Book Review: “Trappist Beer Travels”
This combination beer journal, history book, and travelogue grants readers rare access inside monastery walls for an in-depth look at the legendary breweries of Trappist […]
This combination beer journal, history book, and travelogue grants readers rare access inside monastery walls for an in-depth look at the legendary breweries of Trappist […]
Brews for New Avenues is one of my favorite charity events for one of my favorite charities. New Avenues for Youth works with at-risk, foster, […]
Once Upon A Tree is one of Herefordshire’s newer cider producers with a history of less than a decade. Founded in 2008, Once Upon A […]
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 […]
Domaine de la Minotière is small, organic orchard and cider producer creating rustic, farmhouse-style French Cidres. Minotière farms 15 hectares of organic land and only […]
Rodenbach is best known as the maker of one of Belgium’s classic sour beer styles: The Flemish Red. The style originates from techniques the Rodenbach […]
Traditional French cidre is a product of the farm and orchard. Some cidres are made from orchards owned by the by the family or cidrerie; […]
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, […]
Ovila Abbey Ales is a collaborative project between Sierra Nevada Brewing and the Trappist Abbey of New Clairvaux in central California. The latest beer is […]
Pommeau is a step between Cidre and Calvados (apple brandy). If you were to give it an equivalent in the wine world, it would be […]
Jules Desfrièches returned to Normandy in 1919 after serving France during WWI where he’d earned the nickname “Père” Jules. Raised by his grandparents how loved […]
Westvleteren 12 is a world classic beer and one that’s often lauded as the “best beer in the world.” It’s also one of the hardest […]
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 […]
The Grandval family of Manoir de Grandouet makes several Cidres, including an AOP Pays d’Auge. The Pays d’Auge is a sub-region of the Calvados region of […]
4 bottles in and Pfriem Family Brewers Brett Brux Pale Ale is developing quite nicely! It ‘s been a little over a year and half […]