Archive for October, 2008

The Session #20: German tradition lives

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

This is my contribution to The Session #20, Beer and Memories, hosted by the Bathtub Brewery. Head there for a complete recap. Schafferhof-Zoigl. I drank it twice today, and I may never have it again. But if I do taste it I will be instantly back in Neuhaus, located in a bit of northern Bavaria [...]

What do you call a Russian Pilsner Urquell?

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

If you’ve already read Evan Rail’s “Pilsner Urquell vs. Pilsner Urquell vs. Pilsner Urquell” post good for you. If not, then don’t bother with anything else. Go there now. (I apologize that I’m getting to this more than a week after it was posted. I’m now resigned to the fact I’ll be constantly behind until [...]

Monday musing: Hands on still matters in brewing

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

(No, I haven’t gone bonkers. This was written Monday, so I decided to stick with my usual theme even though I’m not able to post it until today – Thursday. I went ahead and added links to stories to read that I came across today.) Last week during a delightful dinner in a small bistro [...]