Faith and Courage (Imperial Pastry Stout)

There are special moments that need to be remembered. Some other moments pass without leaving a mark, or so we think at least. But, even when there seems to be no follow-up, we take something from it. It all started with a joke, one that went wrong. We never wrote about it, but in ourContinue reading “Faith and Courage (Imperial Pastry Stout)”

Lichtenhainer with Grapes and Lime

Lichtenstein, Lichtenhainer and Lichtsteiner. For us these names all sound the same but only one remains in memory. Lichtenhainer, because it’s beer. This was an easy guess. We’ve started to think that beer geeks come up with “historical” styles just to validate stupid ideas that someone had. They should be considered “anecdotal” styles since whenContinue reading “Lichtenhainer with Grapes and Lime”

Kottbusser NE IPA style

We are strange people, we all know. There are those who say that one day we will be arrested and no one will feel sorry, but there are also those who say that we wear a cape of heroes, for putting into practice ideas that didn’t even fit on paper (it’s possible that this secondContinue reading “Kottbusser NE IPA style”

Rawdler

We travel again through Nordic land, for another visit to the ancestral brewing practices in Norwegian farms. Somewhere between the 17th and 18th centuries. Here tradition rules, not science. Simple conventions of the modern world that we take for granted are challenged. If not, let’s see: The cereal does not come from the homebrew shopContinue reading “Rawdler”