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I apologize for the tardiness of this post. Over a month and a half late, I'm beginning to feel like Ward. Jadyn and I went to the afternoon session of Beer Advocate's Belgian Beer Fest on the 27th of October. We arrived early enough to be within a half-block of the doors. This year's fest seemed less crowded than last year's. The middle row of booths was removed and replaced with seating. Overall I think this was an improvement, there's still more than enough variety and it's far less crowded. As with other fests the notes are more general, abbreviated and are probably to be trusted less as the fest progresses. 715. Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence Stout Beer Stats: Brewery: Brewery Ommegang Alcohol: ? read more »
On Saturday the 16th of February David, Win, Jadyn and I went to the afternoon session of the Extreme Beer Fest. The setup was pretty similar to the last fest I went to at the Cyclorama. There was a nice selection of beers. Three Floyd's had a booth, as well as Surly. As usual the notes are abbreviated and more general. This beer fest will be split into two posts. 763-765. Harpoon Parti-Gyle Harpoon brewed a series of three beers for the beer fest. The beers were all brewed from the same mash. A Stock Ale was brewed from the first runnings, a Pub Ale was brewed from the second runnings, and a Table Beer was brewed from the third runnings. We started with the weakest beer of the three and worked our way up. read more »
Jadyn and I went to the afternoon session of Beer Advocate's Return of the Belgian Beer Fest on Saturday September 27th. This is always my favorite BA fest... I can't get enough Belgian beer. I do regret no going to the Friday night special session though. The format seems to be pretty constant now: unlimited 2 ounce samples, food from Sunset, Belgian sugar waffles, talks, and booths from a good variety of breweries and importers.
I was pleased to see New Belgium at this fest. They haven't been at any of the other Beer Advocate fests that I've been to, and I managed to get a couple samples of the phenomenal La Folie. read more »
This is one of those reviews that really pains me to see published. Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, N.Y., has been producing excellent Belgian-style ales at an affordable price for years and I highly recommend ... via Fond du Lac Reporter
Phil Leinhart, currently director of production at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, will replace Randy Thiel as brewmaster. Thiel is returning to his home state of Wisconsin to become director of quality control at the New Glarus Brewing in New Glarus. Thiel has been at Ommegang since the brewery opened in 1997. In 2004 he became the first [...]
Glenn Scoggins review of OBF
Tokyo's Good Beer Information Newsletter BREWS NEWS for August-September 2007 By Bryan Harrell "brewsnews at yahoo dot com"
Bar Beat:
Glenn Scoggins, the Bar Hunter and Brews News National Treasure, files this report from The Oregon Brewers Festival, July 26-29 in Portland, Oregon
The largest beer festival in North America celebrated its read more »
334. Ommegeddon Jadyn and I went to dinner at Christopher's in Porter Square on Tuesday night. I noticed that they had Ommegeddon on tap. It was served in a 12 oz. Ommegang glass. Beer Stats: Brewery: Brewery Ommegang Alcohol: 8.00% Serving: Tap Style: American Wild Ale Appearance (4.5): Pours a hazy golden. Pleasingly turbid, not so cloudy as to look murky, but enough to give a nice diffuse glow to the light passing through. A thin white head fades to a wispy film leaving patchy lace. Smell (4 read more »