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• Brussels Calling – Half a Day Wasn’t Nearly Enough

  

  Brussels, Bruxelles, BrusselLike most places in Belgium, Brussels has multiple spellings/names thanks to the multilingual state of the country.  Brussels is... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brasserie De La Senne Brussels Calling 2013

  

  Brasserie de la Senne is one of Brussels’ newest breweries with their doors opening in December of 2010. However, owners Yvan De Baets and Bernard Leboucq have... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Spencer Trappist Ale

  

  is the first Trappist Brewery to join the Authentic Trappist Product group outside of Europe. For years, the abbey, also known as St. Joseph’s Abbey, has made... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Q & Ale – Can Beer That’s Cold Be Brought up to Room Temperature and Stored...

  

  Recently, my friend Bobby emailed with a beer question. He had a charity event where they had cans of Hopworks chilled in tubs of ice. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Four Winds Brewing Wild Flower Saison

  

  (Picture from http://www.beermebc.com)Four Winds Brewing is only about a year old. Located in Delta, British Columbia half way between Vancouver, BC and the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brasserie De Saint Sylvestre Gavroche

  

  Located near the border with Belgium in the small village of St. Sylvestre Cappel, Brasserie de St Sylvestre can trace its lineage to pre-revolution France. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Sierra Nevada Brewing Harvest Single Hop Yakima #291 Hops

  

  Sierra Nevada Brewing has long been a pioneer in the use of hops. They’re the largest purchaser/user of whole cone hops in the world, enabling them to get... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Hof Ten Dormaal Blond

  

  was the first beer I tried from this exciting new brewery from the Flemish countryside in Belgium. In 2009, the Janssen family decided to expand their farm by... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• De Cam Lambiek Special

  

  Geuzestekerij De Cam is part of the new vanguard of blenders reviving the ancient tradition of Lambic blending. Founded in 1997 by a Palm Brewery executive who... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tilquin Oude Gueuze 2010/2011

  

  Gueuzerie Tilquin burst onto the scene a few years ago with an outstanding, new Gueuze that quickly got the beer world talking about this new Gueuze blender. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Liefmans Goudenband

  

  is a classic Flemish Brown or Oud Bruin representing the special version of the brewery’s everyday Oud Bruin. Liefmans can trace its history as a brewery back a... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Cantillon Classic Gueuze

  

  Brasserie Cantillon brews and blends what are arguably the world’s most sought after Lambics and Gueuzes. Cantillon beers are consistently on the top of people’... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Rodenbach Caractère Rouge

  

  (Picture from rodenbach.be)Rodenbach Caractère Rouge is a newer project from the venerable old Flemish Red producer. Created in collaboration with Antwerp Chef... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Oud Beersel Oude Kriek

  

  Oud Beersel is a Lambic blender with a long heritage but only a short time around in its current incarnation. Oud Beersel had ceased to exist by the beginning o... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Brewing Monks: The Ten Trappist Breweries (Part 3)

  

  In the first part, The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing, we covered the basic history of Trappists and how monasteries... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brux Domesticated Wild Ale (A Russian River & Sierra Nevada Collaboration) Bottl...

  

  This review is part of the ongoing “The Brux Project” at I think about beer.  To read the details, follow this link: The Brux Project.The fourth bottle was... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Beers of Honduras – A Traveler’s Guide

  

  Roatan is the long island near the top, center of the map (Map from http://www.planetware.com)Part of going to any country is trying their local specialties... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Le Trou Du Diable La Saison Du Tracteur

  

  The craft brewing scene in Quebec has long been admired, mostly due to the export work of Unibroue. However, there are a whole host of smaller craft breweries... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Brasserie De La Senne Crushable Saison

  

  Brasserie de la Senne is one of Brussels’ newest breweries with their doors opening in December of 2010. However, owners Yvan De Baets and Bernard Leboucq have... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Préaris Grand Cru 2012

  

  Préaris, Vliegende Paard Brouwers, burst onto the Belgian beer scene in 2011 when they won a prestigious home brewing competition with their Préaris Quadrupel. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK