Brasserie Bailleux / Restaurant Au Baron

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesBière de Garde, Brasserie Bailleux / Au Baron, Saison / Farmhouse Ale

Au Baron was started as a small tavern in the petite French town of Gussignies by Alain Bailleux and his wife Danielle Baron Bailleux in 1973.  By 1981 they turned this tavern into a wonderfully quaint restaurant with a grill made from a copper brew kettle!  In 1989 Alain, a brewer, with the help of his father (who also happens to be a brewer, as was his grandfather) built Brasserie Bailleux in the back of the restaurant.   This multi-generation family of brewers has now passed this brewing art onto Alain’s son Xavier

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France & Belgium Vacation Beer Haul

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesBières de Chimay, Brasserie Bailleux / Au Baron, Brasserie St Germain, Brasserie Thiriez, Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Brouwerij Van Eccke, Craig Allen, De Struise Brouwers, Huisbrouwerij Sint Canarus, Hürlimann, L’Abbaye des Saveurs

Here is the beer haul from our recent trip to France & Belgium where we met with some of the brewers and vendors for our upcoming October beer tour “Grand Crus to Farmhouse Brews- A Beercation Cruise through Belgium &

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70 Brewers, over 300 beers, meads and cider at The Festival

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Bon Beer Voyage will be going to The Festival in Worcester Massachusetts where we will be joining a number of the brewers whom we visit on our Beercations and Beer Safari Weekends.     This is a truly unique international festival

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The Monumental Beer Tour of Washington DC

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The Monumental Beer Tour of Washington DC Learn about Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hoppiness! Explore some of the most inspiring monuments in our nation’s capital city in a whole new light during this brewnique walking tour given by

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Beer # 192 Ommegang Art of Darkness

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesBelgian Strong Dark Ale, Brewery Ommegang, Very Good

Name: Art of Darkness Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale Brewery:  Brewery Ommegang   website Country: USA Region: Cooperstown, New York ABV: 8.9% abv How served:  750ml corked and caged poured into a Ommegang glass. My Overall Opinion: Very Good. I paired

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Beer #191 Struise Rosse by De Struise Brouwers

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesAmber, De Struise Brouwers, Very Good

Name: Struise Rosse Style: Amber Ale Brewery:  De Struise Brouwers   website Country: Belgium Region: Oostvleteren ABV: 5.0% abv How served:  11.2oz capped bottle poured into a De Struise glass. My Overall Opinion: Very Good. I paired this beer with:  Nothing…Is

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Beer # 190 Clown Shoes Miracle

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesClown Shoes, Good, IPA

Name: Miracle Style: I.P.A. Brewery:  Clown Shoes   website Country: USA Region: Ipswich, Massachusetts ABV: 5.5% abv How served:  22oz capped bomber poured into a De Struise glass.    My Overall Opinion: Good. I paired this beer with:  a Rib-eye steak

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Due South Brewing

Due South Brewing Co- New Brewery in Boynton Beach, Fl

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesDue South Brewing Co, Places

The newest brewery to open in Boynton Beach, Florida is Due South Brewing Co. … Well it is really the ONLY brewery in Boynton Beach now since Hops Grill and Brewery closed sometime in the mid 2000’s. They are located

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Westvleteren 12 and St Bernardus 12 side by side

Westvleteren 12 vs. St Bernardus Abt 12

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesAbdij Sint-Sixtus, Amazing, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Quadrupel

In researching for an article about our upcoming tour to St. Bernardus my wife was surprised to learn that although Westvleteren is now using Westmalle’s yeast, St. Bernardus is apparently still brewing the original Westvleteren recipe with Westvleteren yeast…  So she came to think that if she’s lovin’ a Westy, is it really a Westy? or is St Bernardus the real Westy?  Confusing, for sure.  So all we could do was pull out a bottle of each of them…which was conveniently located in our Coke Machine, and do a blind tasting.  Life is rough sometimes, but we were willing to make the sacrifice in order to provide you, our readers and beer voyagers, with enlightenment.

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2012 Atlantic City Beer & Music Fest

Do you want Free tickets to the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival?

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Win Free Admission to the 2012 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival! Courtesy of Bon Beer Voyage & Draft Magazine We will be giving away 2 pairs of tickets to each Session Session 1 – Friday March 30th – 7pm

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