Posts Tagged: Styles
Christmas Ales
Posted by on Saturday, December 18, 2004 in - 12 comments
The siblings are in town for early uncles and auntie first Christmas. I stocked in well over the last month or so...and then we all get sleepy after a big sherry trifle and only open a couple. I will just have to work through these over the next few days - a Belgian, three English, two central New …
The Dark Beers of Red Beijing
Posted by on Monday, December 6, 2004 in - 12 comments
Beer aficionados who plan to visit Beijing should not expect to find a great variety of local products. All restaurants will invariably provide you with bottled or draft pale lagers such as locally brewed Yanjing Beer (燕京啤酒) and much familiar Tsingtao Beer (青岛啤酒) and their countless variations. A …
Belgium: Thinking About Four Sorts Of Brown
Posted by on Monday, December 6, 2004 in - 5 comments
Continuing in the style of Four Belgian Blondes and Four Wittes, I am going to try to work through the Belgians I have squirrelled away over the last few months style by style. I also want to avoid one problem that arises doing a side-by-side, especially when you are looking at triples and strong …
Quick Note: Labatt Porter
Posted by on Monday, November 29, 2004 in - 8 comments
While on the road, I chanced by a depanneur near the pulp mills in downtown Hull and found an artifact, Labatt Porter. This beer is a vestige of an earlier style of Canadian beer which died away as lagers came on to the scene. Old lumberjack taverns up the Outaouais may still have old sign for …
Lockjaw Double IPA, Stewart's Brewing Co., Bear, Delaware
Posted by on Saturday, November 27, 2004 in - leave a comment
Yes, Double IPA. I luckily found this beer when I wandered into Stewart's on Friday night. I questioned the owner about the makeup of the beer; unfortunately, he didn't have the answers to all of my questions. But I'll judge it the best I can. • The beer was advertised at 8% ABV. Hardly a … read more »
Stouts: Royal Extra Stout, Trinidad
Posted by on Thursday, November 18, 2004 in - 6 comments
This is one of my favorite winter stouts, a real foreign stout. A foreign stout was a high test export ready stout created to survive a sail. Imperial Stouts, dry and roasty at pushing 10%, were originally created for the Baltic trade between England and the northern Slavs in the late 1700s and …
Belgium: Checking Out Four Blondes
Posted by on Friday, November 12, 2004 in - 4 comments
Affligem Blonde, Bruegel Amber Ale, Leffe Blonde, Petrus Special. • In his book Belgian Ales, Pierre Rajoute states: • “Trying to classify Belgian beers in well-defined styles is like attempting to impose guidelines on the Belgian brewmaster's creativity. There are always beers that at one … read more »
Collecting Belgians
Posted by on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 in - leave a comment
Brewery Ommegang, outside Cooperstown, New York • The LCBO is starting its holiday promotions with some gift packs that will make for some interesting comparisons amongst the Belgians. I picked up the Brouwerij Van Steenberge six pack as well as one from Brouwerij Bavik with three different …
More English Pale Ales
Posted by on Friday, September 17, 2004 in - 1 comment
In the spirit of the post that had to end, I picked up two world classy pale ales from Engherlant - Charles Wells Bombardier and Shepherd Neame Spitfire, both bought at the main LCBO in downtown Kingston. Bombardier is pretty much available year round now while the Spitfire is part of a seasonal …
Four North East IPAs
Posted by on Monday, September 6, 2004 in - 1 comment
PA's Tröegs Hopback, southwest NY's Southern Tier, Ithaca's Flower Power and Maine's Shipyard. • Porter lost out to India Pale Ale somewhere in the mid-1800s. The style came out of the export trade to the British soldiers in the Empire - by brewing double strength and double hopped, the ale …
