Belgian Beers: Belgian Beer no.277: De Graal Blond
We tried the triple. Now the blond. A very nice beer. It tasted somehow strong, at 6.5%. Slightly bitter and very hoppy. I think I like hoppy blond beers.
Archive for October, 2008
Draft Magazine Feed: DRAFTMag.com Feature: InBev, baseball and Budweiser
In our latest feature on DRAFTMag.com, David Sweet examines how InBev’s purchase of Anheuser-Busch will alter the way the company’s products are marketed to sports fans. The Sportsbiz Spotlight columnist for MSNBC.com details the impact on…
Confessions of a Beer Geek: Cicerones in the making!
Siss-a-what-ees?A Cicerone (pronounced sis-uh-rohn) is one who has proven expertise in beers. Think the beery version of a wine “sommelier.” The titles “Certified Cicerone” and “Master Cicerone” are protected certification trademarks and can o…
Yours for Good Fermentables ™: The existential cask
In the early 1990s, Ed Janiak was a part-timer at the Oxford Brewing Company in Linthicum, Maryland. I met up with Ed this past weekend in Baltimore, Md. at the Chesapeake Real Ale Festival.He reminded me of how I had trained him to coax good beer fro…
Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: Volo Cask Days 2008 Re-Cap
Friday morning wake-ups are always exciting. Knowing the weekend starts hours away is always a good time. But waking up last Friday was especially exciting as Volo’s much anticipated Cask Days was close to commencing and I had a ticket with my name …
Madison Beer Review: Rowland’s Calumet Oktoberfest
It finally happened. It only took 2.5 hours and the pretense of a wedding, but I finally made it back up to Chilton, Wisconsin to visit Rowland’s Calumet Brewing Co. for their Oktoberfest. And during Oktoberfest season no less!
Today I’ll finally sit…
Yours for Good Fermentables ™: DC/Baltimore: an opening and a closing
A juxtaposition.Blob’s Park, the long-time German dance hall and beer bar is reopening in Jessup, Maryland.Ten months after the Eggrel family decided to close Blob’s Park’s Bavarian Biergarten, [Max Eggrel, the great-nephew of founder Max Blob] is pou…
BrewDog Blog: Paradox Smokehead
World Beer Cup gold medallist and SFWC winner 2006/07 join forces!
Stonch’s Beer Blog: I heart InBev
I heart InBev
The Second-Best Beer Drinker in Britain: Beer Exposed – a little after the event
Lots of these posts should have been up here a few weeks ago – anyway…I posted (late) that I was doing Beer Exposed, a new event in London that took place during the last weekend in September. I was interested when the organisers approached me becau…