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• How To Build a Beer Travel Case – Anniversary Edition

  

  Over the next few weeks, I’ll be peppering in a few of my most popular posts as I celebrate the two-year anniversary of this blog: I think about beer. I’ve had... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Weltenburger Barock Dunkel

  

  Weltenburger Kloster is a Benedictine monastery that has existed for nearly 1,000 years in Bavaria. It boasts the second oldest known brewery which was founded... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Drie Fonteinen (3 Fonteinen) Oude Kriek

  

  3 Fonteinen is one of the classic Geuze blenders of Belgium. Their Geuzes and Lambics are highly sought after by sour beer fans the world over, obtaining cult... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brasserie De Bastogne La Trouffette Belle D’été

  

  The Belgian version of the labelBrasserie de Bastogne lies deep in the Belgian Ardennes just outside the town of Bastogne. Bastogne is most famous as the site o... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Pinkus Ur-Pils

  

  Pinkus Müller Brauerei can trace its history to 1816 when Johannes Müller moved to the city of Munster in northwest Germany. There he married Friederika... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Achel Blond 8

  

  Achel has only been brewing beer since 2001, making them one of the newest breweries in the Trappist community. They basically make 6 beers: a low, medium, and... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Monks’ Tripel Ale Reserve

  

  is brewed by the Benedictine monks of The Monastery of Christ in the Desert in New Mexico. The monastery began brewing in 2005. The Tripel Ale was introduced... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Brewing Monks: The Benedictine Breweries (Part 2)

  

  The Brewing Monks:The Benedictine Breweries(Part 2)In the first 5 parts of the The Brewing Monks, we looked specifically at the history of the Trappist order an... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• De Struise Brouwers Ypres 2009

  

  Ypres is another experimental beer marked with De Struise Brouwers characteristic bold house style. Ypres is their interpretation of a Flemish Oud Bruin, or sou... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• NoDa Brewing Hop Drop ‘N Roll IPA

  

  NoDa Brewing‘s Hop Drop ‘N Roll IPA took home the gold this year at the World Beer Cup (2014) for the American-style IPA category, which may be the most hotly... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Boon Oude Kriek 2011

  

  2014 was a good year for Brouwerij Boon at the World Beer Cup held in Denver, CO; they took home a bronze medal for their Oude Geuze in the Belgian-style Sour... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Funkwerks Saison

  

  The old label, which I purchased.Funkwerks is part of the thriving Colorado beer scene. Located in Fort Collins, they’ve made a strong splash despite only... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Driftwood Brewery Gose-uh

  

  Driftwood Brewery continues to push the boundaries of Canadian beer with their sour program. One of the newest seasonal sour releases is this Gose-uh. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brewery Ommegang Rare Vos

  

  Brewery Ommegang is one of the original US breweries that specialized in Belgian-style ale. Now they’re owned by the Moorgat familybrewery of Belgium, which... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Voices of Belgian Beer: An Interview with Guy Verbunt of Brouwerij Het Nest

  

  Het Nest’s “Straight,” a winning hand of beers.The Voices of Belgian Beer is a new interview series on ithinkaboutbeer.com featuring the voices of the people wh... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Voices of Belgian Beer: An Interview with Guy Verbunt of Het Nest

  

  Het Nest’s “Straight,” a winning hand of beers.The Voices of Belgian Beer is a new interview series on ithinkaboutbeer.com featuring the voices of the people wh... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brouwerij Alvine Wild West

  

  Brouwerij Alvinne is yet another rising star in the Belgian brewing universe which just hit its first decade of brewing life. Started in 2004 when friends Davy... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Fantome Pissenlit

  

  Brasserie Fantome is a small, Belgian brewery from the Walloon province of Luxemburg in Southeast Belgium. They are most famous for their Fantome which is a... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Off Color Brewing Troublesome

  

  Off Color Brewing is one of the new breweries in the up and coming Chicago scene. Started by John Laflfer, formerly of Goose Island, and Dave Bleitner,... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brouwerij Dilewyns Vicaris Tripel

  

  Brouwerij Dilewyns is another example of the growing beer movement within the borders of Belgium. While Belgium saw huge decline in the number of breweries... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK