Posts Tagged: Sour Beer Studies
Belgium: Mort Subite Kriek / Framboise, Keersmaeker
Posted by on Saturday, February 11, 2012 in - leave a comment
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 …
Ontario: Lactese Flacon, Church-Key, Pethericks Corners
Posted by on Friday, September 16, 2011 in - 1 comment
When this beer came out three or four years ago, there was strong opposition. Reviews leaned towards the vom-esgue. They rejected it. Yet John Graham, the owner and brewer of Ontario's tiny Church-Key Brewing, held his ground. It was what he intended. A challenge. • Years pass. A bottle that I …
Quebec: La Rousse, Belle Gueule, Brasseurs R.J.
Posted by on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in - 1 comment
So, I am at a pretty good pizza cafe and order this beer but it's one-third of the way to Flemish Red which makes it extremely off... and extremely tasty. Is that bad or good? BAers respect it in its intended state.
Session 54: Reflecting On My Sour Beer Studies
Posted by on Saturday, August 6, 2011 in - 6 comments
I didn't like sour beer... and then I got to like most of it. It took a bit of work, a bit of a study. I have not made my peace with some but there's about 17 litres of the stuff at the core of my stash now. It waits for the right combination of enough time, enough friends and enough anti-acid …
Dear Mr. Customs Man - Thank You For Not Asking.
Posted by on Monday, July 4, 2011 in - 2 comments
It is always a bit of a crap shoot crossing the border with a load of good beer. I declare all and pay what is asked of me every time. I figure there is more harm in the hassle of being found out - and there are plenty of lessons to be learned from observing the misfortunes of others when your …
Day 12: Dissident 2010, Deschutes, Bend, Oregon
Posted by on Thursday, November 25, 2010 in - leave a comment
Photos? I got no stinking photos for you. Mermaid Avenue is on the stereo and look at what's in front of me. Wax dip top with a hanging tail of burgundy sealing glom. A thick paper label that now challenges me to soak it off in one piece and frame it. Crows for me are auspicious. It's personal. I …
Session 44: Frankenstein Beers? What Isn't?
Posted by on Saturday, October 2, 2010 in - 4 comments
OK - so it is not Friday. Here is the subject for this month: • Many craft brewers are like Frankenstein. They have become mad scientists obsessed with defying the laws of brewing and creating beers that transcend style guidelines. These “Frankenstein Beers” challenge the way people perceive …
Beau's Thursday Night Tasting In the Backyard
Posted by on Thursday, August 12, 2010 in - 5 comments
A fun way to spend the evening. Beau's had their quarterly business meetings in town and they all came over for a few hours of opening bottles - including the father, son and a sizable host. We nine started well with two saisons and biere de garde: Hennepin, Jack D'or and 3 Monts. Batch 10 from …
New York: Zuur, Ommegang, Cooperstown
Posted by on Friday, July 30, 2010 in - 2 comments
I know I should have gone to the brewery. I know. I know I know. But I was on holiday and sick and I needed to save it up for the Baseball Hall of Fame because it's the year another sweet Expo enters and, well, I liked the Expos. I got the hat, OK? Let it go. Jeesh. • Zurr doesn't even seem …
Assassination By Beer In Afghanistan
Posted by on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in - leave a comment
The Christian Science Monitor has dug up an interesting beery angle from the whole Wikileaks controversy. Apparently, the documents which have been released include references to a pattern of the Taliban poisoning booze as a mean to assassinate key personnel. Like this: • James Yeager, an …
