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Styles

Belgo-American Brewing

In a departure from regular “Stylistically Speaking” practice, this month we will look at four American breweries making Belgian-style beers,

Fruited Beers

Recall the time you were chatting up that stunner down at the pub? You’d just put that gleam in her

Dark Beer Sample

For some people, a dark beer is any beer darker than slightly tinted water. That would include bitters, pale ales,

Leap Into the Dark

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! –John Milton

The Girl Next Door

A few issues back, I wrote about some tasty blonde ale styles. This time the assignment is two authentic American

Today’s Lambic Brewers and Blenders

Belle-Vue Brewery Sint-Jans-Molenbeek & Brussels Production: 210,000 hectoliters Beers: Sèlection Lambic (old gueuze), Gueuze, Kriek, Kriek Primeur (first of new

In Search of Lambic

Horse blanket. Barnyard. Old Leather. Musty. Cheesy. Cidery. Fruity. Tart. Acidic. Lactic. Dry. Put them all together and you’ve found

Bavarian Wheat Beers

Bavaria, best known for its smooth, clean, bottom-fermented lager biers, is synonymous with great brewing tradition. Golden pilsners, Munich helles,

Blondes Are Beautiful

A blonde, a blonde, I need a blonde. Being a bit particular, not just any blonde, of course, will do.

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