I have a little trouble getting my bearings when it comes to clone recipes, so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut. These things, after all, are facts:
- People buy “Brew Like a Monk” or “Brewing with Wheat” because they want to make a beer just like Chimay White or Schneider Aventinus, and I [...]

In the past couple of weeks I’ve read several references that would indicate Belgian brewers the use “candi sugar,” the most recent being in The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer. No they don’t, not if you are talking about those rocklike hunks sold as “candy” or “candi” sugar in the United States.
I’d [...]

What: Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers festival started in 2007 as a celebration of Belgian style beers, with participating brewers all producing beers from the same strain of yeast. The 2009 event marks the first year that all Oregon Brewers Guild members, including breweries outside the Portland Metro area, will be eligible to participate.
This [...]

As you may know our family is 50,000 miles or so into an extended road trip, most of it in an RV. Some of the parks secure their bathrooms by putting a touchpad on the door. Enter the code, take a shower.
The code where were are staying tonight is “1214.”
You can probably figure out what [...]

Speaking of dark caramelized syrup . . .
As you may know, Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver brewed a batch of beer a while back at Les 3 Fourquets in Belgium, the brewpub owned by Brasserie d’Achouffe. Pierre Gobron and Christian Bauweraerts of Achouffe returned the favor last week, visiting Oliver in Brooklyn.
You’ll find a [...]