Posted in Beer on Dec 6th, 2011
After months of being on allocation, six bottles of Cantillon Fou’ Foune finally arrived today at Hearth. I might as well just stash them deep in the recesses of the beer room under the East Village for my own personal sipping. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll decide to let them see the light of day and […]
Posted in Beer on Aug 19th, 2011
While walking around the farmhouse brewery built by Sidy Hannsen’s grandfather, I stumbled upon this pile of half-labelled Geuze. Hannsen’s Artisanaal has two employees: John and Sidy Hanssen. These bottles are hand-labelled, the beer is hand-bottled and hand-made. A lot of hands have been all over this place. By the looks of it, a machine […]
Posted in Beer on Aug 1st, 2011
Lambrucha, Vanberg & DeWulf, New York, (brewed and bottled at De Troch, Wambeek, Belgium) 3.5% abv Touted as the “first time two living yeast drinks have been brought together in one bottle,” Lambrucha is a yeast-lovers paradise. (Not to mention, possibly one of the most soothing beer trips one can take the old GI tract […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 19th, 2011
As we made our way to Belgium, I asked the geekiest of my beer geek friends what breweries to visit. There was a resounding answer: “Cantillon.” In fact, one of my friends said, “If you don’t go to Cantillon, I will personally kick you in the nuts.” In the heart of Brussels, lies Cantillon brewery. […]
As we wind our way through the beer roads of Belgium, I must take a moment to pay homage to my colleagues back in NYC. While we’re chasing down the treasures of the Trappist monks and meeting the ambient yeasts of Brussels’ Lambics, they’re gearing up to light the Olympic torch tonight for the greatest […]
Oude Geuze (lambic), Drie Fonteinen, Belgium (6.5% abv) Last night, one of my co-workers asked me what my favorite beer on our list is. I was paralyzed. Whoa, choose one? But these are my babies and they’re all unique in their own way! How could I possibly zero it down to one? I felt like […]
