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You don’t need a hint if you can read.
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Beer in Italian wine country
The May/June issue of DRAFT magazine has hit newsstands, though none I’ve seen. So now you can read the rest of the story from when I reported on beer in Italy back in October and December. Since I haven’t seen the print edition I don’t know what photos appeared with my words.
Perhaps the one at the top, taken at the bar at Birrificio Troll in Vernante.
You can read the story online, but DRAFT would rather you grab a copy from a newsstand or subscribe. Seems fair to me.
Bad news from Lambic Land
Joe Stange at the Thirsty Pilgrim posts troubling news from Armand Debelder at Drie Fonteinen.
Because of a busted thermostat, excessive heat ruined about 100,000 bottles of lambic and gueuze in storage last weekend. He said that represented about a third of his annual revenue, so it is a serious blow to his business. It is not a fatal blow—he is determined to survive and keep going—but it is serious nonetheless. For example, there will be virtually no 37.5 cL bottles of gueuze on the market this summer.
Curioiusly, Debelder could end up distilling the ruined lambic into a liquor.
Celebrating one year on the road
One year to the day after we left home on this rather pleasant family journey I found myself wandering about Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, Calif. And checking out the brewery’s patented union system up close and personal.
That probably makes it hard for you to believe it when I keep saying “This really isn’t a beer trip.”
#36 – Where in the beer world?
Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken?
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I know I mentioned last week that I should quit posting photos with barrels. But in this case I wasn’t taking the picture of the barrels, but of the brewery at night.