Anderson Valley Brewing is celebrating the fact that Brother David’s Double Abbey Style Ale won Best of Show at the 2006 California State Fair’s Commercial Craft Brewing Competition.
“We’re very proud of the Brother David’s Abbey Style Ales,” said brewery president Ken Allen in a press release. “Not only did Brother David’s Double win the [...]

I’m not sure it’s a good idea to begin discussing “styles” in this space beyond those covered in the book but while deciding need to point you to this in the San Francisco Chronicle: “Do the white thing with Belgian brews.” If only because of the headline.
The rest is as good, too.

Belgian white beers do [...]

In going through notes collected while researching Brew Like a Monk I came across a couple of thought-provoking quotes from the Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook.
I dug these out because I’m working on a presentation for the National Homebrewers Conference. There won’t be much time to talk about tradition and passion (of the Belgian [...]