Everyone remembers that one bottle of beer that awakened their thirst for beer knowledge. Mine was Sans Culottes from La
Washing the outside of a cheese as it ripens keeps the rind from cracking and exposing the interior. It promotes
Saison Cazeau (Brasserie de Cazeau) Refreshing nose with definite notes of elderflower coming through, though they are not overpowering; creamy
In his magisterial The Brewmaster’s Table, Garrett Oliver wrote that if he were forced to drink just one beer style
Ostensibly, this book reads more like a desktop page-a-day calendar that suggests a different beer to help get you through
You’ve brewed at just about every size of brewery during your career. I started in Greene King doing a pupilage,
American craft brewers are a famously congenial bunch. Even as they compete for your beer money, they help one another
Saison beers are distinctive specialty beers from the Belgian province of Hainuat. These beers were originally brewed in the early spring for summer consumption, though contemporary Belgian saisons are brewed all year round with pale malts and are well dosed with English and Belgian hop varieties. Lively carbonation ensues from a secondary fermentation in the bottle. The color is classically golden orange and the flavors are refreshing with citrus and fruity hop notes. Sadly, these beers are under-appreciated in their home country and their production is limited to a small number of artisanal producers who keep this style alive. With a typically hoppy character, saisons are an esoteric style of beer that should appeal to any devotees of U.S. craft beers, if you can track them down. Occasionally, U.S. brewpubs will attempt a version.
In early April of this year, the World Beer Championships held their annual tasting of Continental European Ale styles. Maibocks
Seasonal brews are in no short supply these days, but often we forget that seasonal brewing was once done out
