September 17th West Lakeview Liquors is going to join some of the finer watering holes in this odd country of ours in tapping a very limited batch of Cantillon. Unfortunately, I’m going to be in Denver with my Uncle at the GABF on this illustrious day, but if I had my druthers I’d be back [...]
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Cantillon’s Zwanze Day @ West Lakeview Liquors
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“Wild Brews” Author at Brew & Grow May 14th!
Jeff Sparrow, author of the one of the few great books on lambics and lambic brewing, “Wild Brews”, will be at Brew & Grow for a 5 hour session on Saturday May 14th starting around noon. I’m assuming from the time frame that he’ll be brewing something at their store, but there’s not really any [...]
World’s Rarest Geuze?
Over at the great blogBelgium Beer & Travel they’ve got a piece on an exceptionally rare bottle of geuze, in fact, he makes a strong case that it may be the rarest. Bottled by the folks who run In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst, just outside of Brussels, only 24 of these bottles ever [...]
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Lambrucha, a Lambic & Kombucha Blend
I’ve been seeing bottle of Lambrucha around at several Chicago beer stores. Each time I see it, I pick it up, show it to my wife and chuckle a bit. My vague curiosity giving way to the low ABV (3.5%) and the vast selection of less gimicky seeming and more delicious beers available. But after [...]
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Russian River’s Supplication Ale
Here’s a pretty interesting video from Chow.com where the cute and knowledgeable host talks with Russian River Brewing Company’s brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo about the process of making this beer and the unusual yeast, Brettanomyces, that they use.
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