The 22nd Annual Great Taste of the Midwest is now a few days behind us, so we’ve had time to reflect on the remarkable selection of breweries represented and the beers we consumed (as well as the unfortunate misses.) It was a perfectly organized…
Our next B+ART at BIG CAR Gallery is coming up this Friday, August 15th at 8pm. An international selection of brews will be offered for sampling in honor of the ongoing 29th modern Olympics. You will see beers representing the nations of Canada, Engla…
On Thursday, August 21st from 7:00 to 9:30 PM, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre (67 Pottery Road, east of the Bayview Extension, just west of Broadview Avenue) will present a tasting of local craft, artisanal and organic beers…
Oregon grown hops!HOOD RIVER, Ore. (June 23, 2008) — Celebrating its fifth year as the premier fresh hops beer tasting event in the Pacific Northwest, the Hood River Hops Fest on Oct. 4, 2008, will feature beers from more than 20 Northwest craft br…
Today (August 13th) marks the three-year anniversary of the lifting of North Carolina’s 6 percent alcohol cap.Maybe one day Mississippi can get out of the Beer Hell we are currently in with our archaic 5% ABW cap………………………………….
The aroma is rich and malty with an almost chocolate note. The color is black without any light shining through. The head is pours thick and has low retention, fizzing down the a light cover quickly.The taste starts with a dark malt sweetness like c…
So, I love the environment as much as anyone else, but I’m generally not the hugest fan of organic beer. It’s not that some of it isn’t good, its just that “Green” and “Organic” are sometimes turned into marketing terms to sell beer to the Inconvenie…
So, if you don’t know the story of Hoegaarden, then this review will probably mean little to you. Also, if you don’t know the story of Hoegaarden, I’m about to summarize it for you.
The Belgian Witbier variety was one that experienc…
It’s not quite official, but the Blue Palms Brewhouse opened its doors for business last Friday night. Word of a new craft beer bar in the heart of Hollywood has been spreading like wildfire…
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Something green perhaps. Michael Jackson wrote in his Great Beers of Belgium that this beer has “a powerfully earthy, herbal aroma; a light, firm body; and an intensely appetising hop bitterness”. Any beer that can generate that word to semi-colon rat…