Posts Tagged: Holland
Albany Ale: When Did Dutch Hop Importation Begin?
Posted by on Saturday, February 2, 2013 in - 5 comments
Last November, I suggested that one intention of the settlement of the Hudson Valley of New York in the first half of the 1600s was to set up an agricultural colony that might supply other colonial efforts with particular products. One of the books I have obtained as part of this idle bit of slow …
Dutch Beer, Breastplate And Growler Circa 1660
Posted by on Thursday, October 25, 2012 in - 12 comments
Just a couple of observations on this painting that I used Tuesday to illustrate the post. It's called "A Dutch Courtyard" and was painted by Pieter de Hooch in 1658 to 1660, nearing the end of the Dutch hold upon the Hudson Valley of New York as part of their North American empire. I like the way …
Albany Ale: Did 1600s Dutch Brewing Culture Travel, Too?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in - 17 comments
One of the things that Craig has been working on is an unleashing of some dynamite information about the state of brewing in 1600s Albany. One of the things I was wondering as we've been emailing back and forth has been whether the Dutch colony at what became Albany operated like other early …
Sad News Of A Beer Fan's Passing Earlier This Summer
Posted by on Monday, September 17, 2012 in - leave a comment
I took down the logo for the Cracked Kettle beer store in Amsterdam today. I removed it after getting an email advising that the shop closed a few months back and that owner Jeff Cunningham had died in June after a few months of terminal illness. Sad news. I never met Jeff but had worked with him …
Some Beery Links For The Dog Days Of Summer
Posted by on Thursday, August 18, 2011 in - 6 comments
Notice there isn't much going on? I know I have. It is slow. Then I realized it's because everyone is on vacation. I am just back and, I have to admit, my brain is still in patio "yes, I will have some more" mode. I blame waiters. And waitresses. They bring you stuff you want and all they want in …
Dutch News: "The Consumer Is Being Taken For A Ride"
Posted by on Monday, February 15, 2010 in - 5 comments
Back from a few days on the road and I am shocked - shocked!! - to find out there is an underworld of bootlegged beer out there. The news today comes from the Netherlands but this could be happening in your home town: • People drinking a beer in Amsterdam have a big chance of it being an …
Session 30: Beer Desserts... Or Something...
Posted by on Friday, August 7, 2009 in - 1 comment
I have a hard time with this topic as it really is really about food. Beer as maybe an ingredient. Maybe as an after thought. I don't know how it is about beer anymore than if it were to "beer and people I like" variations of which we have seen, unfortunately, before. Or the brilliant topic from …
Holland: Urthel Samaranth, Koningshoeven, Berkel-Enschot, Tilburg, North Brabant
Posted by on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in - 1 comment
Just for the record, I took no photo and took no notes but last night the look on the face of the guy at the kitchen party who said he didn't like beer across the street when I poured him half of my 750ml of Urthel Samaranth last night was priceless. "Most beer tastes like crap" he said. "Like …
Holland: Tripel, Koningshoeven, Berkel-Enschot
Posted by on Friday, October 24, 2008 in - 1 comment
I can't believe I have not written about Koningshoeven aka La Trappe. Like the great soda v. pop conundrum, this sixth monastic brewery has divided the planet according to how people describe it. Bah! What's that, you say? BAH, I say. Was not "La Trappe" created for those who could not pronounce …
Holland: Columbus, Brouwerij 't IJ, Amsterdam
Posted by on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in - 4 comments
So far with this Dutch brewer, I have liked Zatte more than Struis. Why must these things be? BAers, approvingly, tell me this is a Belgian pale ale and the bottle tells me it's a 9% brew. So far so good. • This beer pours an attractive orange amber with a huge fine cream head and a wicked case …
