Archive for July, 2006

More on Brother Thelonious

Monday, July 17th, 2006

A couple of months ago I promised more about what Brother Thelonious (with the fabulous label) tastes like.
You’ll find that at Appellation Beer.

Trappist tasting (and ranking)

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

The big question usually arrives pretty early in the conversation.
Which one is your favorite Trappist beer?
I always duck, instead going directly to a story about what a revelation Westmalle Extra, at 5.3% abv, turned out to be. Nonetheless, debating which is the best beer brewed in a Trappist monastery makes for fun discussion - or […]

A gold medal recipe

Friday, July 7th, 2006

OK, that was humbling.
Since you are at this site you probably know I wrote a book about brewing Trappist and abbey style beers. And if you read the book you know that I came back from Belgium pounding my fist - on the desk, on corked bottles, on old brewing texts, just about anywhere - […]