Category: Belgium
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Sierra Nevada Ovila White Ale
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 […]
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 […]
Pfriem Brett Brux Pale Ale – Bottle No. 4 6/6/2017
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 […]
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 […]
Ommegang Bend the Knee “Game of Thrones”
Brewery Ommegang has been brewing a series of licensed beers for the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. Their newest entrant into their Game of […]
Einstöck Icelandic White Ale
Beer and alcohol in Iceland have a long road to get to the modern world of Craft Beer. Thanks to prohibition in 1915, all alcohol […]
Block 15 Here Comes the Sunshine
Mars, the Roman god of war, kindly lent his name to the month of March while the northern French took advantage of the name for […]
Pfriem Brett Wit – Bottle no. 1 3/28/2017
Wits or Blanches have long been one of my favorite styles. Unfortunately in the US, most people’s first impression of the style is tainted by […]
Pfriem Oud Bruin
pFriem’s latest barrel-aged beer is an homage to Belgium’s East Flanders Oud Bruin style. This is part of their white label barrel-aged series. Oud Bruins, […]
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 […]