by Ding | Sep 21, 2011 | Beer Reviews, Lambic, Session Beer, Unblended Lambic, Vanberg & Dewulf
Ding Points: 77.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: An interesting one since this appears to be a beer that is blended in Belgium (at De Troch) for Vanberg & Dewulf who seem to be an importer based in Coopertown...
by Ding | Aug 26, 2011 | American Pale Lager, Cricket Hill, Session Beer
Ding Points: 61.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Oh look, a REAL session beer (if the 4.0% ABV is to be believed!). Massive carbonation on the pour leads to a silly looking glass full of bubbles. This does recede...
by Ding | Aug 5, 2011 | Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
Anyone who knows me, also knows that my constant bitching & moaning about the lack of session beer in the US is a feature as fundamental to my being as my ‘Englishness’, so it has become a bit of a joke in the beer circles that I move in; ‘Oh,...
by Ding | Jun 26, 2011 | Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
Continuing my quest to highlight the misuse of the term session beer, here is part two of the ‘Sanity & Insanity’. Read Part 1. References to Insanity William Bostwick in the Wall Street Journal gets it 100% wrong in his deluded piece entitled The...
by Ding | Jun 14, 2011 | Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
Following Sunday’s, Session Beer rant, I’m going to start listing ‘References to Sanity’ and ‘References to Insanity’ as I come across them on the web. Here’s the first installment, much more to come! References to Sanity...
by Ding | Jun 13, 2011 | Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
…yours truly. Thought it was time to air this again in the wake of my session post of yesterday. Session Ales – The Ultimate Battle For the record, if standing up for tradition and fact makes me a snob, then I embrace the moniker and am proud of it!...
