Posts Tagged: Styles
Stouts: Sinha Stout, Bygama, Sri Lanka
Posted by on Friday, September 2, 2005 in - 14 comments
Surprised I was. I pop into the government store looking for kookoo juice and what do I find? A beer I have not seen before. And from Sri Lanka as well. Excellence. I like these dark beers called foreign stouts. Last fall I reviewed another, Royal Extra Stout from Trindad, which is the same sort … read more »
Belgium: Six Lambics
Posted by on Monday, August 15, 2005 in - 17 comments
There are a few times my good wife is very pleased with this hobby. One is when there is Guinness in the house and one is when there are lambics. These historic vestiges of a Belgian need to capture summer fruit are made without added yeast...because the valley of the Senne is loaded with airborn …
Köstritzer Schwarzbier -- black lager
Posted by on Sunday, August 14, 2005 in - 22 comments
I have a flaw — or perhaps it's a virtue — in that I feel unsettled around people or things that are indecisive. Don't get me wrong — I appreciate ambiguity, especially creative ambiguity that forces one to think and interpret. But there is ambiguity, and there is indecision. • I'm not entirely …
Three Mid-Atlantic IPAs
Posted by on Saturday, August 6, 2005 in - 8 comments
Kind of an austire photo but click on it anyway. And I don't know of NY and PA are mid-Atlantic...but if not - what are they? • Anyway, I picked up a Victory Hop Devil from Downingtown in eastern Pennsylvania, Blue Point Brewing Company's Hoptical Illusion from Patchogue, Long Island and a bunch …
Quick Note: Butte Creek Organic Porter, Chico, CA
Posted by on Friday, August 5, 2005 in - leave a comment
I found this beer at Wild Oats in Portland, Maine last week. $8.99 US for a six and it comes with the "Pry Off" cap - click the photo for the details. Why twist when you can pry? • First, this is not an old school porter with the required sourness up front in the vein of, say, Grants or that …
Six US Pales
Posted by on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 in - 4 comments
New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New York, California, Oregon • Once again, this time in lighter tones. I found the six darks a bit hefty for a heat wave but here we have again a range in a style: a pale ale or three, a bitter, a India Pale Ale and a Double India Pale Ale. It is like collecting …
Six US Darks
Posted by on Sunday, July 10, 2005 in - 4 comments
Washington, Vermont, New York, Oregon, • Pennsylvania and California • Life is tough. Life needs little projects. I found all of these lovery little brown bottles at the excellent Finger Lakes Beverage Center in Ithaca, NY and was able to buy singles of each - though the Southern Tier Porter …
St. Amand, Brassiere Castelain, Benifontaine, France
Posted by on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
I found this at Galeville about a month ago. At $6.99 USD or $8.74 CND for a 22 oz bottle it is one of the more expensive brews you can buy but I think it is good value. On this visit, I actually escaped the clutches of customs additional 37% solely through the kindness of a guard who obviously …
Seven Hefeweizens
Posted by on Monday, June 27, 2005 in - 16 comments
Good use of a sideboard - click the images • A real surprise was in store when I hit the LCBO the other day preparing for a dinner party on a stinking hot summer Saturday. They had actually brought in a bunch of extra hefeweizens, southern German wheat ales with a measure of yeast left in …
Pig's Ear Brown, Woodstock Inn Brewery, New Hampshire, USA
Posted by on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 in - 2 comments
People email me. They ask if they can post something to the beer blog. I generally say "Sure!" and then I never hear from them again. I was really looking forward to that Italian writer who knew all the Czech beers. If he is reading this - WHAT'S TAKING YOU?!? • Anyway, kind correspondent Gary … read more »
