From Josef Schneider, owner and brewer at Brauerei Gasthof Schneider in Essing, Germany, quite close to better known Private Weissbeierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn but totally unrelated. Why does he bottle-condition all his hefeweiss rather than offer some of it on draft as well? “It’s like sex and Champagne, worth the bother.”  

Travel Oregon has announced a “Cuisinternship” contest, which is really seven contests. Despite the tongue-twisting name any would be nice to win. Requirements include a video camera and a Twitter attention span. The prizes: Seven winners will get to hang out with an Oregon culinary personality in a week-long cuisine-internship. The winner of the Brew [...]

From “Berlin Under the New Empire,” written by Henry Vizetelly in 1875: “Through Prussia the larger breweries are swallowing up the smaller ones which have not sufficient capital to make the needful modern improvements by means of which they might compete on more equal terms. Within the last thirty years upwards of half the Prussian [...]

This is what can happen when you judge in beer competitions, particularly homebrewed beer. The beer pictured here is a Prickly Pear Wit. Although Pierre Celis, the Belgian who resurrected the dead Belgian White or Wit style, later moved to Texas, founded the Celis Brewery and took to wearing a bolo tie was an inventive [...]

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Leave your answer as a comment. Also feel free to add a comment simply because the picture inspires you. Here’s a hint that probably makes it too easy: “Pass the salt.”  

Did you know that Rogue Dry Hopped Red is the World’s Best Pale Ale? That Waldhaus Diplom Pils is the World’s Best Lager? Or that Samuel Adams Imperial White is the World’s Best Flavoured Wheat Beer? Until I received a press release from the Brunhaut Brewery about its two awards I hadn’t seen the World [...]

Alan unloads. Hard as it may be to believe, I have nothing to add. OK, one thing, we (bloggers) should minimize the amount of time we spend writing about beer writing and use that to write about beer. Alan, in fact, is doing that.  

Would you rather read about the fuss BrewDog’s Tokyo* or drink the beer? Given that the brewery released only 3,000 bottles few of us will have the option. But it would be nice to know what Tokyo* tastes like. Zak Avery, reigning Beer Writer of the Year in Great Britain, has the answer. His collection [...]

Don Russell speaks the truth today in his Joe Sixpack column, doing a little digging about the provenance of your favorite beer given all the chatter that arose out of the “Beer Summit.” The lesson here: Drink up and find something else to complain about. Beer is not for xenophobes. Funny thing is he asks [...]

Posted at Brew Like a Monk because the topic is Belgian beer. Short version: Excellent book which you can order here. My experience is shipping is very fast.