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3 Reasons to Celebrate with Beer in July

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3 Cheers for the Red White and Brew

So while we were planning what beers to bring with us to the beach for 4th of July I decided to do a little research on what beers were being touted as the Most American Beers. (read more)

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Impromptu Tasting of 19 Beers.

Posted on by bonbeer in Categories21st Amendment Brewery, AleSmith Brewing Co, American Wheat Ale, American Wild Ale, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Strong Pale Ale, Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Cigar City Brewing, De Proefbrouwerij (bvba Andelot), Dubbel, Dunkel Weizenbock, Flanders Red Ale, Good Karma Brewing, Goose Island, Imperial Oatmeal Stout, Imperial Stout, IPA, Kern River Brewing Company., Mikkeller, Ølfabrikken, Pisgah Brewing Co. ., Port Brewing Company, Russian River Brewing Co, Saison / Farmhouse Ale, Southern Tier Brewing Company, Tripel

Saturday night started out as 3 couples (my wife & I, my neighbor and another couple) who planned a mellow evening of grilling steak and drinking only a few beers.  Well it turned out to become an impromptu tasting in

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Beer Travels in Belgium Part 3

Posted on by bonbeer in Categories‘t Poatersgat, Belgian Imperial Stout, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Bierbrasserie Cambrinus, Brouwerij Boon, Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Brouwerij Smisje, Brouwerij Van Steenberge, De Kuppe, De Zolder, Flanders Red Ale, Gueuze, Jerry's Cigar Bar, The Chocolate Line

This is the 3rd installment of our Beery Adventures in Belgium.  We visited Bruges, Gent, Mechelen, Antwerp & Brussels over 7 days, meeting with vendors for our beer tour company BonBeerVoyage.com.  During our whirlwind week, we were able to visit over 50

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Beer Travels in Belgium Part 1

Posted on by bonbeer in CategoriesAbdij Sint-Sixtus, Antwerp, Beer Style, Belgian Pale Ale, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Strong Pale Ale, Brasserie d’ Orval S.A., Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers, Brouwerij Palm, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Brouwerij Strubbe, Bruges, Brussels, Cigar City Brewing, De Zalm, Flanders Oud Bruin, Gent, In De Vrede, Mechelen, Places, Quadrupel, Taverne (Tapasbar) Pado, Westveleteren

We just returned from Belgium after spending 7 days meeting with vendors for our beer tour company Bon Beer Voyage. We visited Bruges, Gent, Mechelen, Antwerp & Brussels.  Since our visit was between Christmas and New Year’s most of the breweries were closed, however we were still

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Beer # 55 De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva 2008

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  Name: De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva 2008 Style: Flanders Oud Bruin Brewery: Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers website Country:  Belgium Region:  Esen ABV: 13.00% How served: 330ml capped bottle poured into a Oerbier glass.     My Overall Opinion: Amazing.   I paired this

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Beer #45 Stille Nacht 2005

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Name: Stille Nacht Style: Belgium Strong Dark Ale Brewery: Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers  website Country: Belgium Region:  Esen ABV: 12.00% (2005 was 12%, other vintages might vary) How served: 330ml capped bottle poured into an Oerbier glass.      My Overall

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