Archive for June, 2008

Ten Great Wines Under $10

People always associate the quality of a Wine with it’s price. The more expensive the better it must be, is the attitude. But that’s not true. In these economic times there are really good wines out there without the big price tags. If you love wine but don’t want to spend a big chunk of [...]

A pilsner done right

California’s North Coast brewery has been producing an astonishing array of excellent beers since its start in 1988, including Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, Old No. 38 Stout, Red Seal Ale and Pranqster Belgian-Style Golden Ale.
Scrimshaw can also be added to that list — a beer that not only tastes delicious, but looks delicious.
Pilsner, like [...]

German Beer & The Beer Law

Article courtesy of Robert Easton
Beer is a very important part of life for many Germans. Germans have the third largest annual consumption of beer per head in Europe, beaten only by the Czech Republic and Ireland.
There are a vast variety of German beers, some of which are popular worldwide, and inter-brewery competition within Germany is [...]

History of the Belgium Beer

Antiquity
Beer has been brewed since time immemorial. It is thought that it was first made in Palestine around ten thousand years ago, in 8000 BC, by macerating barley bread in water.
The Sumerians developed no fewer than ten varieties of beer, and the Babylonians added at least 34 more. Later on, the Egyptians developed what can [...]