glazen Toren
Posted by on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in - leave a comment
I have a thing for those Belgian beers that are rolled in paper rather than a stuck on label. Even though this one has a label underneath, too. They pile up like a hoarder's wax paper collection, get shoved amongst books on the shelf, get used as crayon fodder and act as remembrances of great … read more »
Belgium: 't Smisje Grande Reserva, Regenboog, Brugge
Posted by on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in - leave a comment
What I weekend. I was up to this and then was at this. 700 km or so - plus about 2,000 military vehicles and 16 Red Sox runs. Today was homey. A bit of a mow then weed then making supper and then, well, glad I took tomorrow off, too. • I forgot this was in the stash. The stash is a bit sad …
Belgium: Avec Les Bons Voeux 2010, Dupont
Posted by on Monday, April 18, 2011 in - 1 comment
Lew told me to have something new - which is just as well as I have reason. Forty-eight of them as of today. Sad to think a third of my life has passed me by already. • It pours cloudy gold with a thick rocky head that resolves to a persistent white froth and rim. The nose is quite amazing … read more »
Hop Bomb: Hoperation, Phillips Brewing, Victoria, B.C.
Posted by on Friday, February 18, 2011 in - 2 comments
Canada is big. You knew that, right? So, when a pal takes a plane for hours and hours to the other end of the nation and is good enough to bring back a few, well, all the beer labels may as well be written in Hungarian. You never see this things back here. Happy then was I to be handed a Phillips …
