Posts Tagged: Styles
Germany: Salvator, Paulaner, Munich, Bavaria
Posted by on Friday, June 17, 2005 in - 6 comments
I say from time to that I do not like lagers but what I am really saying is that I do not like the mass marketed insipid pilsners generally passed off as beer by BulkCo's A, B and C. Lager or rather lagering is really just a reference to a period of cold storage, a central European technique from …
Big Hop Bombs: XP Pale Ale, Bear Republic, Healdsburg, California
Posted by on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in - 1 comment
This brew provides a great education in the timing of hop additions. I know you were sitting there day after day wonder when I was going to mention the importance of the timing of hop additions. Well, this is the day because this brew provides a great education in the timing of hop additions …
Three Whites from Quebec
Posted by on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 in - 4 comments
It's hard to beat a cold white beer on a warm and sunny late afternoon -- the clean, somewhat yeasty flavor and the snow-white lacy head of a good white makes the long day at the office worth the wait. • Here in Quebec, Blanche de Chambly is perhaps the best known of the local white beers, and …
Stone 05-05-05
Posted by on Monday, May 23, 2005 in - 4 comments
What will fundamentalist beer lovers • do next year? • I popped into the Galeville Grocery this afternoon and picked up, in my usual mad scramble to drop $100.00 US in about 5 minutes, a bottle of this fine beverage. I have loved every Stone product I have tried. And it looks like I still have …
Massachusetts: UFO Hefeweizen, Harpoon, Boston
Posted by on Saturday, April 30, 2005 in - 3 comments
Out of a Harpoon mixed 12 with the Ale, IPA and Munich Dark as boxmates. This is a nice US hefe with some of the odd esters that mark the style but lighter than thet original German version. While banana and clove are the usual flavours in the style, as was the case with Paper City's rendition …
Bar Harbor Brewing Company, Maine, USA
Posted by on Sunday, April 24, 2005 in - 1 comment
Amongst all the cargo hauled back up north the other day were more than a few 22 ouncers from Maine micros like these two from Bar Harbor Brewing Company of that sea coast town about an hour south of the US-Canadian border. Bar Harbor is a bit of a hot bed of micro-brewing, being also the home of …
Two of the Gueuze
Posted by on Saturday, April 9, 2005 in - 2 comments
So, I am sent to the LCBO the other day in search of a flask o' plonk and I am thinking how useless the organizations' beer policies are as they appear to have stopped even providing their quarterly new seasonal selections. The last time new beers showed up was in late November. Sad state of …
Barley Wine Names
Posted by on Saturday, March 5, 2005 in - 4 comments
I am on some email listings about beer and received this message today about an event in Seattle, USA, which reminded me of the beauty that is the west coast USA practice of naming these strong ales: • “Barleywine anyone? The Beveridge Place Pub is having their 3rd annual Barleywine Bacchanal …
Three More Porters
Posted by on Sunday, February 20, 2005 in - 2 comments
OK. Once again we have the timeless question of "what the heck is a porter anyway?" Each of the words in that question lead you to a different porter I have had in the last 12 months. Unlike a best bitter, a hefeweissen or a barleywine, you never know quite what the brewer is going to qualify as a …
Belgium: Some Triples Except One That Is Not
Posted by on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 in - 3 comments
Like rich earthy select late vintage riesling...but not. A triple fermentation leaves a bare and hot drink like a medium bodied cider...but not. These five bottles challenge the ability of a sipper to find a place in the beer pantheon for them. Rajotte describes the style in his book Belgian Ale … read more »
