By Chad Wulff Once again, the World Beer Challenge held their annual Specialty Beer Styles Competition and, as always, intriguing results came to the surface. In the Fruit Beer Category, Unibroue’s Quelque Chose, which translates to “something else,” stood out (91 points). It ...
By Paul Ruschmann and Maryanne Nasiatka “Mussels in Brussels?” That’s what the gal who wrote our plane ticket asked us before our first trip to Belgium....
By K. Florian Klemp The notion of brewing a “one-off” is not uncommon. But there is a whole family of styles, the lambics, that fit said bill with respect to convention. So individual are they, that virtually every aspect of their production is anarchistic. ...
By Gregg Glaser Horse blanket. Barnyard. Old Leather. Musty. Cheesy. Cidery. Fruity. Tart. Acidic. Lactic. Dry. Put them all together and you’ve found yourself a lambic. And a damn good one, at that....