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- A bit too weird to be very good, but easily drinkable. Ben Nevis 19, 1999-2018, 46.5% - WhiskyBroker maltfascination.com/2021/08/03/ben… 3 hours ago
- Glen Elgin 1998-2014, Sherry casks, 46% – Gordon &@MacPhail maltfascination.com/2021/08/02/gle… 1 day ago
- Hampden 8yo vs Hampden LROK maltfascination.com/2021/07/30/ham… 4 days ago
- A rarity from a closed Lowlands distillery: Rosebank 21, 1992-2014, 55.3% maltfascination.com/2021/07/29/ros… 5 days ago
- Scapa is a rarity (to me). But there's quite some good stuff around, as it turns out! maltfascination.com/2021/07/28/sca… 6 days ago
Category Archives: – Beer
Transistor, Blended Scotch Whisky, 43% – Compass Box (and Punk IPA)
Transistor is one of the three whiskies that have been released in cooperation with BrewDog. Whiskies specially selected to pair well with one of BrewDog’s most available beers. There’s Tulip Torpedo, a rye whisky from Zuidam that is to be … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer, - Blended Whisky, Compass Box
Tagged Blended Whisky, Boilermaker Series, Brewdog, Compass Box, Punk IPA, Transistor
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De Struise Brouwers, anno 2020
When I started drinking craft beers some years ago, De Struise Brouwers were right at the top of everyone’s list. They made innovative beers that broke the Belgian mould (The Belgian Mould being Blonde, Double, Tripel, sometimes a Quadrupel). They … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer, - News and Announcements, Struise Brouwers
Tagged Beer, Belgium, Blonde, Drinks & Gifts, IPA, Saison, Stout, Struise Brouwers
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A beer and cheese tasting with Fromagerie Abraham Kef and De Kromme Haring
Last Friday the missus and I went to a beer and cheese tasting in Amsterdam, hosted by Fromagerie Kef, with beers from De Kromme Haring. Now I know the cheese parlor for their epic cheeses which JK and I used … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer, - News and Announcements
Tagged Amsterdam, Beer, Cheese, De Kromme Haring, Fromagerie Abraham Kef, Pairing, Tasting
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On BrewDog
Obviously this is not a post on whisky. Although it might be in a couple of years since BrewDog is building or having a distillery. I’m not sure since there are some planning issues but they do have a vodka … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer, - News and Announcements
Tagged Beer, Brewdog, LoneWolf Distillery, TSG Group
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Beers of October
Here I was thinking that October would be a bit more quiet than September. A festival, a visit to a brewery and some get-togethers with beer-drinking-friends could hardly be topped in a month without too many plans, right? Wrong. The … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer
Tagged Brouwerij 't IJ, Buxton, De Moersleutel, De Molen, De Struise Brouwers, Emelisse, Jopen, La Pirata, Lervig, Nogne O, Pohjala
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Beers of September
This month can only be summarized by superlatives like ‘Ridiculous’, ‘Decadent’ and ‘Superfluous’. What made this month like that was a trip to a brewery, having a few nice beers with my mate Jason, and Wouter in Amsterdam, a camping … Continue reading
Beers of August
Another month of far too heavy beer drinking (according to my wife at least). The amount of beers was a fairly acceptable number until last weekend in which I both drank some new ones at home, and also went to … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer
Tagged Beer festival, Brewdog, Brouwerij De Molen, Edge Brewing, Emelisse, Klein Duimpje, Leidsch Bier, Mikkeller, White Pony, Wild Beer Co.
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Beers of July
I kind of smuggled a bit of July into the last post, because our family holiday was overlapping between June and this month. Also, it was done to get the shit beers of France out of the way, and the … Continue reading
Beers of June (and a bit of July)
So, I’ve been on holiday for two weeks, and just before that I didn’t get around to blogging much. Also, our laptop broke, which leaves me not many means of blogging. Add to that the fact that I got a … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer
Tagged Beer, Brasserie de Vezelay, Cider, IPA, Merchien Brasserie, R de Ratz, Stout, Val de Rance
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Beers of May
May turned out to be an extremely beer-heavy month. The weather picked up in a couple of weekend, resulting in lots of barbecuing, and lots of beers to wash things down. Going through my Untappd account, I found 44 unique … Continue reading
