Posts Tagged: Styles
The Session: Me And Stouts
Posted by on Friday, March 2, 2007 in - 7 comments
It would be easy if there was only one stout in the stash that I have yet to try. But I have Avery's Out Of Bounds, North Coast's Old 38 as well as Hop Back's Entire Stout. And I know them not. Other have their posts up already. Not Lew. If I can just make up my mind, I might get my post up before …
Germany: The Week Of Nine German Beers
Posted by on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 in - 20 comments
What an awful photo. The colours are all over the place, the bottles are not straight and I am not even sure that it is in focus. This is sort of how I feel about my understanding of German and German-style beers. I am not a fan and I base that primarily on ignorance. Fortunately I have the Good …
The New York Times Considers Brownness
Posted by on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 in - 4 comments
Our pal Lew Bryson wrangles another date with free beer at the New York Times, this time on brown ales.
Belgium: Scotch, Brasserie de Silly, Silly
Posted by on Sunday, January 14, 2007 in - leave a comment
In his mid-70s first edition of The World Guide to Beer, Michael Jackson wrote: • “The fact that the Scots do not celebrate Christmas (preferring to save their serious drinking for New Year's Eve¹) might surprise Belgians. In Belgium, "Scotch" is not a whisky, but a very dark and creamy beer of …
Stouts: The Week Of Ten Stouts
Posted by on Sunday, December 31, 2006 in - 14 comments
I've written about plenty of stouts before but never a collection this big: imperial stouts, imperial extra double stout and just plain stouts, from four US states as well as Quebec, England and Australia. Stout has experienced a great diversification in its sub-styles through the explosion of …
Two North-East US Winter Ales
Posted by on Monday, December 11, 2006 in - 3 comments
You thought I was going to title this A Tale of Two Winters or something all Dickensy like that, right? Well, I didn't. Sometimes you just have to set aside the Dickens and move on. These are two brews from two of my favorite smaller breweries within striking range of my place, Winterizer from the …
Belgium: Wallowing In Four Saisons
Posted by on Friday, November 17, 2006 in - 5 comments
Saisons are one of best kept secrets in the world of beer. In the recent book What to Drink with What You Eat, awaiting my review, Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery names "Saison du Fond" - is that a typo of "Saison Dupont"? Yes it is - as his first beer in his fantasy desert island dozen. Early …
Another Six US Pale Ales
Posted by on Friday, November 10, 2006 in - 3 comments
What do we have here. A variety of pale ales, one of which I reviewed back in July 2005 with this group of six US pale ales. There are two Pennsylvanians, two Californians and a couple of upstate New Yorkers in this group which ranges from mellow grainy pale to a hot hoppy double IPA. For my money …
Five Lagers That Were Just There
Posted by on Sunday, November 5, 2006 in - 4 comments
Sometimes beers sort of gather in the stash with no reason for being together other than being the odds and ends of a number of beer runs. In this collection we have three Ontario lagers, one from the states and one from China so really not much of a theme so much as a need to check them out. This …
Belgium: The Week of Nine Whites
Posted by on Friday, October 13, 2006 in - 3 comments
I've hardly let the Week of Schoune pass into history and I am already asking you to accept that we are in a new era. But if you look at this selection, you will agree these need a bit of time and reflection. These are not all new. Blork has reviewed three and Donavan another one of them. I've … read more »
