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Unibroue La Fin du Monde

Type: TripelOrigin: Chambly, Quebec, CanadaPrice: $8.49/750 mLABV: 9.0%NSP: 7.95 (unscaled)websiteAnother surprising one in that it hasn’t been reviewed yet, given that it’s pretty much the easiest-to-find tripel in the US. I think every grocery and l… [...]

Breakdown of Brewers Association 2011 Results

This week was one in which I really missed being back in the US drinking a nice IPA at a beer bar where the beers are actually over 7%, so instead since I’m still in Australia I have spent time reading a lot of articles on beer and drinking nice … [...]

Great reading: "The Beer War on American Soil."

Thanks to BC for the link.The Beer War on American Soil, by Wolf RichterDisclosure: I love beer. Particularly certain kinds of what the industry calls craft beer. I’m a sucker for a good IPA, or an amber, or a pale ale. For special occasions, th… [...]

Grand Teton Wake Up Call Imperial Coffee Porter

12/3/2011 Grand Teton Brewing Co. Victor, ID Wake Up Call Imperial Coffee Porter 2011 Cellar Reserve: A- Wake Up Call pours dark brownish black with a dark khaki colored head that is creamy and neatly formed.  Aroma is full of dark Ethiopian cof… [...]

Craft beer breaks 5% of US market

5% may not seem like much overall but I believe it’s the first time that total volume of craft beer sold in the US market has “officially” reached that high. This is from the Brewers Association report for 2011. And while that 5% is a… [...]

Good Beer Apparently Not Yet A Target For Crime

You know you only know you have made it when you become a target. Apparently that has not happened yet in an odd crime spree in the US south west:…mainly a beer run is just shoplifting. Often it’s kids acting on a dare, but judging from the surveilla… [...]

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Until recently the foreign extra stout was only a myth. Ya whatever, a strong version of Guinness. This beer is probably exported elsewhere because it tastes boring. It recently became available in the US; hopefully Canada will follow soon. Guinness… [...]

Let me get this straight

I noticed this story in the Publican’s Morning Advertiser: The industry’s first draught vodka has been launched to speed up service and cut down on waste. Vodka One – crafted and five-times distilled in the US, and distributed in the UK by Hi-Spi… [...]

Taxes and Consumption – I Was Right

When President Obama first took office, he raised cigarette taxes to fund children’s insurance.  I pointed out that this was nothing but political posturing, since the new tax will make people stop smoking, and would only raise enough money for ch… [...]

Чернота понаехала. Дегустация портеров и стаутов.

Хорошо, когда есть хорошие бескорыстные и преданные делу люди, которые, например, угощают пивом, привезенным отовсюду. А еще лучше – когда такие хорошие люди зовут народ и предлагают продегустировать вместе. В один из таких жарких дней июля Алексей Белецкий, автор и идеолог сайта pivkarta, позвал авторский коллектив в числе других протестировать портеры и стауты, привезенные им [...] [...]

Desert Island Beers #31: Lisa Morrison, The Beer Goddess

Better known in the US as The Beer Goddess, Lisa Morrison is host and producer of “Beer O’Clock!,” a weekly, hour-long radio show devoted to craft beer. Lisa recently released her first book, “Craft Beers and Breweries of the Pacific Northwest:… [...]

Clever Commercial, and worth a toast!

H/T to Bruce on FB for steering–nay, herding me– into watching this commercial from Guinness. You have to love the UK sense of humor–not to mention the size of their wallets, because, at two minutes in length, this commercial in the US would have cost a pretty penny.Good fun, though, and a reminder that March 17 is not that far off.Cheers! The PubScout [...]

Iced Tea Flavored Coors Light Coming To Canada

A new twist on the Arnold Palmer?  Maybe.  If you were in the habit of mixing your Coors Light with iced tea, come April you will no longer have to do that.  Molson Coors Brewing Company unveiled their latest concoction yesterday, iced tea flavored Coors Light.  This new brew will launch in Canada in April and then will later expand to the US depending on the response.  Coors Light Iced T will be about 4% ABV and will have no caffeine.

Molson Coors is also looking to expand other niche brands such as Batch 19 and … Read the rest

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Late For Lent: Unsalted And Really Sober On Day Six

I don’t know what there is really to report as I am so early on this experience of not experiencing. Keen readers will recall that last Saturday I decided to add to my recent passing on most salt intake to take a break on alcohol for Lent… and so far… [...]

Sometimes A Good Drink Starts With A Gun

There’s a good story over at the US public broadcaster NPR about Newfoundland’s Quidi Vidi Brewing Co. and their iceberg beer, a light lager they suggest is especially lightened by the use of melted iceberg. I particularly liked this bit:”You don’t tas… [...]

Interview Series : Meet the Geek : Zach Beckwith Now With Pints Brewing

Zach Beckwith at the Beer Summer Games 2008Name: Zach BeckwithHometown: Grand Rapids, MIFavorite Beer: A really well crafted stout, Bell’s Expedition and my own Black Dawn come to mindFavorite Beer Haunt: In Portland, Horsebrass, elsewhere, Ashl… [...]

Mendocino Oatmeal Stout

Perhaps best known for the bird theme on all its beers, Mendocino should also be noted for being part of the craft beer Renaissance in the US, opening in the early 80s. In fact, it was the first brewpub in … Continue reading [...]

Anderson Valley Imperial IPA

Some people might be inclined to shout out “Not another Imperial IPA” but I am not one of them. Then again, I don’t live in the US so I am not exposed to the plethora of IPA, DIPA, SDIPA and all other acronyms. Anderson Valley’s Imperial IPA i… [...]

Do pubs exist? And is there music?

This week, we got an email from a reader in the US who had a few questions about UK pub culture. Here are his questions and our answers paraphrased. Q: Are pubs in the UK generally the quaint, homey, and instantly familiar and comfy establishments we’ve been led to believe? A: Those pubs do exist [...] [...]

Shiner Bock

Crap! I have to make an effort to say something witty and smrt sounding because people are reading. So this one of the most well known brands of beer in the US. It’s not on par with BUD, but more the Pabst level. It is also a poser beer. It’s not a boc… [...]