“Over in the mead world, a ‘handshaking’ between honey and beer is nothing new. (In fact, there’s a style of mead called a ‘braggot,’ which mixes mead with malted grains and, often, hops as well.) However, you don’t see many brews putting the ‘bee’ in ‘beer’ as it were. That’s a shame because we’ve seen it work really well. Case in point …”
Read MoreAtheling Meadworks has a new mead, and where their other meads are semi-sweet, the Aelfwynn’s Song is an unabashedly fully sweet melomel …
Read More“A staggeringly impressive number of breweries took up that charge. Even more impressive (and moving) is that, two years later, breweries are still making Black Is Beautiful stouts having raised over $3,000,000 so far, which brings us to this week’s Beer of the Week …”
Read More“Thank Heaven it’s Parabola time again.”
Read MoreLush Rioja Blanco!
Read More“Danville’s Ballad Brewing Company has done something really special with their Thai Sour …”
Read More“Big Fish makes lovely off-dry and semi-dry ciders from apples they grow in their orchards. However, for their Wild Meadow cider, they’ve gone a different route …”
Read MoreGorgeous Gamay from Beaujolais!
Read MoreA gorgeous Pét-Nat from a historic organic winery!
Read More“The Lunar Highlands is Lester’s [the head brewer’s] take on the Scottish Export Ale, and it is an exercise in even-handed brewing.”
Read More“The River Run Barrel Aged Imperial Stout is an annual winter offering for Vanish, and it’s almost good enough to make us wish for more snow (and we really, really don’t like the snow)!”
Read MoreClassic Beautiful Côtes du Rhône!
Read MoreRichmond’s Bingo Beer Company was clearly feeling a bit sassy when they whipped this sucker up …
Read More“Sometimes we go a little crazy. Sometimes we go a little insane. Sometimes we feel very little shame. Sometimes — we’ll say it — we like to spice things up! Apparently, we’re not the only ones …”
Read MoreVivacious Pinot Blanc From Alsace!
Read More“When we were looking to put a Doppelbock on our shelves (‘cause everyone deserves a Doppelbock every once in a while) we looked at some very fine American offerings. Then we thought, ‘Heck. Why not just go directly to the source?’ ”
Read MoreFor the first time since 1955, Trappistes Rochefort has a new release — the Triple Extra! Yes! Rochefort has added a Tripel to its lineup!
Read MoreDelicious Barbera from Monferrato!
Read More“Brouwerij De Halve Maan (Half Moon Brewery) has been brewing in the picturesque northwestern Belgian coastal city of Bruges for more than 500 years. (!!!) Now, let us give you an example of how seriously their home city takes their beer — Bruges recognizes their own patron saint of brewing, Saint Arnold. And that’s where this amazing Tripel’s story begins …”
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