Sierra Nevada Stout is made “in the ‘old world’ tradition”, whatever that means, but like any American take on a British style I was expecting overcarbonation and a consequent dryness from this beer. Boy was I mistaken.Yes, it did fizz out quite aggre…
There is an article in the English section of Aftenposten online which covers the Norwegian beer prices and gives some figures on consumption as well.
Since 1996, wine sales in Norway have nearly doubled, while beer sales have increased around 10 perc…
Despite all my obsessing on the subject, my professional contact with brewing has been achingly brief. Just a few weeks between school and university, back in 1975.I’d been looking forward to a summer on the dole and was a bit miffed when the Labour E…
At least my personal crop is looking good … the mystery hops on the north side of the hopyard seem to be overtaking the southern ones. Both species are thick and have nearly covered the pergola, providing some very nice shade and a great beer dr…
It’s time for another “Mug Shots” update.For those just tuning in, every two weeks the Louisville Eccentric Observer (LEO) publishes a 300-word essay about beer written by the Curmudgeon.Although I had my doubts at first (my topic sentences have tende…
For those of you in the Northeast who are so blessed as to have a Wegmans in your neighborhood, there may be some exciting news. You may remember that a scant five days ago I reported that Wegmans was likely to be expanding their beer selection as of …
The last 6 weeks or so have been really strange. It started off with an awesome mid-Summer trip to Russian River country with friends where much great beer was consumed. Then sickness followed. Recently, in the last week, I’ve started to feel better…
French researchers have given bar owners across the globe another reason to crank up the tunes: loud music causes people to drink beer faster.A study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research found the average person dr…
The time has come to clean out the mess known as the den closet. This is where the wife and I tossed various things that had specific place when we first moved in 3 years ago. Little has changed since then, but we have new bookcases so that means …
Well, at 14 samples, I don’t really know if I can call it a “short” list. Let’s call it the 14 beers I hope to get through tomorrow. At 4oz a sample, that’s a little under five 12 oz bottles of beer. Tough, but not impossible!
Anyway, here they ar…