Archive for October, 2007

Duvel brews special ‘Tripel Hop’

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Duvel Moortgat has begun selling a version of its classic Duvel with additional hops, calling it Duvel Tripel Hop.
The limited edition beer (approximately 20,000 bottles) is available mostly in Belgium, with some sold in the nearby region. Current plans do not call for a second edition of the beer, nor for any of it to [...]

No, really, monks don’t take a vow of silence

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Today’s Guardian Unlimited published a travel story in which reporter William Little visited the six Trappist abbeys in Belgium where beer is brewed.
And the headline read: “With beer this good, no wonder they keep silent.”
To Mr. Little’s credit he didn’t write that monks take a vow of silence. We just have a clever headline [...]

Brewing the Belgian way (versus German)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

The current issue of Brew Your Own magazine offers tips from Americans and Belgians who brewer Belgian-inspired beers.
Interviewed are Tomme Arthur of Port Brewing/Lost Abbey, Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing, Randy Thiel of brewery Ommegang, Rob Tod and Jason Perkins of Allagash Brewing, Peter Bouckaert of New Belgium Brewing, Steven Pauwels of Bouevard Brewing [...]