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      • The Brux Project – Orval
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      • The Brux Project – Pfriem Brett Brux Pale Edition
      • The Brux Project – Pfriem Brett Trois Pale
      • The Brux Project – Pfriem Brett Wit
      • The Brux Project – Westvleteren XII Edition
    • Trappist Breweries
      • Achel – Vaalkensward, Limburg
      • Chimay – Baileux, Hainaut
      • La Trappe – Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands
      • Orval – Viller-devant-Orval, Luxembourg
        • Orval – Reviews: Various Ages
      • Rochefort – Rochefort, Namur
      • The Spencer Brewery (St. Joseph’s Abbey) – Spencer, Massachusetts
      • Stift Engelszeller – Engelhartszell an der Donau, Austria
      • Tre Fontane – Roma, Italy
      • Westmalle – Westmalle, Antwerpen
      • Westvleteren – Vleteren, West Vlaanderen
      • Zundert – Klein Zundert, Netherlands
    • Austria
    • Belgium
      • ‘t Gaverhopke (Ambachtelijke Bruowerij) – Harelbeke, West Vlaanderen
      • Achouffe – Achouffe, Luxembourg
      • Alvinne – Moen, West Vlaanderen
      • Bastogne – Vaux-Sur-Sure, Luxembourg
      • Bocq – Purnode, Namur
      • Boon – Lembeek, Vlaams-Brabant
        • Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait
        • Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait
      • Brasserie Caracole – Falmignoul, Namur
      • Brunehaut – Brunehaut, Hainaut
      • Cantillon – Bruxelles, Region de Bruxelles-Capitale
      • Cazeau – Templeuve, Hainaut
      • De Brabandere (formerly Bavik) – Bavikhove, West Vlaanderen
      • De Dochter van de Korenaar
      • De Dolle – Esen, West Vlaanderen
        • De Dolle Oerbier – June 2014 Bottling
      • De Glazen Toren – Erpe-Mere, Oost Vlaanderen
      • De Graal – Brakel, Oost Vlaanderen
      • De Halve Maan – Brugge, West Vlaanderen
      • De Koninck – Antwerp, Antwerpen
      • De La Senne – Bruxelles, Region de Bruxelles-Capitale
      • De Leite – Ruddervoorde, West Vlaanderen
      • De Plukker – Poperinge, West Vlaanderen
      • De Ranke – Dottignies, Hainaut
      • De Striuse Brouwers – Oostvleteren, West Vlaanderen
      • De Troch – Wambeek, Vlaams Brabant
      • Des Rocs – Montignies-sur-Rocs, Hainaut
      • Dilewyns – Dendermonde, Oost Vlaanderen
      • Drie Fonteinen (3 Fonteinen) – Beersel, Vlaams Brabant
      • Dubuisson – Pipaix, Hainaut
      • Dupont – Tourpes, Hainaut
        • Saison Dupont Dry Hopping
      • Fantôme – Soy, Luxemburg
      • Geuzestekerij De Cam – Gooik, Vlaams Brabant
      • Girardin – Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Vlaams Brabant
      • Hanssens Artisanaal – Dworp, Vlaams Brabant
      • Het Anker – Mechelen, Antwerpen
      • Hobbybrouwerij Het Nest – Turnhout, Antwerpen
      • Hof Ten Dormaal – Tildonk, Vlaams Brabant
        • Hof ten Dormaal Zure van Tildonk
        • Hof Ten Dormaal Winter
      • Huyghe – Melle, Oost Vlaanderen
      • La Brasserie à Vapeur – Pipaix, Hainaut
      • La Rulles – Rulles, Luxembourg
      • Lefebvre – Quenast, Brabant Walloon
      • Les 3 Fourquets – Bovigny, Luxembourg
      • Liefman’s – Oudenaarde, Oost Vlaanderen
      • Lindemans – Vlezembeek, Vlaams Brabant
      • Malheur – Buggenhout, Oost Vlaanderen
      • Nieuwhuys – Hoegaarden, Vlaams Brabant
      • No Science Brasserie – Bruxelles, Region de Bruxelles-Capitale
      • Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor) – Bellegem, West Vlaanderen
      • Oud Beersel – Beersel, Vlaams Brabant
      • Rodenbach – Roeselare, West Vlaanderen
        • Rodenbach Vintage
      • Roman – Oudenaarde, Oost Vlaanderen
      • Silly – Silly, Hainaut
      • Sint Bernardus – Watou, West Vlaanderen
      • Slaghmuylder “Witkap Pater” – Ninove, Oost Vlaanderen
      • Smisje/Smiske – Oudenaarde, Oost Vlaanderen
      • Strubbe – Ichtegem, West Vlaanderen
      • Tilquin – Bierghes (Rebecq), Walloon Brabant
        • Tilquin Oude Gueuze
      • Timmermans – Itterbeek, Vlaams Brabant
      • Van Honsebrouck – Ingelmuster, West Vlaanderen
      • Verzet – Anzegem, West Vlaanderen
      • Vliegende Paard Brouwers (Prearis) – Oedelem, West Vlaanderen
    • Canada
      • British Columbia
        • Driftwood Brewery – Victoria, British Columbia
        • Four Winds Brewing – Delta, British Columbia
        • Gulf Island Brewery – Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
        • Lighthouse Brewing – Victoria, British Columbia
        • Stanley Park Brewery – Vancouver, British Columbia
      • Quebec
        • Brasserie Dieu du Ciel – Montreal, Quebec
        • Micro-Brasserie Le Trou du Diable – Shawinigan, Quebec
        • Unibroue – Chambly, Quebec
    • England
      • Samuel Smith Brewery – Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
      • T&R Theakston – Masham, North Yorkshire
      • Timothy Taylor & Co – Keighley, West Yorkshire
      • Unicorn Brewery Robinson’s Brewery – Stockport, Cheshire
      • Wells & Young’s Brewing Co. – Bedford, Shefford
    • Finland
      • Vakka-Suomen Panimo Osakeyhtiö – Uusikaupunki, Finland
    • France
      • La Brasserie de St Sylvestre – St Sylvestre Cappel, France
      • Brasserie Thiriez – Esquelbecq, France
    • Germany
      • Apostelbräu – Hauzenberg, Bavaria
      • Ayinger Privatbraurei – Aying, Bavaria
      • G. Schneider & Sohn – Kelheim, Bavaria
      • Klosterbrauerei Reutberg – Sachsenkam, Bavaria
      • Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg – Regensburg, Bavaria
      • Kulmbacher Brauerei – Kulmbach, Upper Franconia
      • Mahr’s Bräu – Bamburg, Franconia
      • Pinkus Müller Brauerei – Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Kloster Andechs – Andechs, Bavaria
      • Schlossbraerei-Au-Hallertau – Au, Bavaria
      • Würzburger Hofbräu – Würzburg, Lower Franconia
    • Iceland
      • Einstök Ölgerð – Akureyri, Iceland
    • Italy
      • Birra Cittavecchia – Trieste Sgonico, Italy
      • Birra del Borgo – Borgorose, Italy
      • Birrificio Montegioco – Montegioco, Italy
    • Netherlands
    • New Zealand
      • Moa Brewing – Marlborough, New Zealand
      • Renaissance Brewing – Blenheim, New Zealand
    • Norway
      • Haand Bryggeriet – Drammen, Norway
      • Klostergården Alstadberg Tradisjonbryggeri
    • Poland
      • Fortuna – Miloslaw, Poland
    • Scotland
      • Harviestoun Brewery – Alva, Scotland
      • Traquair House – Peeblesshire, Scotland
    • United States
      • California
        • Ballast Point Brewing – San Diego, California
        • Green Flash Brewing – San Diego, California
        • North Coast Brewing – Fort Bragg, California
        • Russian River Brewing – Santa Rosa, California
        • Sierra Nevada Brewing – Chico, California
        • Societe Brewing – San Diego, California
        • Stone Brewing – Escondido, California
      • Colorado
        • Avery Brewing – Boulder, Colorado
        • Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – Denver, Colorado
        • Funkwerks – Fort Collins, Colorado
        • New Belgium Brewing – Fort Collins, Colorado
        • Odell Brewing Co – Fort Collins, Colorado
      • Delaware
        • Dogfish Head Brewing – Milton, Delaware
      • Illinois
        • Off Color Brewing – Chicago, Illinois
      • Massachusetts
        • Boston Brewing Company – Boston, Massachusetts
      • Michigan
        • Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Dexter, Michigan
      • Montana
        • Lone Peak Brewery – Big Sky, Montana
      • New Mexico
        • Abbey Beverage Company – Abiquiu, New Mexico
      • New York
        • Brewery Ommegang – Cooperstown, New York
      • North Carolina
        • NoDa Brewing – Charlotte, North Carolina
      • Oklahoma
        • Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs Brewing Company) – Krebs, Oklahoma
      • Oregon
        • Block 15 Brewing – Corvallis, Oregon
        • Cascade Brewing – Portland, Oregon
        • The Commons Brewery – Portland, Oregon
        • Deschutes Brewery – Bend, Oregon
        • Full Sail Brewing – Hood River, Oregon
        • Gigantic Brewing – Portland, Oregon
        • Hair of the Dog Brewing – Portland Oregon
        • Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) – Portland, Oregon
        • Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales – Hood River, Oregon
        • Pfriem Family Brewers – Hood River, Oregon
        • Portland Brewing – Portland, Oregon
        • Upright Brewing – Portland, Oregon
      • Pennsylvania
        • Victory Brewing – Downingtown, Pennsylvania
      • Utah
        • Uinta Brewing – Salt Lake City, Utah
      • Vermont
        • The Alchemist – Waterbury, Vermont
      • Washington
        • Elysian Brewing – Seattle, Washington
    • Wales
      • The Celt Experience – Caerphilly, Caerphilly
  • Cider
    • Belgium – Cider
      • Ruwet Cidrerie – Roeselare, West Vlaanderen
    • France – Cider
      • Aval Cidre Artisanal – Ergue-Gaberic, Bretagne
      • Beau Soleil – Matignon, Bretagne
      • Bordatto – Jaxu, Irouleguy
      • Christian Drouin – Coudray-Rabut, Normandy
        • Comte Louis de Lauriston – Domfront, Normandy
      • Cyril Zangs – Glos, Normandie
      • Domaine Dupont – Victot-Pontfol, Normandy
      • Draufresne – Ouilly-Le-Vicomte, Normandy
      • Eric Bordelet – Charchigné, Pays de la Loire
      • François Séhédic – La Forêt-Fouesnant, Bretagne
      • Le Brun Bigoud – Plovan, Bretagne
      • Le Lieu Chéri – Ouilly-Le-Vicomte, Normandie
      • Le Brun Bigoud – Plovan, Bretagne
      • Lezérgué – Ergue-Gaberic, Cornouaille, Bretagne
      • Manoir de Grandouet – Cambremer, Normandie
      • Minotière – Ouilly-le-Vicomte, Calvados, Normandie
    • Germany – Cider
      • Fuchshof – Dingelsdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Ireland – Cider
      • Craigies Irish Craft Cider – Blessington, County Wicklow
    • Spain – Cider
      • Gurutzeta Sagardotegia – Astigarraga, Guipúzcoa
      • Mayador – Villaviciosa, Asturias
      • Riestra – Sariego, Asturias
      • Sarasola – Asteau, Gipuzkoa
    • United Kingdom – Cider
      • Dunkertons Organic Ciders – Pembridge, Herefordshire
      • Hecks Farmhouse Cider – Street, Somerset
      • Pilton Somerset Cider – Pilton, Somerset
      • Sandford Orchards – Crediton, Devon
      • Worley’s Cider – Dean, Somerset, England
    • United States – Cider
      • EZ Orchards – Salem, Oregon
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I Think About Beer

Category: Beer Writing

Worthy Reads – Black In Beer: Inclusion From The Outside Perspective by Toni Canada

Posted October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Editor1 CommentPosted in Beer Writing, Brewers Association, Brewing Industry, Worthy Reads

Editor’s Notes: Craft Beer has a diversity problem. Show up at any event and the cast of characters will look familiar and fairly homogeneous: white […]

Belgian Beer & Beer – Meticulous Experimentation

Posted May 30, 2018May 29, 2018 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer Writing, Belgium, Fruit Lambic, Lambic

Editor’s Note: On my recent trip to Belgium in the fall of 2017, this was my first stop and interview of two intense weeks of  travel, […]

All About Beer – Beer in the Shadow of War

Posted May 28, 2018 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer Tourism, Beer Writing, Belgium, France

Editor’s Note: This was my first piece for All About Beer magazine. I spent two weeks traipsing across Belgium and Northern France talking to brewers about their […]

Belgian Beer & Food – Succession in Belgian Beer

Posted May 10, 2018May 9, 2018 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer Writing, Belgium, Magazine

Editors Note: Belgian Beer & Food magazine is an English-language publication about Belgium’s beer and food culture. I’ve written many articles for them over the last several issues. […]

Brux Domesticated Wild Ale (A Russian River & Sierra Nevada Brewing Collaboration) Bottle No. 12 – 4/26/2018

Posted May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer Reviews, Beer Writing, Brettanomyces, Brux Project Slider, California, California Beer Slider, Wild Yeast

Twelve bottles and five and a half years went into this project, the first of my cellar series and the beer that gave it its […]

Belgian Beer & Food – Writing in Relevance

Posted April 10, 2018April 9, 2018 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer News, Beer Writing, Belgian Beer, History

Editors Note: Belgian Beer & Food magazine is an English-language publication about Belgium’s beer and food culture. I’ve written many articles for them over the last […]

Beer Industry Vocabulary: A Guide for Bloggers, Journalists, and Enthusiasts

Posted January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer News, Beer Writing, Business

Update: 1/22/2018 – Thanks to popular request, this will become a regular feature and will further explore beer industry terms. This first post focuses more […]

Choir at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

The Brewing Monks: A New Trappist Brewing in England

Posted November 22, 2017December 2, 2017 Christopher Barnes2 CommentsPosted in Beer History, Beer Writing, England, Monastic Beer, Trappist, Trappist B Slider, Trappist Slider

On my recent trip to Belgium last September, I learned that several Trappist monks from an English abbey were touring the Trappist breweries of Belgium. […]

Zundert Trappist Brewery Abbey

Hit the Ground Running: Side Hustlin’

Posted November 9, 2017November 15, 2017 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer Tourism, Beer Writing, Belgium, Monastic Beer, Trappist

Seems like everyone has a side hustle. It is, after all, the “gig economy.” I’m no exception. I’ve been writing about beer for a little […]

Christopher Barnes Josh Pfriem

Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Josh Pfriem and Christopher Barnes at Timmermans

Posted November 5, 2017November 15, 2017 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer and Cider Photography, Beer Tourism, Beer Writing, Belgian Beer, Belgium, Lambic

Barrel rooms are hard rooms to shoot photos in. They’re large and dark. Also, the lighting is usually spotty and intense which leads to bright […]

Worthy Reads Des de Moor Love Beer Hate Pubs

Worthy Reads: Love Beer Hate Pubs? by Des de Moor

Posted October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer Writing, Brewing Industry, England, Worthy Reads

Editor’s Note: If you follow anyone in the British beer world on social media, you’re bound to see people commenting on the “pub crisis” in […]

Worthy Reads – Despite Incredible Breadth and Flexibility of English Language, New Brewery Still Opts to Name New Beers after Boobs by Oliver Gray of Literature & Libations

Posted July 24, 2017 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer News, Beer Writing, Worthy Reads

Editor’s note: Oliver Gray is one of better writers in the beer blogosphere. His prose are elegant and fun to read. In this piece, he uses […]

Good Ideas Executed Poorly: The Brewers Association Chases Independence

Posted June 30, 2017July 13, 2017 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer News, Beer Writing, Brewers Association

Good Ideas Executed Poorly: The Brewers Association Chases Independence JUNE 29, 2017 BY CHRISTOPHER BARNES On June 27th, The Brewers Association (BA), craft beer’s not-for-profit trade group, […]

Worthy Reads – IPA: The Executive Summary by Martyn Cornell of Zythophile

Posted June 12, 2017July 30, 2017 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer History, Beer Writing, England, English IPA

Editor’s Note: Martyn Cornell is one of the finest historians of British Brewing currently writing. He’s done more to chase down beer myths and replace them […]

Worthy Reads: The BS Arguments of Craft Beer Sell-Outs: How Brewery Buyouts Hurt Craft Beer by Jim Vorel of Paste Magazine

Posted May 19, 2017July 30, 2017 EditorLeave a commentPosted in Beer Career, Beer History, Beer News, Beer Writing

Editor’s Notes: If you’re a regular reader, you know I’m not a fan of AB-InBev and their business practices. I feel, and with ample evidence, that […]

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