The food obsessive (in a good way) magazine Saveur has has tapped Lost Abbey beers for its Saveur 100 [not available online].
Last year the magazine put Allagash Brewing on this esoteric list.
Stephen Beaumont (World of Beer) does the honors, concluding: “Lost Abbey’s brews are among the finest examples of Belgian-style beer anywhere. we worship the […]

Here’s the press release:
On Saturday, January 27, at 4 pm, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, at 3 West Gay Street, will host another of its popular Brewers Reserve Tastings, which will showcase Belgian style beers brewed by Iron Hill and similar beers created by some of the area’s other top breweries.
“Beer may have […]

Yeast matters.
That’s the lesson learned from Rogue Monk Madness (a beer I drank six weeks ago and forgot to write about then). Although Rogue used continental malts and some of the same noble hops that Belgian brewers put in their beers (plus Northwest hops that are a Rogue trademark) the brewery never promised a Belgian […]

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 […]

Here’s a new beer to look for: Rogue Monk Madness. Not sure how much it will taste like something coming out of a Trappist monastery, but that’s clearly not the point.
The ingredients are a combination of Northwest (after all, Rogue is in Oregon) and Belgian. The flier announcing Monk Madness states, “The five layers of […]