We’ve been late to his drinking game, but summertime kept us busy, not only drinking. So let’s catch up. It’s time to reap what we sowed. Another round of beers, this time mostly some light stuff (we saved a heavy one for the end) that we enjoyed drinking in this past warm weather. Brett IPAContinue reading “Tastings and Trials #5”
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Carbonic Maceration Grape Ale
We continue to insist on a truth that we believe in: the grape in Portugal and its combination with beer. And as we wrote earlier, we believe in more possibilities than just your usual Grape Ale. For this beer we explore another of these possibilities. For the first time we approached a technique from theContinue reading “Carbonic Maceration Grape Ale”
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”
Kveik Grape IPA
Where can Portugal improve and differentiate itself? Taking advantage of the wide resources it has. In our beer world, given the whole tradition surrounding wine, it seems strange how little importance, so far, breweries give to this opportunity, especially when compared to our fellow Italians. Be it barrels, yeast, or in this case, grapes. GrapesContinue reading “Kveik Grape IPA”