Posts Tagged: Low Strength Beer
Alberta: Fireside Mild, Alley Kat Brewing, Edmonton
Posted by on Monday, March 9, 2009 in - leave a comment
A Canadian mild. Who knew this was possible? Twenty-one sessions ago, I hunted for mild in Canada and came up empty. Well, not entirely empty as I had some beer along the way but intellectually I was a void. But here is Alley Kat's seasonal brew for these weeks of late winter 2009 and instead of …
Massachusetts: Beer Of The Gods, High And Mighty Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 in - 1 comment
What to have for the day Obama gets to grasp the brass ring? Something from a blue state, that's obvious. And something that doesn't look like one of those designer beers. And one with a name that speaks to hyperbolic hope. High and Mighty's Beer of the Gods passes the test on all counts. • At a …
Are Lower Taxes The Route To Quality Session Beers?
Posted by on Monday, January 12, 2009 in - 2 comments
At the first of the month, Lew asked the question "Is 2009 The Year of The Session?" As with every year, I sure hope so. I see that I have far too few posts tagged in the category Low Strength Beer and of those, only a couple are about beers that have really caught my imagination over the last …
So What Exactly Is A Session Beer?
Posted by on Sunday, August 31, 2008 in - 14 comments
A couple of articles I read this past week got me thinking again about that spiny question of what exactly constitutes a session beer. There was the last Tuesday's article in The New York Times by Betsy Andrews entitled "The Other Extreme: Low-Alcohol Beers" but I also got a copy of the summer …
England: Bitter, The Brakspear Brewing Co., Oxfordshire
Posted by on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in - 5 comments
Loonie. I was even going to boycott British beer today because of the order of the loonie ruling about UK's Trading Standards department requiring Polish beer to be served in pints. I thought the victory over EU regulations was that the pint was saved, not that it was mandated. Boo. However, I was …
Ontario: Stuart's Natural, Scotch Irish Brewing, Lanark
Posted by on Sunday, July 6, 2008 in - 4 comments
Out and about on Friday I was quite happy to see this stubby at the LCBO, a cousin to the porter, imperial stout and IPA made by the Scotch Irish branch of Heritage Brewing. I was even more happy to see that it was a 3.7% ordinary bitter for $2.20 a bottle. • It pours a bright caramel-amber with …
Belgium: Chapeau Lemon and Kriek, Brouwerij De Troch
Posted by on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in - 2 comments
Girlie Drink Drunk. There was a Kids in the Hall skit fifteen years or so back called "Girlie Drink Drunk." It seems to be on YouTube. That's all I can think of when I see these super sweet lambic offerings but I buy them hoping they will be more fruited than sweetened. And I didn't mind the …
About Oaked Beer: Bam Noir, Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, MI
Posted by on Sunday, November 11, 2007 in - 1 comment
Just a few days after saying that I could not find copies of Celebrator magazine - I find one at Jolly Pumpkin's store in Dexter, Michigan. I also found this Bam Noir labeled as Batch #246 even though the brewery does not list that one as a Bam Noir batch. No never mind. Numbers can have that …
CAMWA: The Campaign For Watery Ale
Posted by on Thursday, April 26, 2007 in - 6 comments
Two Nations Joined By Water • Why can't we admit it? We are all sitting around drinking flavoured water. We craft beer lovers like to pretend it is like wine, an art based on the manipulation fruit juice - but it ain't so. In a very real sense, fine beer is a far more crafted product than fine …
England: English Ale, St Peter's, Bungay, Suffolk
Posted by on Friday, February 25, 2005 in - 7 comments
I thought I had reviewed this ale but I had not - it was the summer ale but then I see I sorta did. I have to get organized. Then I thought to check the brewer and it does not appear to be listed on the site for St. Peter's. Fortunately, the advocatonians know it exists. Maybe it is only a … read more »
