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 […]
Belgian Beer & Food – Writing in Relevance
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 […]
The Full Pint – In Search of Quality
Editor’s Note: A lot of people accuse the Brewers Association of not doing enough to improve, which just isn’t true. In my latest piece for […]
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 3 2/19/2018
Westvleteren doesn’t quite fit into the normal perameters of The Brux Project. For one, as indicated by the name of the project, it isn’t […]
Once Upon A Tree Marcle Ridge Dry Cider 2014
Once Upon A Tree is one of Herefordshire’s newer cider producers with a history dating back a decade. Founded in 2008, Once Upon A Tree combines […]
Prykmestar Savu Kataja
Craft beer is a world wide phenomenon. With a mix of new styles and old style, breweries are bringing better tasting beers to drinkers in […]
Christian Drouin Poiré Acide “Sour Pear” 2015
Poiré is made using 100% pears and fermented into a beverage like cider. Although a maker can use dessert pears to create a Poiré, the best […]