Posts Tagged: Sour Beer Studies
Idaho: Snarling Badger Berliner Weisse, Grand Teton Brewing
Posted by on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in - 1 comment
I have no idea what to think of this. A sample of a Berliner Weisse from Grand Teton in Idaho showed up in the mail the other week and I thought to myself... I have no idea what to think of this. While I have quite enjoyed their samples before, I have only had one Berliner Weisse before and I have …
Book Review: Geuze And Kriek, Jef Van den Steen
Posted by on Monday, February 20, 2012 in - 1 comment
Hmm... it's subtitled "The Secret of Lambic." I was a bit concerned before I got past the cover that this would be a book about one secret. Happily, as I worked my way through this book, I realized it was more part of a slightly troubled translation than the actual promise of what lay between the …
But What If I Like The Taste Of Their Chocolate Ale?
Posted by on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in - 12 comments
Or what if I drank it and didn't like it, then downed it or drained it... so I also want my money back? • Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Co. decided to offer refunds on a limited number of batches — up to a third of the bottles of chocolate ale sold — that the brewery said didn’t meet its …
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 …
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 …
