I’m pretty sure that as much as Tim Webb loves Belgian beer he will agree that eventually he will have published all the books on the topic that are necessary.
The latest is “Around Brussels in 80 Beers” and ostensibly this is a review of that book. Good book. More in a moment.
Webb has been writing [...]

The Monastery of Christ in the Desert in northern New Mexico wants to start a small brewery so it can take over the Monks’ Ale label now held by a Pecos monastery.
The Santa Fe New Mexican has the slightly confusing story. Here are the key elements:
- Originally Christ of the Desert and the Pecos [...]

Brewers Publications, a division the Brewers Association and publisher of Brew Like a Monk, recently released the sixth edition of Michael Jackson’s Great Beers of Belgium.
This is a major upgrade from the third edition, the last that was generally available in the United States, because Jackson was particularly passionate about Belgian-brewed beers and relentless about [...]

Looking at the label for the latest from Flying Dog — called Kerberos and brewed in the manner of a tripel — I can’t help but grin because this image of Hunter Thompson climbs into my head. He’s speeding along Belgian country roads, “chanting” loudly, stopping only to dash into each monastery he comes across, [...]

The headline for a New York Times (free registration) tasting pretty well summarizes the Belgian approach to “styles”: More or Less Pale but All Belgian.
Eric Asimov writes:
Whoa, I can hear beer connoisseurs saying. I’ve heard of Trappist ales and lambics, Belgian wheat beers and even Belgian red and brown ales, but pale ale?
They have a [...]