(This is an update for participants in the Beer, Brewing and Sustainability course at the Omega Institute.)
Great news. I checked the fermenter early this morning and found it happily gurgling away, strong and steady. The thermometer strip still read …
I’ve been pretty psyched for a while on the concept of rauchbiers, the German old-style “smoke beers” that have set themselves apart as an atavistic rarity, a throwback to a time of craft brewing from long, long ago. Most Rauchbiers are barley-based…
Duvel brewmaster Hedwig Neven, on the right, with an assistant brewer.Hedwig Neven, the brewmaster of Brouwerij Duvel/Moorgat, located in Breendonk/Puurs, Antwerp Province, will be a guest speaker at the Beeradvocate Belgian beer fest this weekend in …
Oktoberfest opened this weekend, but according to an article in Der Spiegel it is “under attack from cheap Lederhosen made in China, India and Eastern Europe.”
Hans Lehrer, a member of the Munich-based Isargau folk costume society and a former spokesm…
Hey beer lovers. Just a quick update on my travels in Australia. I made it into Sydney just fine after about 21 hours in planes and airports. I didn’t try any beer on the aircraft, so when I arrived I was pretty excited to taste some local…
I think things came to a boil when I asked why, if it came from a different brewery, the Russian Pilsner Urquell had the same name as the original from Pilsen.
It was in the middle of last Thursday afternoon, when the Czech Republic’s beer consu…
Beer prices have gone up a good amount during 2008, but no beer has seemed to sky rocket in price more than Allagash. I don’t know what it is about these guys that’s driving up the prices so much, but it’s too the point where the bee…
Sorry for not getting up a post yesterday. My access to internet in New York was a little more scattered than I had anticipated. Will have it for you tomorrow. In the meantime, it’s Tuesday, which means it is time for Beer Talk Today.
Part one of thi…
“Stand by your ingredients,” said Chef Will Artley. Not quite a country and western lyric, it’s his philosophy of cooking.Artley was addressing diners on 5 September at Planet Wine Shop which adjoins the Evening Star Restaurant, in the Del Ray neighbo…
Arrive to find all of Poperinge barricaded off like it’s preparing for a zombie invasion. Pay €7 to enter. Feel safely protected from vehicular traffic, freeloaders and the undead.
Food search reveals pricey three-course meals or cheap bratwurst. E…