The Brew Site
It is definitely the season for pumpkin beers—hell, the Huffington Post is even running an article on them—and this year I finally got to try a pumpkin beer I’ve been waiting ages for: Dogfish Head’s Punkin Ale. No kidding; we’ve had some of the Dogfish “standbys” available in Oregon for … Continue reading
Merchant du Vin has a wonderful solution for anyone looking down the road at the holiday shopping season: two great gift boxes, classic beers packed in cool boxes that will bring delight to both sellers and buyers. The Samuel Smith Selection Box The Samuel Smith Selection Box brings a great … Continue reading
San Diego is about to be taken over by craft beer. For 10 days, breweries, bars, restaurants, and hotels across the county will participate in the first-ever San Diego Beer Week November 6-15, 2009. San Diego Beer Week is sponsored by the non-profit San Diego Brewers Guild with the goal … Continue reading
As part of the much-anticipated launch of The Abyss (which is officially today, the 3rd), Deschutes Brewery had sent to me an “official” Release Party invitation, and sweetened the deal with a Brewery goblet and the new Abyss long-sleeved T-shirt. Check it out: That’s a sharp shirt.
Brasserie La Choulette’s Les Sans Culottes (or more properly named Bière des Sans Culottes) may well be the iconic beer of France: a golden Bière de Garde that checks in at 7% alcohol by volume, served up in a 750ml champagne-style bottle, corked and caged, with a label (on the … Continue reading
There’s not much more to this post than an excuse to quote Randy Mosher from Radical Brewing, on the subject of French historical beers. France is generally sniffed at by the real brewing countries, and indeed its glory has always rested on wine, not beer. I guess the scorn is … Continue reading
Shipyard Brewing Company has released its popular Pugsley’s Signature Series collection in a four bottle sampler box. This sampler pack contains one each of the four 22 oz. Pugsley’s Signature Series beers. This series is named after Shipyard’s master brewer, Alan Pugsley. Pugsley’s career began in England where he worked … Continue reading
November 28 date for one of Cornwall’s biggest parties of the year St Austell Brewery’s acclaimed Celtic Beer Festival takes place on Saturday November 28 – and this year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. The 11th annual celebration of real ale and live music is being … Continue reading
Even though I’m doing an entire week on French Beer, there were only three actual beers from France that I was able to find locally this week: Fischer Amber, Les Sans Culottes (review tomorrow), and Bières23 Bière de Mars. (I found the Gavroche in Eugene and while I have found … Continue reading
Merchant du Vin is pleased to announce the formation of MdV-Asia Ltd. – a beer importing company based in Hong Kong and selling throughout China. After nearly two years of research, planning, and building a distributor network, the official launch was held in Changsha, Hunan Province, China on Oct. 16, … Continue reading