Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Hoegaarden Protest
Posted by on Monday, January 2, 2006 in - leave a comment
I hadn't realized that there was a protest going on over the decision by InBev to move production of Hoegaarden from the village of Hoegaarden to another facility. A protest web site from the village asks: • “If real parma ham has to have it's origin in Parma, if champagne has to be produced in … read more »
Dangerous Beer
Posted by on Sunday, December 25, 2005 in - leave a comment
Somewhat alarming news about a new beer from Austria and its reception in Turkey: • “Even before the bloody head of a sheep turned up on the brewery doorstep, the makers of Roj beer had reason to suspect their light, malty lager might not be to everyone's taste. There was the hate mail, a …
Knut Goes To A Museum
Posted by on Thursday, December 22, 2005 in - 6 comments
The Museum of London is located at the outskirts of the rather grim Barbican complex in the City of London. My guess was this was built in an area ruined by the blitz was correct, and Wikipedia states that the complex is architecturally important as it's one of London's principal examples of …
Beers At Yule: Five For Christmas
Posted by on Saturday, December 17, 2005 in - 2 comments
Click and your screen will be filled • It was our first Christmas dinner tonight here at Casa del Good Beer and these are the ales we are sampling afterwards. Last year, I reviewed a number of strong ales apt for Yule but only one really was a Christmas ale, the one from Harvey's, and it was no …
Belgium: Westmalle Monestary, West Malle
Posted by on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 in - 4 comments
Must...get...through...the...Belgians... • It is a tough old job but someone has to do it. I picked up these two from the Trappist Monestary of Westmalle Belgium separately, the dubbel to the right at Finger Lake Beverage Center in Ithaca, NY and the tripel to the left at the good old Bath Road …
Collecting Belgians Again
Posted by on Saturday, December 10, 2005 in - leave a comment
Last year, I wrote about collecting Belgians and how you have to have a strategy for dealing with the variety and the strength. A great one is to suggest popping over to friends and sharing. At up to and over 10%, popping a large bottle ought to be a communal event. This year's line-up includes …
InBev Buys China
Posted by on Friday, December 9, 2005 in - leave a comment
Well, not exactly the nation but a big chunk of the the nationalised brewing infrastructure by name of the Fujian Sedrin Brewery. This is interesting as our reports from the ground in China indicate the beer is poor but the increasing demand - at least from certain expats - is enough to justify a …
Coopers' Sales Up
Posted by on Friday, December 2, 2005 in - leave a comment
A sales bump in November. Was it the presence of Craig?
Knut's Day Out In Cambridge
Posted by on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 in - 1 comment
With a large student and academic population, I figured out that this could be the goal of a day trip from London – focused on beer, but not exclusively so. So the plan was to catch a few pubs and sample a few rare beers as well as taking in the more famous sights. The ordeal of navigating the …
Report From China
Posted by on Friday, November 25, 2005 in - leave a comment
Myrick the Asiapundit and one of our corrspondents from China has a post up about the role China's oldest brewer, Harbin Beer, is playing in the disaster in that city. Harbin's river and water supply has been contaminated with benzene but the brewery has deep wells and bottling facilities which …
