Below are a few of the more interesting press releases that landed in our inbox this week… Win a Trip to Belgium at the Philly Beer Week Benefit Raffle on 12/21/2013 at Field House PHILADELPHIA, PA – We know Philly beer drinkers are hearty souls and willing to trudge […]
Whenever I stumble upon a beer that I really enjoy, by a brewer that I’m not all that familiar with, I make it a point to dig deeper into that brewer’s line up to see how they handle other beer styles. Since I really enjoyed the Petrus Aged […]
What is #BelgianBrewReviewWeek? I suppose I could give you an explanation in my own words, but why do that when several others have done it for me? Here is how our friend Sean Foushee explained it on Instagram: Calling all Instagram (IG) beer fans, #belgianbrewreviewweek is coming! Join […]
I bought this bottle of Petrus Aged Pale by mistake during a recent lunch time beer run to The Foodery. I know what you’re thinking. How does one buy a beer by mistake? Here’s how it happened… After reading a positively mouth watering review of a Petrus beer […]
It’s not often that we review a beer or whisk(e)y on more than one occasion, but since people kept mentioning how much they love the Trappistes Rochefort 8 wherever I turned on the interwebz (the blogs, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) a couple weeks ago, I thought it was about […]
Since Limpd already wrote about the origins of this beer, I won’t bore you with a complete rehash, and will instead point you in the direction of his “Philly Beer Week Saves Belgium!” post from March 8th. Here are a few things that his post DID NOT tell […]
One Sunday morning , my better half (the one who puts up with the incessant blogging and beer/whiskey hoarding), pointed out that on the front page of the newspaper was an article on Belgian beers. This little slice of life brings up a host of questions:
A few weeks ago, I went to Roger Wilco in search of Harviestoun and wound up with a mixed six of various Trappistes and Abbey ales. The first bottle that I opened was the Trappistes Rochefort 8. Always a fan of products imported by the folks at Merchant du […]
On separate occasions, G-LO and I had the same great thought: buy a bottle of Orval Trappist Ale. This is another great product brought to America by the fine folks at Merchant du Vin. I have reviewed Merchant du Vin’s offerings from Samuel Smith, Westmalle, Ayinger, and Lindeman’s, so when […]
After reading a review of the Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Ale by our friend Don of the Beer & Whiskey Brothers blog, I knew that I had to eventually try this beer. And the fact that it has the Monk’s Cafe name on it (you know, that world famous Belgian […]