Tilquin 2014/2015 Oude Quetsche Prunes de Namur
Gueuzerie Tilquin is blending some of the best lambic beers in Belgium. Besides making an excellent Gueuze, Pierre Tilquin is also making wonderful fruit lambics […]
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Saison Dupont Dry Hopping 2017 Styrian Eureka
2017’s edition of Saison Dupont Dry Hopping takes the drinkers to the hop fields of Slovenia and the Styrian Eureka hop. Each year, brewmaster Olivier Dedeycker […]
Ruwet Cidre Brut
Belgium makes cider. Bet you didn’t know that? There are a grand total of two cidreries left where once there were over a hundred. Two […]
Oud Beersel Bzart Kriekenlambiek
Champagne is the celebratory beverage of the wine world, although one can certainly drink it anytime. I’m quite fond of good Champagne, but I’m a […]
Book Review: “Trappist Beer Travels”
Book Review: Trappist Beer Travels Official Description This combination beer journal, history book, and travelogue grants readers rare access inside monastery walls for an in-depth […]
Rodenbach Fruitage
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 […]
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 2 6/14/2017
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 […]
Orval – Bottle no. 1 28/3/2017
Orval is a beer I’ve wanted to add to my cellaring project for a long time. The problem though: by the time Orval makes it […]
5 Years Up and 5 Years Down!
5 years of blogging and beer writing have come and gone. I always like start with the first post I ever put up here: “Welcome to […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Orval’s Arches and Ruins
Architecture can be hard to capture properly, especially if you’re close up and don’t have a wide-angle lens. You often have resort to looking for […]
My Orval, My Orval Day
Orval. There are few names more hallowed in the world of beer. In a country like Belgium where beers vary from town to town, Orval […]
Petrus Sour Framboise
Petrus, brewed by Brouwerij De Brabandere, is a line of traditional Belgian beers. In the US, they’re probably most well known for their Petrus Aged […]
Fantôme Printemps
Fantôme Printemps is a seasonal saison or a saison seasonal or a saison saison*, if you’re into a beer wordplay… Brasserie Fantôme may produce more variety […]
Cantillon Cuvée Saint-Gilloise
The Van Roy family has been attending Saint Gilloise football games for 5 generations. The Brussels team used to be a perennial top club until […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Tilquins on a Barrelhead
Photographing inanimate objects often requires some good arrangement to create life and motion from still items in a still photograph. While tasting beers with Pierre […]