Local beer. Are you a fan of some of your local or state made beer? I am, and I think it’s important to try some of your local products. I’m lucky enough to get a lot of Three Floyds selections, but I’m also into trying other brews. This particular beer hails from Oaken Barrel, which [...]

Fruit Lambics come in two veins.  They can either be sweet or sourish.  Many people prefer to go with the more sweet versions because they are far more palatable to them.  Let’s face it, they are delicious.  It’s been a while since we’ve reviewed a lambic, so I’m going to post several reviews in the [...]

For many, simply knowing that a wheat beer is a beer made with wheat as an ingredient, is intellectually satisfying.  But anyone who has delved into the word of beer, has discovered that there is more than meets the eye to this category, and may be thirsty for more beer instruction.  For example, if one [...]

Unlike many a beer geek I know, I am not racist again wine snots lovers.  Actually, I have ten bottles of wine in my house right now, although, they remain full.  But why must the wine connoisseur  have all the good food associated with their beverage?  Namely, I am thinking of cheese. Let it be [...]

Before tasting a beer, I almost always look up reviews of the beer beforehand just to see what others’ thought of it.  I refrain from doing this afterward, so as not to unconsciously regurgitate another reviewer’s writing.  So, before drinking Tremens, I did the usual and looked up some opinions on the beer, and was [...]

Beer become more endeared when the consumer recognizes the subtle differences that distinguishes one variety from another as expressions of artistic creativity and not just beer. This week’s beer is a great example, as it showcases a brewer who attempts a masterpiece outside of the box.  Such attempts requires either enormous faith, guts, or both, [...]

No, this isn’t a recap of today’s Latin Mass, although drinking this beer–Delerium Nocturnum, brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe–could prove to be a spiritual experience for many.  My mood was right for the imbibement of this brew.  After a tiring day, evening gardening, and a later than normal bedtime for our quiver full of young ones, [...]

This beer by Vieille Provision is the most common Saison, which is a Belgian Farmhouse Ale, in America. There is an occasional American version of this beer that can be a pretty good example. Bison and North Coast both make decent versions (the latter of the two is called Le Merle). Here is our article [...]

The variety of styles and science amongst the world of beer products never ceases to amaze me.  Almost every beer employs some technical variation in the brewing process that creates unique flavor and drinking experience. This weeks beer, Saison Dupont by Brasserie Dupont brewery, derives it style from a unique means of fermentation.  Saison Dupont [...]

Having already reviewed Rochefort 10 and 8, I felt compelled to go ahead and drink another Trappist Ale. Don’t feel bad for my sacrifice, it’s all part of the job!  This is the last (or first, depending on how you look at it) of the three Ales that are made by Rochefort.  In terms of [...]