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The Brew Zoo Review
by Dave GausepohlMany breweriana collectors deal with their lack of display space by specializing in a particular theme. A great specialization that is growing in popularity is the animals used in beer advertising. Within the animal theme, further specialization is possible; for example, a collector of bock beer items may pursue only advertising featuring a goat.
Brilliant Beer Bars
by - -What makes a great beer bar? Think of your favorite place to enjoy a pint, what makes it special to you, and that’s what makes a great beer bar. It may have mind-boggling variety, or a small range of beers that are lovingly tended. It may be funky, elegant, noisy, laid-back, spare, or historic; with... View Article
For the Love of Hops: The Birth of a New Style
by Stan HieronymusWe have been rolling hop bombs across our tongues for about two hours now and have little humor for what the innocent Great American Beer Festival volunteer across the serving table is trying to tell us. “We’d like the Dorado Double IPA,” I say.
Quality Brewing from a Big Player
by Roger ProtzScratch the history of Europe and you reveal old enmities, disputed borders and centuries of bloody war. Today, as you drive through the peaceful countryside of Alsace, nestled between the Vosges mountains and the mighty river Rhine, it is hard to imagine that the region has long been part of history’s game of pass the... View Article
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Old Ales
by K. Florian KlempOld ales bring with them a curious moniker. Are they called “old” because of an extended aging period, a nod to venerability, or because of an old method or style? In the keynote representatives of the style, it is all three.
Barley Wine in the Far North
by Paul RuschmanIt was the middle of January, and our Michigan subdivision had turned into a polar ice cap. My neighbor couldn’t fathom why an otherwise sane person was headed for the Far North.
Beer Talk
Sockeye Red IPA
by - -Midnight Sun Brewing Co. Anchorage, AK Available: AK, OR, WA, CA, UT, MA Sockeye Red IPA, named for a species of salmon, is a Northwest-style India pale ale, brewed with Cascade and Centennial hops, and dry-hopped with additional Cascade hops. Alcohol by weight: 4.5 Color: 12 Bitterness: 70 Gravity: 1056
Deus
by - -Brewery Bosteels Buggenhout, Belgium Imported by: Manneken-Brussel Imports, Inc. Austin, TX Available: WA, OR, CA, AR, AL, TX, CO, IL, WI, MN, IN, OH, MI, KY, VA, FL, MD, NY, MA, PA, NJ Dues is brewed in Belgium, but refined in the Champagne region using the traditional method, including the “remuage” (which detaches the yeast... View Article
Dick’s Cream Stout
by - -Dick’s Brewing Co. Centralia, WA Available: WA This cream stout is brewed with a large portion of highly roasted black unmalted barley, with unmalted flaked barley to give the beer its creaminess. Alcohol by weight: 4.78 Color: n/a Bitterness: n/a Gravity: 1082
Saris Premium
by - -Pivovar Saris Velky Saris, Slovak Republic Imported by: Euroconn, Inc. Cleveland, OH Available: CT, OH, AZ, PA, IL Beer has been brewed in the Saris region of east Slovakia since the Middle Ages and records of the Brewers’ Guild from 1506 expressly state that brewers in Saris maintain the right to brew from time immemorial.... View Article
Harpoon Abbey Ale
by - -Harpoon Brewery Boston, MA Available: MA, VT This abbey-style beer is the second in the Harpoon 100 Barrel Series, a line of limited edition specialty beers. Each beer in the series will be created by a different brewer, who will be responsible for every stage, from developing the recipe to the final brewing process. Alcohol... View Article
Doryman’s Dark Ale
by - -Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, OR Available: OR Pelican’s version of an American brown ale is brewed with pale ale, caramel, chocolate and white wheat malt, and Magnum, Cascade and Mt. Hood hops. Alcohol by weight: 4.6 Color: 32 Bitterness: 42 Gravity: 1057
Hansa Pilsner
by - -Hansa Borg Brewery Bergen, Norway Imported by: Hansa Beer Distributing Co. Arcadia, CA Available: CA Norway’s oldest beer laws, dating from about 1000 AD, dictated when and how much beer each household should brew. Norway also enacted a purity act similar to Germany’s Reinheitsgebot, stipulating that brewers use only malt, hops, yeast and water. The... View Article
Anheuser World Select
by - -Anheuser-Busch St. Louis, MO Available: nationwide by January World Select, a continental-style pilsner, is a collaboration between Anheuser-Busch brewers in ten countries: Ireland, Spain, Italy, Korea, Japan, Canada, China, Argentina, UK and the United States, hence the tagline of “Ten Brewmasters. Four Continents. One Beer.” The beer is bottled at A-B’s Baldwinsville, NY brewery. Alcohol... View Article