About a week and a half ago, I revisited The Globe in Garden Grove. If you haven’t read about my original visit to The Globe, you can find my article here. This visit I tried three beers on tap – Tripel Karmeliet, Caracole Nostradamus, and Monk’s Stout. Here are my tasting notes: Tripel Karmeliet (8% ABV) – Bosteels Brewery (in Buggenhout,…
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At firkinbeer.com, The Beer Buzz section provides an exclusive selection of the most beguiling news related to beer and brewing. Here’s what you are missing if you haven’t been checking: Blood, Sweat & Cheers and Weekly Pint have teamed together to offer an opportunity to win free beer for a year! The Beer Buzz shows you where to…
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Today (July 18th) is St. Arnoldus Day. The day is celebrated annually in Brussels, Belgium. Saint Arnoldus is most famous for urging his congregation to “Drink Beer, Not Water” during a plaque epidemic. Because beer is sterilized in production and the local water was the source of the sickness, people were saved. So today drink beer instead of water and raise a…
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I’ve made a few changes at firkinbeer.com that I hope you will enjoy. The Beer Buzz: A new section/tab has been added that provides an exclusive selection of the most beguiling news related to beer and brewing. Z-Beer Tasting Log: A new section/tab has been added that lists the beers reviewed by Firkin Ron in this blog, in alphabetical order, with…
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On June 13th, Widmer Brothers, in Portland, Oregon, introduced Gentlemen’s Club, a special collaboration beer that was brewed with Tampa, Florida’s Cigar City Brewing. According to the Widmer Brothers website, these beers draw “inspiration from an Old Fashioned cocktail recipe and the Gentlemen’s Clubs where the cocktail was first served over 100 years ago… Using an Old Ale…
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