When it comes to beer or the brewing industry depicted on television or on film, the results of the last
(Photo courtesy Brasserie Cantillon) A few years back, I landed in Belgium’s Charleroi airport during a November cold snap. The
(Photo by Jeff Quinn) For all its history, beer has lived with the curse and blessing of acidity. In most
If the concept of terroir can be applied to beer, it would be with the spontaneously fermented, wild lambics. Lambic
Beer is as much about the environment where it is enjoyed as it is about taste and aroma. This is
Growing up in Southern California, in the shadows of Disneyland, I learned from our numerous visits each year the meaning
Those of us fortunate enough to have experienced the North American beer renaissance would never have imagined anything like this
The quest of beer-lovers leaves virtually no cellar undisturbed. That pursuit is often about the novel inspired by the venerable,
Belgium is synonymous with brewing eccentricity and whimsy―its brewers’ penchant for unusual ingredients, methods and historical usage is still very