Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 4 11/11/2018
From the fall of 1914 through the end of the war in 1918, thousands of troops were stationed at the abbey. One of the monks, […]
Pfriem Brett Brux Pale – Bottle no. 6 4/15/2018
Unfortunately, I pulled this bottle a couple months too early mistaking it for another bottle I needed to review. It happens. Then I compounded that […]
Worthy Reads – Black In Beer: Inclusion From The Outside Perspective by Toni Canada
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 […]
Boon Oude Geuze Vat 44 – Bottle no. 2 08/31/2018
It’s been five years since I opened, drank, and reviewed the first bottle of this beer. Boon Vat 44 was the first in Brouwerij Boon‘s single […]
Orval – Bottle no. 3 14/07/2018
A little over a year since its bottling/packaged on date and it’s time for bottle number three in The Brux Project Orval edition! Years in […]
Jerome Dupont of Famille Dupont Cidrerie Passes Away at Age 48
It is with great sadness that I must report that on August 15th, 2018 famed Cidre and Calvados maker Jerome Dupont passed away suddenly at […]
Kinkiz Cornouaille Cidre
Manoir du Kinkiz is smaller “craft” cidre producer located just outside Quimper in Bretagne (Brittany). Kinkiz is a small grower-producer who specializes in traditional styles […]
Pfriem Brett Wit – Bottle no. 3 4/15/2018
This beer wasn’t a guaranteed choice for aging in The Brux Project. A wit isn’t a particularly age-worthy beer in most instances. Modern wits are […]
Pfriem Brett Trois Pale – Bottle No. 2 – 4/29/2018
Pfriem‘s Brett Trois Pale Ale was the 2017 release of the brewery’s Orval inspired Belgian-style Brett Pale Ale. This edition switched to the new house […]
Ommegang Saison Rosé
The newest trend or newest revived trend in drinks right now is rosé or pink drinks. If you’re not familiar rosé, think pink wine. The rosé color […]
Belgian Beer & Beer – Meticulous Experimentation
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
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 […]
Cyril Zangs Ciderman
Ciderman by Cyril Zangs is unusual in both its packaging and the product within it. Very few serious or traditional French cidres are packaged in […]
Belgian Beer & Food – Succession in Belgian Beer
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
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 […]