Close Call

A very close call. Thankfully both the monks and the beer vats at Rochefort survived the fiery fury.

Check it out: Beer Periodic Table

He'brew: The Chosen Beer

This comes via Grant: He'brew

I just quickly browsed the site, but it's a genius marketing idea. They have quite the distribution range, so if you get a chance to try it, let me know how it is. As for now, it's on my list for my Christmas visit home.

While I was in America I had the pleasure of enjoying some of America's finest beer. I tried some new ones at 3 Floyds outside of Chicago, including a really delicious Belgian Dubbel. I had Skinny Dip by New Belgium and Coastal Wheat by Sam Adams. Both of these last two didn't have anything really stand out to me. But probably the highlight was stumbling upon a beer through a friend of a friend: The Maharaja Imperial IPA by Avery Brewing Co.

I'd never heard of Avery, but they're from Boulder, CO. This beer isn't cheap, but if you enjoy IPAs, I'd put this one on your list. Apparently it packs quite a whallop at around 10% ABV, but it hides it well. Sometimes I find IPAs to be too full of themselves, that is to say, too bitter in a bad way, not in a delicious hoppy way. Maharaja seemed to present a really strong hop taste, without being too overwhelming (balanced I suppose). Admittedly, it's been a few weeks since I had it, so I won't try to drag this out. Long story short, it's worth your time to try it.

Kim Jung Il's finest

That's right, this is North Korean beer. Found it up by the border at a special shop. About on par with other rice based lagers (read: not too good, not too bad).

Best Beer in America map (based on medals at contests)

Judies 9 Revisted

My apologies (if anyone still reads this) for the slacking on the whole new posts and reviews on here. Part of the problem is the well known scarcity of good beer here, as well as a mixture of just plain being busy and being lazy.

Recently, I was able to go back to the brewpub in Seomyon with some friends. Enjoying some quality conversation with some delicious libations was refreshing. We stuck to the dunkel this time around.