Tag: beer
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The Arnolds/Arnufs of Beer: St Arnold of Metz, Soissons, and Oudenaarde.
Beer and saints have long associated history.
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Beer & Book Review: Craft Beer in Japan, English, Mark Meli, 2013
Unlike many of the books on my shelf I can tell you exactly where I was when I bought this book and I even had a chance encounter with the author, although at a separate location and time. I met the author Mark at Koyoto Brewing Company. He was one of the few westerners at…
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Chapter 5: Palate Trips from Beer Pairing; The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros, Julia Herz and Gwen Conley
Since the beginning of the year I have read and written reviews for about a dozen beer books. In many of these books are recipes and exercises the reader can utilize to reinforce lessons taught in the book. Last week I wrote a review of Beer Parings by Julia Herz and Gwen Conley, now I…
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Asahi Super “Dry” Recipe Change
Asahi has been the best selling beer in Japan for years up until 2020 when another Japanese Brewery, Kirin, overtook them. Historically the preponderance of sales of Asahi come from draft form in bars. This has obviously been greatly impacted by the recent public health restrictions imposed by Japan for COVID-19. In an effort to…
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Beer & Book Review: Beer Craft, William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill, 2011
I have no idea how this book ended up on my bookshelf. I don’t remember buying this book or receiving it as a gift. Before moving to Japan I bought several homebrewer’s libraries. It must have been one of the books in those collections. I have been pleasantly surprised with this book. This tiny six…
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Beer & Book Review: Beer Pairing – The Essential Guide From the Pairing Pros, Julia Herz and Gwen Conley, 2015
At the beginning of the year I wrote a series of post on the Twelve Beers of Christmas. In that series I provided a food pairing for twelve beers of each day of Christmas. Several people have asked my how I decided what to pair with the beers. Some of these pairings I have long…
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Beer & Book Review: The Great Beers of Belgium – The new guide to Belgian beer culture, Michael Jackson, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2008
It is rare for two celebrities to share the exact same name. But two men found their way to top of their profession. Sadly both men have passed away but the legacy they have left in music and beer/whisky world are still felt today. These two men share little in common other than the name…
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Super Beer Bowl: Okinawa Edition, Okinawa Sango Brewery, IPA & Kölsch
This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. For those not living in the United States it is a time when the country comes together in-front of televisions for one of two reasons. Either they are there to watch the final football game of the season or they are there to watch the commercials between the plays.…
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Beer & Book Review: The “Vierka” Wine Book, English Version, Friedrich Sauer KG Stuttgart, 1960s
I came across this book, really pamphlet, with a larger stack of beer books I bought from an older gentleman from in New Jersey. The book appears to be a publication by a yeast manufacture (Vierka). While I was unable to find their yeast in any of the major online homebrew websites upon further research…
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Beer & Book Review: Home Brewing Without Failures, H. E. Bravery
The book is written by Harold Edwin (more commonly H.E.) Bravery. After a good bit of digging I would not be surprised if this is a pen name for Noel Whitcomb. I make this assumption based on the forward written by Mr. Whitcomb in another Bravery brewing books, Home Wine Making Without Failures. In that…
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The Premium Malt’s, Premium Pilsner, Suntory
From the information page on Suntory website, “Suntory Group is a global leader in consumer packaged goods, producing and distributing a uniquely diverse portfolio of beverages, premium spirits, beer and wine, and wellness products throughout the world.” In plain speak I would say that Suntory produces a wide varieties of beverages that span from Japanese…
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Beer & Book Review: Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer, Maureen Ogle, 2006
The news of Monster Energy Drink buying CANarchy has fanned once again the craft beer purist complaint that another brewery has sold out to the man and gone against its core foundation. This same argument has been made when Bell Brewery was sold to Lion a subsidiary of Kirin Brewing and Goose Island was sold…
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Hefe-Weizen, Ginga Kogen Beer
With a name that translates into “The Plateau of the Galaxy”, Ginga Kogen started in 1996 with a goal to brew authentic weizen beers. Weizen are beers brewed with at least 50% wheat grain as part of their list of grains used and can also be called wit or white beers. The brewery is located…
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