Posts Tagged: Low Strength Beer
Who Is Afraid Of Facts On Beer Bottles?
Posted by on Monday, February 4, 2013 in - 31 comments
Interesting if light-ish article from the publication The Drinks Business on the question of labeling beer with their caloric content: • According to public health minister Anna Soubry, officials have been in talks with the drinks industry about the possible inclusion of calorie content on …
By Wednesday's National Post I Lay Down And Wept
Posted by on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 in - 1 comment
I don't think I have ever read a backhanded positive review of a beer so I can only assume the author is serious: • It flattens quickly when warm, so chill in the freezer to a minimum low (i.e. as close to freezing as you dare to go), and then feel free to guzzle. The lower alcohol and 95 …
Session Beer Day At My House Means Not So Much
Posted by on Saturday, April 7, 2012 in - 2 comments
Why? Because there is little good beer 4.5% and below to qualify under Lew's rule and exactly zero as far as I can tell for the more strident Law of Ding. I did make an effort and got myself to the LCBO today and picked up a couple Mill Street Organic Lager at 4.2% and two St. Peter's English Ales …
Session Beer's More Troublesome Challenge?
Posted by on Thursday, April 5, 2012 in - 21 comments
An interesting observation at the end of Joe Sixpack's Phillie-based column today: • Craft beer's success is at least partly due to its potency. Small brewers differentiated themselves from macro-brew conglomerates by offering full-flavored ales and lagers whose higher prices were justified …
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 …
Day 23: Kristen England Supports Properly Priced Beer
Posted by on Sunday, December 11, 2011 in - 8 comments
Ron has posted a great interview with Minnesota brewer Kristen England brought to us by Northern Brewer, the US home brew supply shop. I don't normally like web video due to production values (or surprisingly squeaky voices) but this is a straight one camera interview that does not pretend to be …
Where Would You Place The Tax Break For Beer?
Posted by on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 in - 5 comments
This is great news for folk who long for the day when low alcohol beer meant something tasty and reasonably priced: • The new rules on duty levels come into force on 1 October, with beers below 2.8 per cent ABV receiving a duty cut and beers above 7.5 per cent paying more. Dr Isaac Sheps, chief …
It's The End Of Craft Beer As We Know It...
Posted by on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in - 22 comments
It's been an odd patch. R.E.M. just broke up well after anyone noticed they were actually still a band. Jeff ticked me off but we're back stronger than ever. I ticked off Tandleman and... well, I admitted my feelings. Change. Flux. Conflict. The discussions were all in the context of grapplings …
An Opportunity Chicago Craft Brewers Should Welcome
Posted by on Sunday, September 4, 2011 in - 1 comment
I am not going to lie to you. Tonight, I made a béchamel sauce into which I dumped half of last night's roast side of salmon, shallots, cauliflower, thyme from the lawn and a bunch of other stuff. It was dandy and even the kids stuffed their faces. I had two types of gueuze and they were just the …
Did I Hear The Quiet Beer Counter-Revolution Whisper?
Posted by on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 in - 11 comments
Is there something burbling out there? Is that what I was thinking of when I thought of the end of something? Ron prefers polite beer. Boak and Bailey read that and are now exploring words around that idea. Me? I am daydreaming of a nice Ontario dark ale that I plan to have just as soon as this …
