There’s more than vodka in Russia; There’s Zatecky Gus. It’s a Czech style pilsner with a light flavor. Perfect for that heavy Russian cuisine.
Xingu Black Beer
September 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
Talk about people passionate about beer. Xingu Black Beer is the result of a couple from Vermont flying to Brazil to try to recreate a lost beer. The husband, a writer, had learned about a beer dating back to 1556 from the Amazon rainforest while researching an article on the history of beers in the world. They couldn’t find the original beer so they worked with a local as crazy as they were to find a brewery to help them bring it back to life.
The beer? It’s a dark, opaque rich brew with a touch of bitterness and some sweetness. Worth a trip to the Amazon? You decide.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Samuel Adams Boston Lager is the original beer for the incredibly successful Boston Beer Company. When we say original, we don’t just mean from 1984 when the company was founded. We mean way back to 1860, when Jim Koch’s ancestor Louis Koch brewed it up in St. Louis, Missouri. Koch (the younger) used the same recipe in his kitchen. Since then it’s been tightened up and the company’s been purchased by Anheuser-Busch, but Koch is still there maintaining the family legacy. They better keep him or he might throw his beer into the harbor; it is Boston, after all.
Two Brothers Ebel’s Weiss
September 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
Your first question might be “Ebel’s Weiss? Don’t they mean edelweiss?” And the answer to that would be no. That’s because the Two Brothers in question are Jim and Jason Ebel. This is one of the brewery’s signature brews and is a traditional, unfiltered German hefeweizen.
Zywiec Beer
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This is one of Poland’s biggest selling and favorite beers. The brewery is in the Carpathian mountains of Silesia and was founded in 1852 by Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen with his younger brother Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria. Zywiec is a light pilsner, but is brewed to 5.6% ABV, slightly stronger than most premium lagers. The pronunciation is zyeh-VEE-chay.
XXXX Bitter
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“XXXX BITTER is a traditional Australian Lager with a clean, crisp taste and a satisfying after-bitterness. It is made from true Australian raw materials, including unique golden cluster hops, pure Queensland cane sugar, malt and barley. Each brew
is the result of bottom-fermentation at low temperatures to produce a full flavour.” Yes this directly is from the XXXX Brewery website in Brisbane, Milton, Queensland, Australia. (The extra u is a dead giveaway.)
