The Brew Site
The two styles that originate in Ireland are Irish Dry Stout and Irish Red Ale. The more famous of the two is, naturally, the Stout, since that’s the one everyone is exposed to. The Dry Stout style evolved from the London Porters of the time, and were a stronger version … Continue reading
Yes, naturally I have to dedicate at least one post this week to Ireland’s largest brewer, Guinness. After all, Guinness is what many "beer civilians" think when they hear "Stout", and it’s become the defacto "default Irish beer" to many. A great resource for almost everything you’d want to know … Continue reading
Ron Pattinson’s European Beer Guide has the best and most comprehensive listing of Irish breweries that I’ve ever seen. It’s definitive and up-to-date. Not only does Pattinson give a fantastic list of breweries (and their beers, when applicable), but he’s dug deeply into historic numbers and statistics (which anyone who … Continue reading
Yes, the title pretty much says it all; the link sent to me points to a page (update: that link is broken, but it’s on the Wayback Machine here) that does indeed relate the experiment of frothing up a nice-looking head on a pint of Guinness with an electric ultrasonic … Continue reading
Lew Bryson has a good article on Irish beer in this month’s Massachusetts Beverage Business magazine this month. It’s an interesting correlation because in it he interviews Seamus O’Hara, of Carlow Brewery, the brewer of the same O’Hara’s Stout that the Beer Nut reviewed today. (And which I pointed to.) … Continue reading
Happy St. Patrick’s Day and welcome to Irish Beer Week! In honor of the green-and-beer-themed holiday I’ll be writing on Irish-styled and influenced beer this week. Right off the bat, a morning link roundup: – The Beer Nut (from Dublin, no less!) reviews O’Hara’s Celebration Stout and has a bit … Continue reading
Belhaven Scottish Ale is another from my Beer of the Month club. It’s the main export brew from Belhaven Brewery, a solid, er, Scottish Ale at 5.2% alcohol by volume. Appearance: Very nice shiny bright copper in color, with a good two fingers of creamy pale tan head. Very clear. … Continue reading
The title pretty much says it all… I decided to go Irish next week, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. So that means the week will be spent writing about Irish—and Irish-styled or -influenced—beer. Basically, anything I can (arbitrarily) call "Irish". (Yes, I largely make the rules up as I … Continue reading
Southampton Ales & Lagers of the Southampton Publick House (40 Bowden Sq., Southampton, NY [631] 283-2800) is bringing back their Biere de Mars, which is French for "March Beer" for a limited time. The Biere de Mars is a little known specialty brew that originated at small farmhouse breweries in … Continue reading
I received an email pointing to the European Beer Festival site (that goes to the English version; they have it in several languages). Looks good; from September 12th through 14th this year, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and it looks basically the same as many other beer festivals: buy your tokens, one … Continue reading