Bière de Garde

Brasserie Bailleux / Restaurant Au Baron

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

La Choulette Les Bière Des Sans Culottes

Beer #170 La Choulette Les Bière Des Sans Culottes

Name: Les Bière Des Sans Culottes Style:  Bière de Garde Brewery: Brasserie La Choulette  website Country: France Region:   Hordain ABV: 7.0% Abv How served:  750ml corked and caged bottle poured into an Oerbier long stemmed glass. My Overall Opinion:  Very

Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale

Beer #167 Lost Abbey Avant Garde

Style:  Bière de Garde Brewery: The Lost Abbey.  website Country: USA Region:   San Marcos, California ABV: 7.0 % Abv How served:  750 ml corked and caged bottle poured into a Augustijn Grand Cru tulip. My Overall Opinion:  Very Good.  I

Beer #99 Ommegang Biere De Mars

Name: Biere De Mars Style: Bière de Garde Brewery: Brewery Ommegang   website Country: USA Region: Cooperstown, New York ABV: 6.5% Abv How served: 750ml caged and corked bottle poured into my Ommegang chalice.          My Overall Opinion: Very Good. I

Beer #92 Southampton Biere De Mars

Name: Biere De Mars Style: Bière de Garde Brewery: Southampton Publick House website Country: USA Region: Southampton, New York ABV: 6.5% Abv How served: 12oz bottle poured into a Duvel glass.         My Overall Opinion: Good. I paired this beer

Cuvee du 7eme

Beer Vacation Specialist does his 1st Post!

Well after tasting well over a 1000 different beers, either at home or out on beercation,  I have finally gotten around to document what I’ve tasted.   I couldn’t think of a better way to get started on this blog