Archive for November, 2009
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Organic Lambic
Drinking traditional lambic always seems to result in me saying “I’d like to brew one of these some day.” The complicated turbid mash and the very long aging have kept me from actually trying. After reading Jeff Sparrow’s book Wild Brews: Culture and Craftsmanship in the Belgian Tradition I couldn’t put it off any longer. [...]
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Belgian Tart Cherry
Note: I originally meant to post this many, many months ago. One of the opening events to start Philly Beer Week was a New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red kickoff toast at The South Philadelphia Taproom. SPTR has been a favorite beer bar of mine for several years now – I consider it the spot that [...]
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Yay for us
[Sorry in advance for the mild bragging.] I recently had 3 beers place in the local Philly homebrew competition, HOPS BOPS. Results here. My hoppy tripel – an American-hopped Belgian Tripel (inspired by Captain Lawrence Xtra Gold and Stone Vertical Epic 080808) managed 3rd place in the Belgian/French category (submitted as a Belgian Specialty Ale.) [...]