If you drink beer at all, you may have noticed that Belgian-style ales have been quite popular lately. And while there are still a scant…
The Hoppy Half-Pint
(Ben) A quick Google search for Orval reveals that many people do not know how to spell, as most of the results are misspelled entries…
In case you were busy doing your own holiday stuff and not reading this blog, on Christmas we finished a series on beers that we…
All right, lads and lasses. This is the last beer in the series, and it is properly epic. For starters, it’s brewed in an actual…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and I was writing a blog post. You reader types will have to forgive me if this entry is a…
Perhaps you’ve heard of iced wines, or even iced ciders. Well, this here brew is an Eisbock, specifically the Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock. Like many delicious…
Today, we’re enjoying an unusual selection, a Belgian style Quadrupel ale. According to BeerAdvocate, Quads are generally bolder and stronger than Dubbels or Trippels, and…
Writing a review of Duvel is a bit like reviewing Guinness; it’s such an iconic beer, reviews are almost pointless. But this is where my…
Today’s selection won the World’s Best Beer award in the 2011 World Beer Awards, also carrying the categories of World’s Best Wheat Beer and World’s Best…
To the best of my knowledge, Southeast Asia is not particularly known for its beers. Tea, yes. Textiles, yes. Curry, absolutely. But beer, and a…