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By Christopher Barnes / December 31, 2019
BEER IN THE SHADOW OF WAR
Culture History Looking back on The Great War's effects on the brewing industry, a century after its end. All About Beer Magazine - Volume 39, Issue 1 Editor's Note: This originally appeared in the last print edition of All About Beer Magazine. Due to the malfeasance of one of the owners of the magazine, I was not paid for this article (many others were...
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By Christopher Barnes / November 14, 2018
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 4 11/11/2018
From the fall of 1914 through the end of the war in 1918, thousands of troops were stationed at the abbey. One of the monks, Brother Victor Van Staten, wrote in his journal of the cramped quarters at the abbey...
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By Christopher Barnes / November 10, 2018
Pfriem Brett Brux Pale – Bottle no. 6 4/15/2018
Unfortunately, I pulled this bottle a couple months too early mistaking it for another bottle I needed to review. It happens. Then I compounded that by not posting the review in a timely manner. So here we go with a...
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By Editor / October 12, 2018
Worthy Reads – Black In Beer: Inclusion From The Outside Perspective by Toni Canada
Editor's Notes: Craft Beer has a diversity problem. Show up at any event and the cast of characters will look familiar and fairly homogeneous: white dudes with beards. While the number of white women in beer has steadily increased, the...
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By Christopher Barnes / September 26, 2018
Boon Oude Geuze Vat 44 – Bottle no. 2 08/31/2018
It's been five years since I opened, drank, and reviewed the first bottle of this beer. Boon Vat 44 was the first in Brouwerij Boon's single foeder Vat series, since then it's won several international competitions including Gold at the last...
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By Christopher Barnes / August 29, 2018
Orval – Bottle no. 3 14/07/2018
A little over a year since its bottling/packaged on date and it's time for bottle number three in The Brux Project Orval edition! Years in the making, I’m finally getting to properly cellar and trace the develop of one of...
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AB-Inbev: Why It Matters Who Owns The Brewery
Christopher Barnes
January 27, 2015
Every few months the beer world is beset by the same argument whenever AB-InBev (the multinational conglomeration of Anheuser-Busch, Interbrew, & AmBev) buys yet another brewery. It happened a few months ago when 10 Barrel Brewing succumbed to the international mega-corporation. It's happening again. On Friday, Elysian Brewing of Seattle...
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Q & Ale – Can beer that’s cold be brought up to room temperature and stored without ruining it?
Christopher Barnes
April 3, 2014
Recently, my friend Bobby emailed with a beer question. He had a charity event where they had cans of Hopworks chilled in tubs of ice. He wanted to know if it was ok to bring them up to room temperature so they could be stored or if they had to...
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The Beers of Honduras – A Traveler’s Guide
Christopher Barnes
March 4, 2014
Part of going to any country is trying their local specialties and beverages. For me, that means beer. On my recent trip to Roatan, one of the bay islands of Honduras on the Caribbean side, I had an opportunity to try several Honduran beers brewed by Cerveseria Hondureña. They're the...
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Q & Ale – How do you get a job in the beer industry? Part 2: Brewery
Christopher Barnes
September 9, 2013
I received this question via my "Contact Me" link. Cody from Illinois asked this, to paraphrase " I was wondering if you knew a good way to go about becoming employed by a craft beer company?" I chose to answer this question in 2 parts. In the first part, Q &...
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Q & Ale – How do you get a job in the beer industry? Part 1: Wholesaler
Christopher Barnes
September 3, 2013
I received this question via my "Contact Me" link. Cody from Illinois asked this, to paraphrase " I was wondering if you knew a good way to go about becoming employed by a craft beer company?" I thought I'd answer this question in two parts and divide it based on the...
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The Brewing Monks: The Trappist Breweries (Part 1)
Christopher Barnes
May 13, 2013
Updated & Edited 12/03/2016 The Trappist Breweries In the first part of the article, The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing, I outlined the origins of the Trappist order and the tradition of breweries within monasteries. In the next part, we'll look at all...
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The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing
Christopher Barnes
May 9, 2013
Updated & Edited 03/07/2014 The Trappist Decade The last few years have been very active ones for the Trappist breweries. Chimay celebrated its brewery's 150 anniversary in 2012 with a special beer. Stift Engelszell joined the ranks of Trappist breweries by achieving its certification in 2012 making it the 8th...
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Q & Ale – What is the “pissing boy” on the bottle of Blanche de Bruxelles?
Christopher Barnes
March 26, 2013
One of the more common searches that leads to my page involves the label of Blanche de Bruxelles. Blanche de Bruxelles (my review) is a Belgian Wit/Blanche beer brewed by Brasserie Lefebvre. The question to be answered in today's Q & Ale is: "What is the peeing (or some other derivation) boy...
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Q & Ale – Why are they called a dubbel, tripel, quadrupel?
Christopher Barnes
March 19, 2013
Today's Q & Ale question was brought to me via search engines such as Google. I've actually seen some version of this question several times and thought I'd answer it as the first installment of Q & Ale. Why are they called a double, triple, quadruple? The "they" in question are...
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How to Build a Beer Travel Case
Christopher Barnes
October 25, 2012
Part of the fun of beer tourism is bringing home a bunch of trophies you can't find at home. This is especially true when you're traveling overseas. Unfortunately, this complicates the process because of limited space and complex airline regulations regarding weight and size allowances. The solution? Build a beer...
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Glassware: A Victim of the Beer vs. Wine Culture Clash
Christopher Barnes
June 20, 2012
Apparently, there's quite a debate in the beer world about whether glassware matters. I've read several blogs lately that fall all along the spectrum of opinions. Those who believe it matters tend to fall under the "tradition" spectrum with the logic that the beer developed in concert with the appropriate...
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