Posts Tagged: Low Strength Beer
Craft Or Kraphtt: Bud Light Golden Wheat, Shops, USA
Posted by on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in - 4 comments
Knut mocked me. I have never been mocked by a Norwegian. It stung. But Lew had me thinking. • It pours the orange amber of Syracuse Pale Ale or London Special Ale. On the sniff, a whiff of mute orange and spice. In the gaping maw, it's a bit like a craft beer as seen through the wrong end of …
Wales: Old Style Bitter, Tomos Watkin Brewery, Swansea
Posted by on Friday, September 25, 2009 in - 2 comments
Wales. I remember reading a autobiography of the early years of an English writer, Anthony Burgess, that more than hinted the Welsh, including one of his wives, considered visiting the pub as a sort of foreplay that quite shocked his sensibilities. I visited there when I was seven so I can't …
BBADD: UK 'Fraidy Cats To Ban Beer Glasses
Posted by on Monday, August 24, 2009 in - 8 comments
'Fraidy cats. The world is full of them. BBADD has no time for them. Yes, beer bloggers should be against crime and dumbness that leads to real harm but 'fraidy cats are not worried in the same way. They want to sweat the small stuff... but then try to make it look big like this: • The UK …
CAMWA: Beer's Most Important Ingredient Tracked
Posted by on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in - 7 comments
Finally, the suits are noticing that beer is made of water and water is, well, important as they join the tree huggers to make water the next big thing in eco-trendy marketing: • Water footprinting is being increasingly used to understand the total amount of water that supports our lifestyles …
Michigan: A Two Hearted Ale And Then A Miller
Posted by on Monday, August 10, 2009 in - 4 comments
When we got to Lansing it was too late to do anything like shop for beer. We had a hotel pool to cannonball into, then a supper to find as well as a baseball game to attend. The tickets seven rows back of home were nine bucks, my Two Hearted Ale was four-fifty with dinner and huge mug of Miller at …
California: Levitation, Stone Brewing, San Diego
Posted by on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in - 1 comment
I've liked pretty much all the beers by Stone I have had but do have pick a time when I can have one. All big bottles of big brew. Except I picked up this one at C's of Oswego yesterday and it was neither big... or big. My traveling man on the inside at the brewery told me that this the lighter …
Will No Alcohol Beer Ever Have Credibility?
Posted by on Monday, May 11, 2009 in - 9 comments
Interesting article in the Financial Times today on how non-alcohol beer is booming in the UK, unlike its stronger siblings: • Declining beer sales have become a headache for brewers and pub operators alike, but one sector of the brewing industry is still making merry. Non-alcoholic beers are …
When Rechecking Samples You Need To Probe Your Bins
Posted by on Thursday, April 30, 2009 in - 3 comments
Quick - what is the person next to you talking about when he says this: • To get a representative recheck sample you need to probe your bins. Of course, the design of some bins can make this a challenge. That's why it's important to choose bins that can be easily probed when you are dealing …
England: Entire Stout, Hopback Brewery, Wiltshire
Posted by on Sunday, March 15, 2009 in - 2 comments
I have had this beer in the stash for a while - at least before it won a CAMRA prize - and privately fretted over it. I was sure I had left it too long for its 4.5%, that when I poured it would be nothing but fouled water and black cottage cheese. How wrong I was. As rich and stiff a foaming head …
Ontario: Green Tea Ale, Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto
Posted by on Thursday, March 12, 2009 in - 4 comments
What a good beer but quite an unusual one. Golden amber ale under a billowy white head. Sticking my nose deep into the glass, the rich floral lime scent mixes with a little something this side of acrid. For a 4.2% ale, there is still plenty of body. A mix of big bitter herbal flavours - think …
